French Road Safety: 13.6% rise in deaths for Oct.

Sécurité routière : le nombre de morts sur les routes en hausse de 13,6% en octobre

par Rédaction de France Info mardi 18 novembre 2014 11:24

Le 28 octobre dernier, une collision entre une voiture et un poids-lourd avait coûté la vie à un homme de 56 ans dans le Nord © MaxPPP. This collision between a car and a truck cost the life of a 56 year old man.

Selon les chiffres publiés par la Sécurité Routière, les accidents de la route meurtriers ont nettement augmenté en octobre dernier par rapport au mois précédent : + 13,6%. The Road Safety Authorities have issued figures for road deaths for October where they show an increase of 13.6% on the previous Oct.

“C’est la première remontée de la mortalité routière après douze années de baisse et de stagnation” estime l’Observatoire national interministériel de la sécurité routière (ONISR) qui voit une tendance à la hausse en cette fin d’année 2014. Car, statistiquement, le nombre de tués a augmenté de 2% sur les douze derniers mois. En octobre, par rapport au même mois de l’année passée, le nombre de morts sur les routes a progressé de 13,6%. Dans le détail, 350 personnes ont perdu la vie dans un accident de circulation contre 308 en octobre 2013.

“This is the first rise in road deaths after twelve years of lower or stagnation in figures” estimated the National Inter-ministerial Road Safety Observatory (ONISR) who see a tendency for higher figures to the end of 2014. Because statistically the number killed rises by 2% in the last two months. In October, reportedly for the same month last year, the number of deaths on the road has increased by 13.6%. In the detail, 350 people lost their lives in road accidents against 308 in Oct 2013.

Cette hausse sensible touche tous les usagers de la route. Et particulièrement les piétons et les cyclistes qui “paient cette année un tribut particulièrement lourd, avec une évolution de la mortalité cumulée sur 12 mois respectivement de +7% et +6%” précise l’ONISR. Devant ces mauvais chiffres, la Sécurité Routière estime qu’il “appartient à chacun d’avoir conscience de sa responsabilité citoyenne et de réagir pour faire reculer le nombre de vies sacrifiées sur les routes.”

This rise affects all road users. Particularly pedestrians and cyclists who” are paying a heavy price this year, with the evolution of deaths cumulative for 12 months of +7% and +6% respectively according to the ONISR. Behind these bad figures, the Road Safety Authority estimate that “it is apparent that everyone has to be conscious as responsible citizens to act to reduce the number of lives sacrificed on the roads.”  

 

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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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