Crossover: a peak of traffic jams at 860km shortly before noon

Europe 1 with AFP 3:19 p.m., July 30, 2022

A peak of more than 860km of cumulative traffic jams was recorded on Saturday shortly before noon, according to Bison Futé, in this great weekend of crossover classified black in the direction of departures and red for returns.

Juillettists and Augustians were slowed down for 862km around 11:30 a.m. nationally, indicates Bison Futé on its website.

This is slightly less than a year ago (880km).

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As usual, traffic is particularly difficult in the Rhone Valley, towards Marseille, with more than 150 km of traffic jams.

Heading south, the Lyon-Orange journey time is 5h20 instead of 1h30 normally.

The slowdowns are improving on the other hand compared to the morning, with 49km of slowdowns, against 141 around 11am.

A clear lull on Sunday

Further south, the A9 remains one of the most affected axes, with 85km of traffic jams.

The A10, which connects the Paris region to Bordeaux, is the most congested with 105km of traffic jams at the end of the morning.

Friday had already been classified red but there were fewer traffic jams than in 2021, with a peak of 753 km of traffic jams recorded at 5.30 p.m. throughout the territory, compared to more than 1,000 km on Friday July 30, 2021.

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The trend is thus respected: since the start of these school holidays, traffic on the motorways has been less important than in 2021 during the same period.

Fewer traffic jams are expected on Sunday, a day classified as orange in the direction of departures, but red along the axis of the Rhône.

In the direction of returns, traffic should become more fluid but slowdowns are expected in the south-eastern quarter.