Since the beginning of July, 21 people have lost their lives on the roads of Gironde, including 9 on motorcycles over 125 cm³. These are 40% of fatal accidents of the year in two months and an increase of 9 fatalities compared to the average of previous summers.
Road checks will therefore be reinforced on all the roads of the department which support the last summer migrations of holidaymakers. These operations will be done again, as since the end of July when this new method of controlling traffic offenses was tested, with the support of drones. Ideal for seeing without being seen.
The bad Road Safety figures speak for themselves. Since the beginning of July, 21 people have lost their lives on the roads of Gironde, including nine on motorcycles over 125 cm³. “These are 40% of the fatal accidents of the year in two months and an increase of nine killed compared to the average of previous summers”, reveals the prefecture.
Vitesse excessive
The Gironde has recorded 51 people killed since the start of the year. More than half of the victims were vulnerable users: five pedestrians, six cyclists, two on electric scooters and 16 on motorized two-wheelers. “Half of the fatal accidents occurred ‘solo’, without a third party involved: 14 killed in light vehicles, eight on heavy motorcycles, two on mopeds, one on a bicycle”, details the Gironde prefecture by analyzing the statistics accidentology.
2023-08-29 22:44:02
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