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Telework, curfew ... The number of people killed on the roads of metropolitan France in February fell by 20% compared to February 2020, with 175 deaths, or 45 less than a year earlier, announced Road Safety in a press release issued on Monday.
According to the National Interministerial Road Safety Observatory (ONISR), this drop in mortality is largely explained by the curfew implemented to fight the coronavirus epidemic, as well as the use of teleworking.
The lowest level since the post-war period
The organization therefore estimates that the drop in mortality is due "for two thirds to the introduction of the curfew and for one third to the reduction of journeys during the day".
Last month, 96 motorists and 23 pedestrians in particular were killed on the roads.
The other indicators are also on the decline, with a decline in bodily accidents (3,158, or 888 fewer accidents) and the number of injuries (3,856 people, or 1,140 fewer).
Overseas, mortality also fell in February compared to the same month the previous year, with 9 deaths, or 10 fewer, and 263 people injured.
Mortality on the roads of France in 2020 experienced its lowest level since the post-war period, with a total of 2,550 victims, largely attributed to the reduction in traffic caused by the health crisis.
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