20 January Road Safety in Provisional results. Manuelle SALATHÉ Head of the French Road Safety Observatory (ONISR)

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1 20 January 2014 Road Safety in 2013 Provisional results Manuelle SALATHÉ Head of the French Road Safety Observatory (ONISR) 1

2 Table of contents 1. Provisional results in Long trends year trends per road users 4. Monthly trend for Road fatalities per user categories 6. Road fatalities for age group y/o 7. Road safety picture 8. Road fatalities across the country 9. Road fatality trend in overseas regions 10. Driver behaviour in accidents 2

3 1 Provisional results in 2013 France mainland 2012 vs 2013, (final data for 2012 and provisional data for 2013) Estimates A F I H December 2013 provisional December 2012 final Difference 2013 / Variation between 2013 / 2012 Injury accidents (incl. fatal) Fatalities within 30 days Injury casualties (incl. serious) Seriously injured casualties (hospitalised 24h) % -3.7% 0.2% 9.4% The number of road fatalities is estimated to fall down to in It represents an 11% decrease, more than 400 lifes saved compared to The maximum number of road safety fatalities was observed in 1972, when people died in road traffic accidents. 3

4 2 Long trends Road safety measures and Road fatality trend between 1970 and 2013 Road fatality trend in France mainland and road safety measures on speed and alcohol l (12 months gliding)) : 90kph speed limit on all rural roads 110 kph express roads 130kph motorways Speed limits measures : 1,2 gr/l criminal threshold - 0,8 g/l Offence threshold 1983 : 0,8 g/l Criminal threshold 1982 : speed limit decrease when road Is wet 1986 : immediate removal of driving License if alcohol found 1990 : police Forces control alcohol levels of drivers 1990 : 50 kph on urban roads 1995 : 0,5 g/l Offence threshold 1999 : Car owner financially liable 2003:between 0.5 and 0.8 g/l 6 points removal 2003 : Launch of Automatic speed cameras 2008 : 20kph zones 2012: 2013 : average new speed mobile cameras speed cameras Measures against drink driving 2004: 0.2 g/l for bus and coach drivers 2010 : alcohol testing ignition interlocks on new coaches and children transportation

5 Number of fatalities from 2000 to year trends per road users Between 2000 and 2010, the number of fatalities was reduced by half. 2011, with people killed, was rather close to 2010 performance. 2012, with people killed, showed a significant decrease. In 2013, with people killed, the downward trend gets stronger. Compared to 2010, the new baseline, the number of people killed has decreased by -18%

6 4 Monthly trend for 2013 Monthly performance for fatality Tués à 30 jours au mois par mois sur 15 ans numbers since 2000 These graphs present monthly fatality results. Summertime still show more fatalities than the average month Progress between 2012 and 2013 is particularly significant during the first semester and the month of November janv févr mars avr mai juin juil août sept oct nov déc

7 4 Monthly trend for months gliding fatality trends Important decrease up to June 2013: for motorised road users Strong communication campaigns Major advertising of the launch of new mobile automated speed cameras Very poor weather influences leasure traffic, in particular bikers Increase in fuel prices is an incentive for eco driving June to October : car fatalities decrease less, bikers face several months of increase Strong decrease in November : New mobile automated speed cameras can now also work facing on-coming traffic Important debates on priorities within Road Safety National Council déc janv 2013 D J F M A M J J A S O N D févr mars avr mai juin juil août sept oct nov déc 7

8 4 Monthly trend for 2013 Comparison between 2013 and 2012 car users and 1.3 Véhicules Car occupants légers 1.2 motorcyclists (final 2012 and provisional 2013 data) Motocyclettes Motorcyclists J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D 0.8 J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D Particularly high fatality gains for car users take place during the first semester of For bikers, the strong decrease up to May compensates the ulterior fatality increase when the motorcyclist season finally begins. 8

9 4 Monthly trend for 2013 Comparison between 2013 and 2012 pedestrians and pedal cyclists (final 2012 and provisional 2013 data) 1.3 Pedestrians Piétons 1.2 A 1.3 Pedal Vélos cyclists J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D Pedestrian fatalities decrease during the first and last trimesters. By the end of 2013, pedal cyclists fatality numbers have dropped back to the level they were at 18 months before. 9

10 5. Road fatalities per user categories Comparison between road user fatality results and traffic composition Others 61 2% 173 5% % 151 5% 153 5% % % Percent of fatalities per road user category % 20% 50% 2% Percent of road users categories in motorised traffic ,6% 1,3% 76% 5% Motorised two wheelers fatality numbers decrease less than for other road user categories, which strengthen their part to 25% in the overall numbers, whereas they only represent 1,9% of the motorised traffic. 10

11 6. Road fatalities for age group y/o Comparison between 2013 and Jeunes ans Age group J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D The trend for fatality numbers of age group years old follows the overall fatality trend, with an estimated decrease of 10% in 2013 compared to This age group participates in 21% of the overall death toll, when they represent just 9% of the population. 11

12 7. Road safety picture Final data 2012 Fatalities 7% 28% 65% Motorways Rural roads Urban roads a third of pedestrian fatalities occur on rural roads and motorways a third of pedal cyclists fatalities occur on urban roads Hospitalised 7% 4 motorcyclists killed out of 5 drove a +125cm3 bike 53% Women 25% 40% Fatalities Men 75% 14% of fatalities take place in accidents in whith HGVs Drivers with a less than 2 years old license are implied in a quarter of accidents 12

13 8. Road fatalities across the country Average per million inhabitants National average : 62 fatalities per million inhabitants 13

14 8. Road fatalities across the country trend -40% -18,4% 0% +20% National average : -18,4% 14

15 9. Road fatality trend in overseas regions Trend Monthly fatality numbers in 12-months gliding in overseas regions Jan 12 Feb 12 Mar 12 Apr 12 May 12 Jun 12 Jul 12 Aug 12 Sept 12 Oct 12 Nov 12 Dec 12 Jan 13 Feb 13 Mar 13 Apr 13 May 13 Jun 13 Jul 13 Aug 13 Sept 13 Oct 13 Nov 13 Dec 13 Fatality numbers are estimated to 161 people in 2013 in the 5 overseas regions. This represents a decrease by 15% compared to 2012, and 12% compared to baseline year

16 10. Driver behaviour in accidents Main causes for fatal accidents Police forces quick reporting data confirm the part taken in 2013 by the following main causes of fatality accidents : Fatality risk (%) Alcohol 20% For pedestrian or pedal cyclist Side crash Front crash or with hard object Priority 14% Speed 25% Crash speed (kph) Drugs 4% At this early stage of enquiries, 37% of main causes are not determined. 16

17 10. Driver behaviour in accidents Multiple factors in accidents (2012 data) Analyses on the accident database identified that the following factors are present in fatal accidents : Alcohol 31% Number of car users above alcohol legal limit, involved in road traffic accidents, according to time and day Sickness-tiredness 16% ZZZZ h 1 h 2 h 3 h 4 h 5 h 6 h 7 h 8 h 9 h 10 h 11 h 12 h Monday Tuesday Lundi Mardi Wednesday Mercredi Jeudi Thursday Vendredi Samedi Friday Dimanche Saturday Sunday Major accident periods with drivers above alcohol legal limit : - Every day at the end of the day for car and motorised 2 wheelers all ages 13 h 14 h - Saturday and Sunday between midnight and 6 a.m. for car users, half of them age h 16 h 17 h 18 h 19 h 20 h 21 h 22 h 23 h Drugs 23% 21% of people killed in cars and lorries did not wear their seat belt 6% of killed motorised 2 wheelers did not wear a helmet 17

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