• The prefecture has also recorded 1,000 injured since the start of the year, with a 20% increase in bodily accidents since the last deconfinement.

  • For the director of cabinet of the prefecture Delphine Balsa, “there is a kind of euphoria on the road, but the penalty is terrible, with death or serious injuries.

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  • As of June 30, 2021, speed was involved in 38% of fatal accidents in Gironde.

This last weekend of August promises to be busy on the roads of Gironde.

This makes the prefecture fear the worst, which deplores fourteen deaths in road accidents since July 1, in the department.

The prefecture has already recorded 47 fatal accidents since the start of the year in Gironde.

“The difficulty with road accidents is that there is not a single cause, but a set of behaviors: speed, inattention, alcohol, cannabis, texting while driving, and non-compliance with the Highway Code, analyzes Delphine Balsa, chief of staff of the prefect of the Gironde.

But added to all this is the phenomenon of getting out of confinement.

These are the first vacations since the deconfinement, we take the road freely, and there is a kind of euphoria on the road, but the penalty is terrible, with death or serious injuries.

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"We drove less overall, and we forgot good behavior"

The prefecture has also recorded 1,000 injured since the beginning of the year, with in particular a sharp increase in bodily accidents since the last deconfinement (+ 20% compared to the month of May). “Before the confinement, it seemed that there was an awareness, we observed a stabilization of the deaths on the road, and there we realize that after this confinement the figures start to rise again. Since the start of this crisis [in 2020], we have driven less overall, and we have forgotten the right behaviors, so we will have to start this educational work again ”continues Delphine Balsa.

Due to the density, a majority of accidents occur in the Bordeaux conurbation, “but there are fatal accidents in rural areas too, and here it is often the speed which is involved, coupled with alcohol or to cannabis ”points out the chief of staff.

“Speed ​​is also in question in the city, where we are also facing new uses with electric scooters in particular.

New forms of mobility are great, but whether by bicycle or scooter, there are rules to follow, and rules of common sense to adopt.

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As of June 30, 2021, speed was involved in 38% of fatal accidents in Gironde - against 31% in 2020 - alcohol in 19% and narcotics in 9%.

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