balance sheet Among them, 122 were motorists, 58 pedestrians, 34 cyclists
March 27, 2013. Place de la Bastille, the police prefecture is mobilizing to participate in the awareness campaign – Angle mort – organized by the City of Paris, initiating the 2013 campaign on this theme. On the program: demonstration – life-size – featuring a truck to better take into account the reality of blind spots, bike maneuverability track, and continuous projection of the educational film – In town by bike -. //PHOTO: V. WARTNER/20 MINUTES — V. WARTNER/20 MINUTES
The number of people who died in October on the roads of mainland France increased. by 15% compared to the same month in 2019, the reference year before the pandemic, indicated Tuesday Security road. In detail, 295 people died in one month, of which more than half died. outside agglomeration. Of these, 122 were motorists, 58 pedestrians, 34 cyclists.
This figure is down very slightly compared to to the same period in 2021 (298 dead) but up from 2019 (257), details in a press release; the National Interministerial Observatory for Security; (ONISR).
No more deaths in Overseas
The number of bodily accidents recorded by the police and gendarmes, which constitute only a part of road traffic accidents, has on the contrary recorded a decline to settle at 4,720, i.e. 868 less than in October 2021 and 415 less than in 2019. The authorities had taken exceptional measures in the spring of 2020 in response to the spread of Covid-2019, by temporarily reducing travel and encouraging teleworking.
In overseas territories, 33 people died in road accidents last month past, i.e. eight more than in 2021 over the same period and ten compared to 2019. The number of bodily accidents recorded by the police also stands at 269, up from 244 in October 2021 and 259 in 2019.