A total of 199 people died in October, 58 less than in October 2019. Among them, 108 motorists, 32 users of motorized two-wheelers, 7 cyclists and 38 pedestrians.
But if the mortality of people aged over 65 is down sharply, that of 18-24, it remains stable.
The number of people killed on the roads of metropolitan France in October is 22.6% lower than in October 2019, according to road safety figures released Wednesday.
In total, 199 people died in October, a month marked by the return of confinement in France, or 58 less than in October 2019. Among them, 108 motorists, 32 users of motorized two-wheelers, 7 cyclists and 38 pedestrians.
These figures, notes road safety, are "much lower" than those observed in October of the past decade.
The mortality of people over 65, with 59 people killed, is thus "among the lowest in the past 10 years", indicates road safety.
On the other hand, "the mortality of young people aged 18-24 is stable with 36 killed".
19 deaths in overseas territories
"The trips for the month of October 2020 were impacted by the consequences of the Covid-19 health crisis, particularly the establishment of two periods of night curfew: the first from Saturday October 17 in 8 departments and 8 metropolitan areas, and the second from Saturday 24 October in 38 new departments and in French Polynesia (ie 46 million French people concerned) ", underlines the report.
In Overseas France, the police recorded 241 bodily accidents, and 19 deaths, or 4 less than in October 2019.