France sees road safety gain

France is seeing a road safety gain.
By MJ Woof September 20, 2023 Read time: 1 min
France is seeing road safety gains - image courtesy of Mike Woof

France has seen a road safety gain for summer 2023 compared to summer 2022. Data shows that road deaths were 7.8% lower in July and August 2023 than for 2022. There were 591 road deaths during July and August 2023 according to data collated by Sécurité Routière (Road Safety). Serious injuries in road crashes dropped by 3% to 1,386 for July and August 2023.

Although road deaths increased by 4% in urban areas, they fell 11% in non-urban areas and by 22% on highway routes. However, deaths for powered two wheeler users increased by 30-31% in July and August 2023 compared with the same period in 2022. There were 17 road deaths for electric scooter riders.

The data shows that safety for cyclists and drivers improved during July and August 2023 compared with the same period in 2022.

Highway & Network Management

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