Road mortality: bikers good students in January

According to figures from the last monthly road safety bulletin, the number of people who lost their lives on the roads of France in January 2013 is down by -8.8% compared to 2012.

According to figures from the last monthly road safety bulletin, the number of people who lost their lives on the roads of France in January 2013 is down by -8.8% compared to 2012.

A total of 271 drivers were victims of a traffic accident last month, 26 less than in January 2012. The number of bodily accidents is also down -12.3% compared to January 2012, just like the number of people injured (-11.6%).

"The number of injured people hospitalized is in virtual stagnation with 2,016 people hospitalized for more than 24 hours in January 2013, which corresponds to a decrease of -0.9%", details road safety adding that "the 26 lives saved in January 2013 are essentially split between motorcyclists and pedestrians ".

Which is both good news … and obvious: the month of January was particularly harsh and often snowy, many users preferred the car or public transport to their motorbike or scooter. Hence the decrease in two-wheeler accidents: CQFD !

Over twelve rolling months (from February 2012 to January 2013), 3,619 people lost their lives in a road accident.

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