At least six dead in an accident in Ariège: the RN20 between Toulouse and Andorra is too accidentogenic – LaDepeche.fr

At least six people died on Friday in a head-on collision between two cars on National Route 20, which leads to Andorra. The section is particularly used by motorists. Nicolas Pech, the mayor of Savignac-les-Ormeaux, assures him: “It is not a very accident-prone place. The RN 20 in general, yes, but not on this section. From memory, since it opened in 2016, there has been only one accident with death, but it was further away, at the level of the access ramp; but we have never seen such a serious fatal accident there. After Ax-les-Thermes in the direction of Andorra, it is more difficult, but here the view is clear, there is no particular difficulty and the authorities put a radar from time to time. Afterwards, there is always a part of fatality…” Words confirmed by the chief of staff of the Prefecture Guillaume Afonso, who evokes “a path that is very busy, but where we have never had an accident of such gravity. To read also: Terrible accident in Ariège: a frontal impact kills at least 6 people near Ax-les-Thermes Commander Benoît Delpas, head of the operational services group of SDIS 09 (departmental fire and rescue service) , is more cautious: placed in the axis of a low sun at certain times of the day, with a radar stationed much further, the RN 20 in this sector would be known to be the site of many accidents, although of a much less serious. The fact remains that with a flow of more than 21,000 vehicles coming from Foix in summer, of which 5,000 to 6,000 go to Puymorens, and an annual passage of 3.5 million vehicles on average, the axis of the RN 20 remains the busiest in the department. Also read: VIDEO. Terrible accident in Ariège: victims, injured… what we know about the frontal impact which killed at least six people, including two children This dramatic accident in any case weighs down a road safety record which until now was a little below the average for previous years, since after two consecutive years marked by 10 deaths on the Ariège roads, 2022 has so far only had four traffic victims, all on two wheels. Figures and a tragedy that can only encourage greater caution.