A

• ADEME

  Agence de l’environnement et de la maîtrise de l’énergie (Environment and Energy Management Agency)

B

• BAAC

  French Road traffic injury accidents database

• Bicycle

  Pedal bike, including with electric assistance (e-bike)

C

• CA

  Automated control

• Car user

  Personal car user

• CARE

  Community database on Accidents on the Roads of Europe (Central injury accidents database of the European Commission, fed by each Member State)

• CCFA

  Comité des Constructeurs Français d'Automobiles (Committee of French Automobile Manufacturers)

• CEESAR

  Centre Européen d'Etudes de Sécurité et d'Analyse des Risques (European Centre for Safety Studies and Risk Analysis)

• CNAMTS

  Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie des travailleurs salariés (National Health insurance company for employees)

• CNSR

  Conseil National de Sécurité Routière (National Road Safety Council)

• COM

  Collectivités d’Outre-Mer (Oversea collectivities)

• Contraventional BAC level

  BAC (blood alcohol content) level ≥ 0,5 g/l  or 0,2 g/l for novice drivers and public transport drivers but <0,8 g/l

• Criminal BAC level

  BAC (blood alcohol content) level ≥ 0,8 g/l

D

• DGO

  Document Général d’Orientation (5-years Road Safety Strategy at county level))

• DOM

  Départements d’Outre-Mer (Oversea counties)

• DSR

  French Road Safety Directorate (previously DSCR)

F

• Fatality

  Person who died on the spot or within 30 days after the road traffic accident

• FSR

  Fondation Sécurité Routière (Road Safety Foundation)

H

• Hard shoulder

  Emergency lane on the side of the pavement

• High Goods Vehicle (HGV)

  Motor vehicle intended for the transport of heavy or bulky loads of GVW exceeding 3.5 t

• Hospitalised

  Injured person who stayed in hospital more than 24 hours and did not die within 30 days

I

• IFSTTAR

  Institut français des sciences et technologies des transports, de l'aménagement et des réseaux (French institute of science and technology for transport, development, and networks)

• Injured

  Person with mild injury or who was hospitalized for more than 24 hours

• Injury accident

  Road traffic accident with at least one person injured or killed

• INSEE

  Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies)

• INSERM

  Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (National Institute of Health and Medical Research)

• INSERR

  Institut national de sécurité routière et de recherches (National Institute for Road Safety and Research)

L

• LAB

  Laboratoire d’Accidentologie et Biomécanique (Accidentology and Biomechanics Laboratory)

M

• M.AIS

  Maximum Abbreviated Injury Scale (severity level of the lesion with the highest severity)

• Moped

  Powered two-wheelers of less than 50 cc and having a maximum design speed not exceeding 45 km/h

• Motorbike

  Powered-two wheeler over 50cc

N

• No license car

  Little car of maximum 50 cc and of a speed lower than 45 km/h. It does not require a driving license.

• Novice driver

  Driver whose driving license is not older than 2 years old (the national database BAAC does not include the information "probationary license" before 2019)

O

• ONISR

  Observatoire National Interministériel de la Sécurité Routière (French road safety observatory)

P

• PDASR

  Plan Départemental d’Actions de Sécurité Routière (County Road Safety Action Plan)

• Personal car

  Motor vehicle designed and constructed for the transport of persons having at least four wheels and not having more than eight seats in addition to the driver

• Powered Two Wheelers (PTW)

  Moped or motorbike, including with 3 wheels

• PREDIT

  Programme de recherche et d'innovation dans les transports terrestres (Land Transport Research and Innovation Programme)

• Public transport or coach

  Bus or coach: a motor vehicle designed and constructed for the transport of persons with at least four wheels and comprising more than eight seats in addition to the driver

S

• Scooter

  Registered powered two wheeler with small diameter, fairing, open frame and flat floor. It is a moped if under 50cc, and a motorcycle above.

• Senior person

  modification since Annual report 2015 : Senior person age 65 or over, except when otherwise specified.

• Slightly injured

  Injured person who was not hospitalised or hospitalised for less than 24 hours

• STRMTG

  Service Technique des Remontées Mécaniques et des Transports Guidés (Technical Service for Ropeways and Guided Transport Safety)

U

• UMRESTTE

  Unité mixte de recherche en épidémiologie et surveillance Transport Travail Environnement (Joint Research Unit in Epidemiology and Surveillance in the fields of Transport, Work and Environment)

• UTAC

  Union technique de l'automobile, du motocycle et du cycle (Technical Union of the Automobile, Motorcycle and Cycle)

• Utility vehicle

  Utility car or van intended for the transport of GVW goods of less than 3.5 t

W

• WHO

  World Health Organisation