Increase in the number of fatal accidents in January 2011 an increase of 21%
The year 2010 ended on a positive note by noting the decrease in the number of fatalities with less than 4,000 deaths on the road. Unfortunately, the 2011 does not start on the same line, in fact, the month of January 2011 records 320 deaths against 267 for the month of January 2010, an increase of 21%: this is the largest increase since a year and a half ...
And this increase falls at the same time the government thought adopting an easing of penalty points, which angered associations against road safety. Chantal Perrichon, president of the League against road violence told AFP: "It is a real heartbreaking to see our worst fears confirmed. When we hear talk Hortefeux zero tolerance for large traffic offenders, I believe that zero tolerance should apply to all political demagogues who prefer to take the risk of back numbers of dead and injured on the roads to satisfy a certain electorate. Shame for the government is not having faced the thugs of penalty points in Parliament. "
Brice Hortefeux, the interior minister, said he was concerned by these figures, it announced the presentation of "a plan to fight against road accidents" in the near future.