A traffic jam (illustration). - Clément Follain / 20 Minutes

Motorists had a particularly difficult Saturday on the roads back from vacation. A peak of 646 kilometers of cumulative slowdowns was thus noted by Bison smart at midday.

If the day was classified red at the national level, that of Sunday should be more fluid. Across the network, the authorities have classified it orange in the direction of returns and green in that of departures.

"Extremely dense" traffic in the Rhône valley

On Saturday, the main traffic difficulties were on the A7 motorway in the Rhone Valley, with "extremely dense" traffic from Orange towards Lyon, according to the traffic information center. Around 12:15, the travel time between these two cities was 3:10 against 01:30 usually. The main axes have also been loaded around the Mediterranean arc (A61, A75, A8 and A9), the same in the South-West (A10, A20 motorways, Bordeaux ring road - A630) and in the Grand Ouest (N165, A11, N12, Nantes ring road - N844, Rennes ring road - N136, and A13).

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