Sharp drop in the number of road deaths in October

275 people died on the roads in October 2018, 13.8% less than in October 2017.

The number of dead on the roads of metropolitan France fell sharply in October (-13.8%) with 275 people killed, against 319 in the same month in 2017, announced Thursday Road Safety.

After falling in July and August, mortality on metropolitan roads increased in September (+ 8.8%, compared to September 2017), according to provisional estimates of the National Interministerial Observatory of Road Safety (ONISR). ).