Drop in French road deaths for July. Lowest in 60 years.

Posted on August 14, 2014 by bill

Routes : le nombre de morts en juillet au plus bas depuis 60 ans

par jeudi 14 août 2014 12:32
Le nombre de morts sur les routes au plus bas depuis 60 ans
Le nombre de morts sur les routes au plus bas depuis 60 ans © MAXPPP

La mortalité routière a baissé de 11,6% en juillet avec 304 tués contre 344 en 2013. C’est le chiffre le plus bas enregistré depuis 60 ans pour cette période estivale annonce la Sécurité routière.

Road deaths have dropped by 11.6% in July with 304 killed against 344 in 2013. This is the lowest figure recorded in 60 years for this summer period according to the Road Safety Authority.

“C’est le nombre de décès sur les routes le plus bas jamais enregistré pour un mois de juillet depuis 1954” se félicite l’Observatoire national interministériel de la sécurité routière dans son communiqué. “Les usagers de deux-roues motorisés, avec 42 vies sauvées le mois dernier par rapport à juillet 2013, sont les premiers bénéficiaires de cette amélioration”. L’ONISR annonce aussi une baisse du nombre d’accidents corporels (-15,6%) et du nombre de personnes hospitalisées plus de 24 heures après l’accident (-18,6%).  En juin, 304 personnes avaient perdu la vie dans des accidents de la circulation, soit 11 de plus qu’en juin 2013.

“It is the lowest number of deaths on the roads ever recorded for a July month since 1954” said an enthusiastic communiqué from the inter-ministerial National Road Safety Authority. “Motor-cycle users, with 42 lives saved last month compared to July 2013, are the most beneficiaries of this improvement”. The RSA also announced a lowering of the number of fatal accidents (-15.6%) and the number of people hospitalised more than 24 hours after an accident (-18.6%). In June, 304 people have lost their lives in traffic accidents, that is 11 more than June 2013.    

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Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
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