The decline is to be greeted with tweezers. In 2022, eleven fewer people lost their lives on the roads of Bas-Rhin. That is 31 the past year, against 42 in 2021, according to the figures communicated by the prefecture of the department. This even indicates that 2022 is the year with the fewest people killed in the Bas-Rhin for fifty years. Certainly, but it is obviously about thirty too many…
In detail, 683 accidents were recorded until December 31, also involving 866 injuries (compared to 756 in 2021 and 974 in 2019). The main reasons for these accidents are related to inattention (23% of cases), inappropriate speed (22%) or even a priority not respected (19%).
“While alcohol (6%) and narcotics (2%) are relatively unimportant factors for all injury accidents, their shares increase significantly for fatal accidents (respectively 17% and 14% in 2022) “Writes the prefecture again.