Road safety : a decrease of 15.6% in the number of deaths in may

The months of march and April were marked by a dramatic decrease in the number of deaths, with 39.6% of deaths less than in march and 55.8% in April. The numbe

The months of march and April were marked by a dramatic decrease in the number of deaths, with 39.6% of deaths less than in march and 55.8% in April.

The number of people killed on the roads has fallen from 15.6% in may, month of the first phase of the déconfinement in metropolitan France, according to road Safety figures published on Monday. 205 people died on the roads, or 38 fewer than a year earlier (243). The months of march and April, during which the French were confined, have been marked by a dramatic decrease with 39.6% of deaths less than in march and 55.8% in April.

In may, the number of personal injury accidents has decreased also 34% to $ 3076 compared 4664 in may 2019, the same trend for the number of people injured, with a decrease of 36.7% is 2150 injured persons under (3704 may 2020).

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This decrease relates mainly to motorists, with 52 people killed in less. The mortality of motorcyclists, however, is on the rise (+21 killed) and cyclists (+7 deaths) compared to may 2019, according to the release.

No cause for celebration

“In may 2020, the mortality of young people of 18-24 years old and seniors aged 65 years or more, are equivalent to those of the month of may in 2019, despite ten days of confinement at the beginning of the month,” notes the road Safety. At the end of may, the ministry of the Interior had launched a campaign calling for caution when déconfinement, worrying about “the first alarming figures”, with a rise in fatalities and a leap of 15% of the large excess of speed.

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In April, 103 people were killed on the roads, the “best figure in the history of road safety”, had raised David Julliard, deputy delegate for road Safety, which considered, however, that we “could hope for better”, the fact that a whole month of confinement.

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The number of road deaths has stabilized in 2019 in France, according to a definitive assessment With the déconfinement, road Safety is concerned “the first alarming figures” Phone at the wheel coupled with another violation : the license will be automatically withheld

During the containment, the security forces had “found a significant number of major speeding (in excess of 50 km/h above the speed limit), with an increase of over 16% compared to the same period in 2019” for the month of April.

Date Of Update: 15 June 2020, 19:58

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