France: Major Reduction In Road Deaths for 2012 - Record

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France: Major Reduction In Road Deaths for 2012 - Record

<table cellspacing="0" align="left" border="0" width="110" cellpadding="5"><tr><td><div class="Pict"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/motorbiker/newspics4/France-Location-Stats-2011-2012.jpg" width="100" height="17" title="France Location Stats 2011 2012" alt="France Location Stats 2011 2012" style="border:1px solid white;"></div></td></tr></table><table cellspacing="0" align="right" border="0" width="100" cellpadding="5"><tr><td><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/motorbiker/flags/fr-flag.gif" width="97" height="65" title="France flag" alt="France flag" border="0"></a></td></tr></table>For once we've got good news coming from France. The number of road deaths and accidents during 2012 has been at an all time low, a record since these figures were recorded (1948). In total for all vehicle types there were "only" 3,645 people killed on the French roads, a significant reduction of 8%. When comparing the statistics between 2011 and 2000 (when a serious effort was undertaken to reduce road accidents), the overall drop has been 52%.<br><br>

But when you look at all the statistics, motorcycle riders showed the way.... with a reduction of 14.5% in the number of deaths. Although motorcycles have been very good at reducing the number of accidents, they still represent 18% of all road fatalities, while only representing 1.9% of traffic........... <br><br>

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