Statistical reports – Road mortality 2015: bikers remain good students in a new negative report –

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Road mortality 2015: bikers remain good students in a new negative balance

Statistical reports - Road mortality 2015: bikers remain good students in a new negative report -

The final report on road fatalities on French roads in 2015 shows, unsurprisingly in view of the trend given by the monthly readings, an increase of + 2.3% compared to last year with 3461 deaths ( +77 deaths). This second consecutive increase (+ 3.5% in 2014) only reinforces …

The final road fatality assessment on French roads in 2015 shows, unsurprisingly in view of the trend given by the, an increase of + 2.3% compared to with 3461 deaths (+77 deaths). This second consecutive increase () only reinforces skepticism about the objective of falling below the threshold of the government wanted..

The decline continues among bikers 

This new increase is mainly explained by the jump of + 8% in fatal accidents recorded among motorists in 2015, with 1,796 deaths in 2015 against 1,663 a year earlier. No less than "51.9%" of road deaths were either drivers or passengers of a so-called "passenger" vehicle. In other words, more than half…

Key figures for road fatalities in 2015
  • 3,461 deaths (+ 2.3% compared to 2014)
  • Second consecutive increase in France
  • 1,796 deaths in a passenger vehicle (+133 deaths and + 8%)
  • –6.2% for pedestrians (31 fewer deaths), -6.3% for cyclists (10 fewer deaths), -6.1% for mopeds and -1.8% for motorcyclists (- 21 deaths for all 2WD users)
  • 619 deaths among 18 to 24 year olds (+ 6.4%).
  • Young people represent 18% of road deaths in 2015
  • 125 deaths among 15-17 year olds (+ 7.8%). 
  • 831 deaths among the over 65s. + 10.2% for 65-74 year olds and + 6.4% for over 75 year olds
  • 75% of the killed and injured are men
  • 298 fatalities on motorways (+ 23.1% compared to 2014), 2,175 on roads outside urban areas (+ 1.2%)
  • + 4 km / h average observed on motorway and + 2 km / h on roads limited to 110 km / h. Oulala, it’s naughty !
  • 30.5% of fatal accidents involved a driver with a blood alcohol level greater than 0.5 g / l (+ 2.2%)
  • 22.8% of fatal accidents involved a driver under the influence of drugs 
  • 21% of those killed did not wear their seat belt in a car, 38% in commercial vehicles and 36% in heavy goods vehicles
  • 10% of mopeds and 4% of motorcyclists who died on the road were not wearing a helmet

Conversely, motorcyclists recorded a second consecutive drop after that of -1% in 2014: 2015 ended with almost 2% fewer bikers killed (-1.8%). The results are also encouraging for mopeds (-6.1%), cyclists (-6.3%) and pedestrians (-6.2%).

Faced with these positive signals – the few present in this sad record – one would have thought that Road Safety would hasten to congratulate motorcyclists and scooter riders, or at least encourage an a priori beneficial change in certain risky behaviors … Well, not at all !

As usual, the government body is quick to highlight its usual comparisons by insisting on the fact that two-wheeled users "account for less than 2% of traffic (1.9%) but represent 43% of traffic. people seriously injured and 22% of those killed "and that it is therefore necessary to" qualify these results ". 

MNC can not help wondering if we will "qualify" in the same way the day the mortality of motorists will finally return to the expected and necessary decline … However, this 2015 report also presents another reason satisfaction: the number of people injured is also down -3.1%, i.e. 70,802 people injured in the 56,603 bodily accidents recorded (-2.7%). 

The grandpa (bada) boom

Finally, the last category with a strong increase: that of seniors, with 831 additional deaths among those over 65 compared to 2014. This increase is mainly concentrated among “65-74 years”, with + 10.2% (+6, 4% all the same for over 75s).

Even if several of these deaths are linked to bus accidents (transport frequently used by senior citizens), this finding rekindles the – sensitive – debate on the medical checks imposed on elderly drivers, or even a compulsory upgrade on the Highway Code after a number of years of driving license (in 2016, the rules and signage no longer have much to do with those of 1966)…

Young people are also affected, but in a slightly smaller proportion with 619 deaths in the 18-24 age group, i.e. + 6.4%. A still high total, despite all the repressive measures taken to "curb" them: license always more complex to obtain, only 6 points during the three-year probationary period (two with accompanied driving), alcohol limit at 0.2 g / l instead of 0.5 since last summer and direct withdrawal of 6 points for driving with more than 0.2 g / l !

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