In June 2024, 291 people died on the roads of mainland France, an increase of 2% compared to the same month last year (286), Road Safety announced in a press release on Friday.
The number of serious injuries (1,519) is down 12% compared to June 2023, according to estimates from the National Interministerial Road Safety Observatory.
145 dead in cars
Road Safety highlights a “sharp increase” in deaths for passenger vehicle users with 145 deaths, or 26 more compared to June 2023, but also pedestrians, with 33 deaths (+5 deaths compared to June 2023).
The press release highlights a drop in mortality for users of motorized two-wheelers, cyclists and those under 18.
Faced with these estimates and the period of “major holiday departures”, the interministerial delegate for road safety, Florence Guillaume, calls for caution in the face of “fatigue and inattention”, which she believes are “involved in too many accidents on motorways”.
Mortality up over 12 months
It therefore encourages motorists to be “extremely vigilant towards professionals who work on the side of the road to secure or maintain the roads” and who are “too often hit”.
Overall, mortality over the last 12 months has increased by 5% compared to the previous 12 months. Three modes of transport have seen their figures increase over the last year: pedestrian mortality (+11%), mortality among users of motorized two-wheelers (+6%) and mortality in “personal transport devices” (electric scooters, etc.) which has increased sharply (+36%).
In Overseas France, the number of bodily injuries (268) is slightly up (+1% compared to June 2023). On the other hand, the press release reports a decrease in the number of deaths compared to June 2023 with 13 killed (-35%).
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