This is a decrease which, according to a press release from the National Interministerial Observatory for Road Safety, is partly explained by the curfew introduced to fight against the coronavirus epidemic.
According to ONISR figures, in January, the number of people killed on the roads of metropolitan France fell by 35.2% compared to January 2020. In all, 171 people lost their lives, which represents 93 deaths less than a year ago.
In detail, last month, 89 motorists and 26 pedestrians in particular were killed on the roads.
Injury and bodily accidents on the decline
This decrease must also be put in relation with the "particularly degraded figures for the month of January 2020", insisted on qualifying the organization.
"Thus, if we compare the figures for January 2021 with those for January 2019, this drop is only -28.5%".
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The National Interministerial Road Safety Observatory also notes that the other indicators are also on the decline, with a decline in bodily accidents (3,472 in January, or 1,068 fewer accidents than last year) and the number of injured (4,277 people, or 1,403 less).
Conversely, in the Overseas Territories, mortality increased in January compared to the same month of the previous year.
Last month 22 people lost their lives, 6 more than in January 2020, and 330 people were injured (50 more).
According to ONISR, travel and activity restrictions were indeed less than in mainland France.
In 2020, road mortality in France, with 2,550 victims, reached its lowest historical level since the post-war period.
A decrease largely attributed to the reduction in traffic caused by the health crisis.