Road safety: fatal accidents increased in October, for the first time since the beginning – franceinfo

For the first time since the start of the health crisis, road fatalities increased in October compared to the same month in 2019: 14% more people died on the roads of mainland France, announced Road Safety on Monday, November 15. . A total of 294 deaths were recorded in October, 37 more than in October 2019.

Since the start of 2021, road fatalities have been systematically down compared to the same month in 2019, a more relevant point of comparison than 2020 because of the restrictions and changes in travel caused by the health crisis that year. The increase is indeed 45% compared to October 2020.

Quoted by AFP, the interministerial delegate for road safety, Marie Gautier-Melleray, said she was concerned about this assessment: “After several months of encouraging results, the road accident figures in October are worrying, especially for the most vulnerable.”