Road safety: sharp increase in road fatalities in October

With 350 people killed last month against 308 in October 2013, road fatalities would increase by "+ 13.6%" according to Road Safety, an increase in addition to that of 1.3% recorded in September . All the indicators are in the red with + 4.4% of people hospitalized, + 2.9% of people injured and +, 1.9%…

With 350 people killed last month against 308 in October 2013, road fatalities would increase by "+ 13.6%" according to Road Safety, an increase in addition to that of 1.3% recorded in. All indicators are in the red with + 4.4% of people hospitalized, + 2.9% of people injured and +, 1.9% of bodily accidents.

"Vulnerable users such as pedestrians and cyclists pay a particularly heavy price this year, with an increase in cumulative mortality over 12 months respectively of + 7% and + 6%", the government body is alarmed..

Even more worrying: this almost general increase comes as the "first rise in road fatalities after twelve years of decline or stagnation". Caramba, automatic radars would not therefore solve all the problems on the roads ?!

Surprisingly, Road Safety ignores the fact that the statistics concerning motorized two-wheelers of "125cc and more" are for their part satisfactory, with even a decrease of -2% over 12 rolling months compared to the same period last year…

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