Europe 1 with AFP / Photo credit: NICOLAS GUYONNET / HANS LUCAS / HANS LUCAS VIA AFP 14:22 pm, July 15, 2023

This Saturday, the day after the national holiday, up to 685 kilometers of traffic jams were reached, shortly before noon. The peak was reached at 11:55 a.m. and had fallen to 480 km by 12:45 p.m., according to the curve of traffic jams posted on the Bison Futé's website.

Up to 685 km of traffic jams were reached shortly before noon Saturday, said Bison Futé, who had classified red this day in the starting direction. The peak was reached at 11:55 a.m. and had fallen to 480 km by 12:45 p.m., according to the curve of traffic jams posted on the Bison Futé's website.

A lot of people on the road this Saturday. Here's your Flash #InfoTrafic: the essentials of your traffic conditions at 12:00 on the VINCI Autoroutes network #BisonFuté@Radio1077
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— VINCI Autoroutes (@VINCIAutoroutes) July 15, 2023

The A10 and A7 motorways heavily affected

The A10 motorway, in the Deux-Sèvres, and the A7, in the Isère, were before 13 p.m. the two most congested axes, with respectively 88 and 70 km of traffic jams. For example, 23 km of traffic jams were recorded shortly before noon on the A7 towards Marseille between Reventin-Vaugris (Drôme) and Saint-Rambert-d'Albon (Isère).

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This weekend of national holiday had been classified red Wednesday in the direction of departures by Bison Futé, Thursday in the Paris region and Saturday throughout the country. On Friday, a maximum of 450 km of traffic jams had been reached. Sunday is classified orange nationally in both directions and red in Île-de-France for returns. In the direction of departures, it will be the A7 that will be the busiest from early afternoon to early evening.