This Saturday, the road traffic is very dense. On the occasion of the first weekend of the summer school holidays, Bison futé recorded a peak of 968.20 km of traffic jams at midday.
The biggest difficulties were recorded on the A7 motorway, between Lyon and Marseille, with several restraints at Valence, Montélimar and between Drôme and Vaucluse. According to Vinci Autoroute, count at midday nearly four hours to cover the 172 km separating the Vienne-Reventin toll and Orange. That is an average speed of 43 km/h.
Red for the Great West and the North
The eastern bypass of Lyon was also particularly congested, due to the closure of the Fourvière tunnel for works this weekend. The other largest accumulations were recorded on the A10 between Paris and Bordeaux, on the A9 between Orange and Le Perthus and, to a lesser extent, on the A2, A11, A75, A25 and the A13. In the direction of departures, this Saturday is classified orange at the national level and red for the Great West and the North.
On Friday, the peak had already reached 926.60 km of cumulative traffic jams in the afternoon, but Bison smart had warned of even denser traffic on Saturday on the main axes, especially in the Great West, the North and the very busy valley. of the Rhone. “These are mainly French motorists who take their holidays from the start of summer to take advantage of less traffic, but also foreign tourists from neighboring countries”, specifies Bison smart in a press release.
Before this day on Saturday, Bison smart had advised to leave or cross Ile-de-France before 5 a.m., avoid the A31 between Nancy and Luxembourg between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., avoid the A11 between Le Mans and Nantes and the A63 between Bayonne and Spain between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., and the A7 between Lyon and Orange between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Sunday is expected to be smooth in the outbound direction, while the weekend is rated green in the outbound direction.