increased vigilance of gendarmes on the roads this summer as mortality increases this year

Gendarmerie road checks will increase during all the holidays on the Côte d’Or motorways while mortality on the department’s roads has skyrocketed in the first half of the year.

18 dead on the roads of Côte-d’Or since the beginning of the year

Eighteen people have died in a traffic accident since the beginning of the year, ie 50% more than last year for the same period. And summer is particularly conducive to accidents. In 2021, in Côte-d’Or, the road had killed 29 victims, including 14 during the June-August period.