With 260 people died in January 2020 against 237 compared to the same month last year, the number of deaths on the roads of mainland France increased by 9.7%, announced road safety on Wednesday.
If the mortality of motorcycles is stable, that of young people aged 18-24 as well as drivers of scooters, bicycles and cars is increasing. On the other hand, pedestrian mortality is falling.
Fewer dead but more injured in overseas France
Conversely, in Overseas France, road mortality fell in January 2020, 16 people lost their lives in road accidents, 4 less than in January 2019. On the injured side, a very net (+ 18.4%), or 5,628 people, was recorded in January 2020.
Mortality on the roads of mainland France followed an upward trend between 2014 and 2018, but has subsided since 2018. These figures come to reverse the historically low trend recorded in 2019 on the roads of France.
Lowering to 80 km / h deemed effective
The past year has indeed been marked by a historic low in the number of deaths on the roads of the metropolis. With 3,239 killed, Road Safety had recorded nine fewer deaths for 2019 than in 2018 in mainland France, a very slight decrease of 0.3%.
The government had attributed this annual stagnation in mid-January to the entry into force in 2018 of the lowering to 80 km / h of the maximum speed allowed on secondary roads. The measure, unpopular with the elected officials of certain municipalities and conspired by the "yellow vests", should nevertheless be subject to relaxation. On a case-by-case basis, an increase to 90 km / h on certain roads is now possible.
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