The number of deaths on the roads in France has never been this low in 60 years for the month of July, but these good results do not inflect the upward trend observed since the beginning of the year .
this summer particularly accident-prone, the number of road deaths in July amounted to 304 persons, a decrease of 11.6% compared to July 2013 (344 dead), according provisional figures announced Thursday by the Highway Safety. “ The number of deaths on the roads the lowest ever recorded for the month of July since 1954 ” start year statistics, welcomes the National Interministerial Road Safety Observatory ( ONISR.)
“ encouraging, these results prove that there is no fatality in road accidents “, welcomed the Minister of the Interior Bernard Cazeneuve.
Meanwhile, the number of injury accidents (-15.6%) and hospitalized more than 24 hours after the accident (-18.6%) fall too. This decrease in road deaths is “ mainly due ” to the users of motorized two-wheelers, with 42 lives saved in July compared to July 2013.
The mortality bikers’ usually peaks during the summer months due to favorable weather conditions in their circulation . ” But July was “particularly rainy.”
Vigilance reinforced
negative record in revenge for cyclists the number of road deaths in July which is increasing (12 killed), as motorists (6 killed)
July was notably marked by two spectacular crashes. collision between truck, whose driver had used cocaine, and a car, which killed five people in the Meuse; another between a minibus and a truck in the Dawn claimed the lives of six people, including five children.
Citing these two accidents, but “ review the first seven months of the year (72 killed) , “the Interior called despite favorable data on the whole, a” enhanced due diligence . “
From the beginning of the year, road mortality is indeed bullish. It is well established in late July 1833 deaths, against 1,761 in the same period in 2013, an increase of 4.1%.
The Government has launched many reforms (up radar and controls, decreased speed on certain roads) to reduce the number of road deaths, keeping in his sights the goal of increasing this figure to below 2,000 deaths by 2020, against 3,268 in 2013
The record since the beginning of the year is all the more disappointing that 2013 recorded the number of fatalities on the lowest ever since 1954 route.
On the eve the busy weekend of August 15, the Interior called for “extreme caution” on the roads. Paris area alone, 666 policemen have been deployed at 173 checkpoints.
“Still a lot of work”
Stephanie Guiselain founded the association set on the road together for life in July 2011 after she was a victim of a serious car accident. The purpose of the association is to take action to raise awareness of road safety. It is with relief that the President of the structure hosting the latest figures from the National Interministerial Road Safety Observatory.
How is, that you respond to these latest figures
“This is something quite positive. I think these numbers are especially due to the fact that alcohol tests are more frequently distributed to the output nightclubs. Young people say that the road is just them. We also note that accidents are proving less lethal. “
What -there do you think that these figures continue to fall
“There are still a lot of work before people are fully aware that the road is dangerous. We must continue the efforts and do not let go. “
Figures show that the number of people killed on motorcycles also fell …
“It is clear that motorcycle, the chances of survival are less than by car, especially because of the speed. We had a harsh winter, but it has mostly been a lot of rain in July. It therefore can be prevented bikers out. “
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