There were 3,239 road deaths in mainland France in 2019, a “historically low figure”, announces Christophe Castaner

In 2019, 3,239 people died on the roads in mainland France, according to lhe assessment established by the National Interministerial Observatory for Road Safety, Friday January 31. The Minister of the Interior, Christophe Castaner, welcomed, on Saturday, February 1, a “historically low figure”. According to Road Safety statistics, there were nine fewer deaths in 2019 than in 2018 (a decrease of -0.3%). Since 2010, road deaths have decreased by 18.9%.

For the Minister of the Interior, who spoke during a short speech in Janvry (Essonne), by defending the transition to 80km / h on secondary roads established by the government since mid-2018, this statistic is “the result of a proactive policy”.

According to Christophe Castaner, “409 lives have been saved thanks to new road safety measures”, and “336 lives have been saved thanks to 80 km / h”. In details, la Road safety calculate that 209 lives were saved compared to the reference period (from 2013 to 2017) on the network outside the built-up area and off the motorway during the first 12 months of the measure (from July 2018 to June 2019), then 127 others in the second half of 2019 .

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