The mortality of cyclists increased by 30 % between 2019 and 2022, according to estimates of the interministerial national observatory of road safety (ONISR).
MO12345LEMONDE with AFP
A “worrying increase” of the mortality of cyclists was observed last year in France, deplored Wednesday 1
With 3,260 deaths on the roads of mainland France, the balance sheet remains generally stable (+ 0.5 %) compared to 2019, last year of reference before the pandemic, but it increases by 30 % among cyclists, with 244 killed, or 57 more, according to estimates of the interministerial national observatory for road safety (Onisr) presented at a press conference at Cochin Hospital in Paris. For the second year in a row, the number of cyclists killed exceeded the threshold of 200.
“Less than 50 % of killed on the road are car occupants. Unfortunately, and this goes hand in hand with the development of soft mobility, there is a worrying increase in the mortality of cyclists and users of machinery Motorized personal displacements (EDPM) “, recalled M me Guillaume.
Regarding EDPM, 34 “Trottinettes” lost their lives, against 10 in 2019, with 600 seriously injured, 400 more than three years earlier.
For motorists, road mortality is decreasing with 1,563 killed (-59) just like that of motorized two-wheelers with 715 deaths (-34), according to onisr figures. In the overseas territories, 281 people died on the roads, an assessment up 11 % compared to 2019 (+ 27 killed).