The number of road deaths in France increased 14.2% in March, with 257 people killed, 32 more than the same month in 2015, announced Friday Road Safety.
in the first three months of the year, the number of deaths increased by 3.3% compared to the first quarter 2015 (another 24 killed), which continues the upward trend in road deaths recorded since two years.
the month of March was marked by an accident occurred March 25 in the Allier, where 12 Portuguese living in Switzerland were killed in the collision between the van carrying them and a heavyweight, said road safety.
Two years of increases in road deaths, a first in 35 years
All the indicators are, however, the increase in March, the number of injury accidents (4378, + 4.1%), the number of people injured (5487, + 5.4%) and the number of people hospitalized (1910, 5.3 %). “He was asked the prefects by circular dated 31 March accentuate the road checks and request the mobilization of mayors for municipal policies reinforce the action of the police,” recalls Security road in a statement.
the number of road deaths in mainland France increased again in 2014 (3 384 dead, + 3.5% compared to 2013), a trend that s’ continued in 2015, with 3,464 killed (+ 2.4% compared to 2014). France had not experienced two consecutive years of increases in road deaths for 35 years.
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