Among these victims, 122 were motorists, 58 pedestrians and 34 cyclists.
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They are nearly 300 to have lost their lives on metropolitan roads. In all, 295 people lost their lives on the roads of France in October 2022, announced Tuesday, November 15, Road Safety. An increase of 15% compared to the same month in 2019, the reference year before the pandemic. Among them, 122 were motorists, 58 pedestrians, 34 cyclists. More than half of these deaths took place outside urban areas.
[Communiqué] Slight decrease in road fatalities in October 2022 compared to October 2021 but up compared to October 2019 ➡️ https://t.co/OS4tIireJI pic.twitter.com/iXAS9g69PC
— Road Safety (@RoutePlusSure) November 15, 2022
This figure is down very slightly compared to the same period in 2021 (298 dead) but up compared to 2019 (257), details, in a press release, the National Interministerial Observatory for Road Safety (ONISR).
The number of injury accidents recorded by police and gendarmes, which only constitute a part of road traffic accidents, has on the contrary recorded a drop to 4,720, i.e. 868 less than in October 2021. and 415 less than in 2019. “Even if the pandemic is still active, travel and accident rates have returned to a rate close to that before the pandemic or even higher, with sometimes changes linked to new habits”notes the ONISR.
In the overseas territories, 33 people died in a road accident last month, eight more than in 2021 over the same period and ten compared to 2019.
The number of injury accidents recorded by the police also stands at 269, up from 244 in October 2021 and 259 recorded in 2019.