A heavy vehicle hit a Diro vehicle on Monday March 8, 2021 near Liffré, near Rennes.

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  • A new accident involving a road agent intervention van occurred on Friday in Finistère.

  • Since the beginning of the year, eleven vehicles of the Interdepartmental Directorate of Western Roads have already been struck by drivers.

  • State services are sounding the alarm and denouncing the behavior of certain drivers.

They are exposed to the dangers of the road on a daily basis.

But despite calls for caution, accidents in construction or intervention areas have been on the rise in recent years with an increase of 23% on the national road network between 2014 and 2019. On Friday, a new accident occurred. produced on the RN 165 between Quimper and Lorient at the Kerandréo interchange (Finistère).

While protecting the intervention of a tow truck for a broken down car, a van of the Interdepartmental Directorate of Western Roads (Diro) was struck by a heavy vehicle.

The accident left three lightly injured, including an officer.

"This accident occurred in a sector offering good visibility of 400 meters and all the signaling devices of the intervention vehicles were activated (flashing lights, luminous arrow above the van and light message indicating the intervention)", indicates the Diro in a press release.

The behavior of some drivers singled out

If the tragedy has been avoided, the state services are however sounding the alarm and worrying about the upsurge in accidents involving its agents.

Since the beginning of the year, eleven intervention vehicles have been struck by drivers on national roads in Brittany and in Pays-de-la-Loire and an agent has been injured.

“These accidents are unacceptable, that's enough!

», Denounces the Diro, pointing the finger at the behavior of certain drivers.

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"Accidents on our intervention vehicles are often linked to lack of attention, the use of mobile phones or excessive speed on the part of the drivers," she assures us.

The Diro takes the opportunity to remind you of the safety instructions near a construction site or a vehicle in intervention: "slow down, increase the safety distances and if possible change lanes or move away as far as possible from the zone of intervention. intervention ”.

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