A peak of more than 1000 km of cumulative traffic jams in France was reached on Saturday, a day classified as black in the direction of departures, during the traditional crossover between July and Augustians.
Precisely 1091.6 km, it was reached at noon, according to the Bison Futé website.
The main disruptions obviously concerned the A7 southbound on which we could see more than 100 km of traffic jams and slowdowns in the Drôme at its strongest against less than 90 km shortly before 1 p.m., according to Bison Smart.
The journey time between the south of Lyon and Orange was in fact 5:30 am instead of 1 hour 40 minutes with traffic which quickly became denser, said Vinci Autoroutes, which manages the Autoroute du Soleil.
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On the A10, holidaymakers were also tested, taking 4:20 instead of 2:30 from Paris to Poitiers, and 4:10, two hours more than normal to reach Bordeaux from the capital of Poitiers, the same source said.
This axis remained very busy, with more than 161 km of disturbances recorded by Bison Futé at midday in Gironde.
Always along the coast, towards the Spanish border, motorists were to encounter slowdowns on the A63, extending their journey by about thirty minutes over the usual two hours.
On the A75, known as "La Méridienne" which connects Clermont-Ferrand to Béziers in the extension of the A71, Bison Futé noted a traffic jam of more than 87 km in the middle of the morning in the Hérault before it moved. in the Puy-de-Dôme at the beginning of the afternoon, with about fifty km of slowdowns.
The national road 79, connecting Montmarault (Allier) to Mâcon (Saône-et-Loire), was also very busy with more than 95 km of disturbances at lunchtime.
Sunday is classified orange
There were other difficulties on the Mediterranean rim but less important than those of the Rhône Valley, in particular to go to Narbonne whether by the A9 from Orange or the A61 from Toulouse, with an additional hour at the less on the usual time, as well as between Orange and Nice on the A8 with around thirty additional minutes, according to Vinci Autoroutes.
In the direction of the returns, Vinci did not note any major difficulties except on the A7 where it took an hour more to reach Lyon from Orange (2h40 instead of 1h40) as on the A63 from the Spanish border to Bordeaux .
Friday afternoon, holidaymakers had anticipated their departures on the road where more than 1000 km of traffic jams were also recorded across the country.
Sunday was classified orange by Bison Futé.
