Wassim MH Posted April 15, 2022 Posted April 15, 2022 With 231 people dying in March, road mortality is up 23% compared to March 2021, a month marked by confinement in certain departments. Mortality remains down compared to March 2019. 231 people died in March on the roads of mainland France, according to the latest figures from the National Interministerial Road Safety Observatory (ONISR). A figure up 23% compared to March 2021, "atypical month marked by confinement in certain departments", underlines the press release from Road Safety issued this Thursday, April 14. Travel up 10% Since the start of the covid pandemic, the Ministry of the Interior has rather taken 2019 as a basis for comparison, the last “normal” year in terms of traffic on the roads of France, without curfews or other confinements. Compared to March 2019, road fatalities in March 2022 are thus down 9%. In February, we were at -17% compared to 2019 but at +20% compared to 2021. "Road accidents in March 2022 are marked by the resumption of French mobility": travel in March 2022 is 10% higher on average compared to March 2021 according to Cerema (Center for Studies and expertise on risks, the environment, mobility and development), notes Road Safety. All the other indicators, number of bodily and injured accidents in particular, are up compared to 2021, down compared to 2019. Same observation for mortality by categories of road users. Among motorists, there are thus 111 deaths, 17 more than in March 2021, 15 less than in March 2019. 55 motorcyclists or moped riders were killed, 10 more than in March 2021 and 11 less only in March 2019. Among cyclists, on the other hand, there are 18 deaths, 2 more than a year ago and 3 more than in 2019. Over the first quarter as a whole, road fatalities were up 29% compared to 2021 and down 6% compared to 2019. LINK:https://www.bfmtv.com/auto/la-mortalite-routiere-en-hausse-au-mois-de-mars-avec-un-effet-confinement_AN-202204140288.html
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