The figure is up compared to 2021, but remains stable compared to the figures for 2019 (+0.5%), before the pandemic. According to data published on Wednesday by Road Safety, 3,260 people died on the roads in 2022, compared to 2,947 people in 2021.
Last year was marked in particular by a “worrying increase” in the mortality of cyclists with 244 killed, a figure up 30% compared to 2019 (+ 57 killed).
If we look in detail at the other types of accidents, Road Safety indicates that “484 pedestrians, 34 users of personal transport vehicles (such as electric scooters), 715 motorized two-wheeler users, 1,563 car occupants. 58 children aged 13 or under have died” in a road accident. Among them, 98 teenagers aged 14 to 17, 552 young people between 18 and 24 and 875 seniors aged 65 or over.
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