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Road accidents and seasonality

Published on 15/09/2021

ONISR

Overview

Seasonality

2017

Road mortality varies over the year.

The first quarter is usually the least deadly (21% of annual mortality over 2008-2017) while the third...

Household car fleet

Published on 05/12/2022

ONISR

Study

Vehicle fleet Road traffic and trips

2021

2019

2018

Parc Auto is the annual reference study for more than 30 years on the French household car fleet conducted by Kantar TNS between February and April...

Monitoring car crash injuries - the Rhône Registry

Published on 20/05/2019

IFSTTAR

Research

Vehicle-related factors Protective devices Passenger vehicles Automation and equipment Victims' profile Victims Injuries

2018

The Rhône Registry allows researchers to analyse injuries characteristics according to road user types in order to understand severity aspects per...

Rural networks best practice

Published on 20/05/2019

Cerema

Best practice

Rural networks Mainland counties Mainland regions Overseas areas

2018

Several Cerema publications (some of them former Setra publications) show the traffic calming tools for a happy sharing of the urban space between...

French motorways : State or Private operated ?

Published on 14/11/2019

Overview

Motorway network Road traffic and trips

2018

Read here key elements about the French trunk road network :

Ministry of Transport- operating the French trunk road network
ASFA-private...

Urban networks best practice

Published on 20/05/2019

Cerema

Best practice

Urban networks Municipalities and communities of municipalities Speed - traffic regulations Bicycles and personal mobilicy devices Pedestrians Mobility modes Public transport

2017

How can we share urban space ? What speed limit according to the environment ?

Emergency braking - comparing PTW with cars

Published on 19/05/2019

Cerema

Article

Powered-two/three wheelers Vehicle-related factors Automation and equipment Vehicles

2016

This study, which is part of the 2016 "motorcycle" awareness campaign, aims to analyse precise and comparable data on the braking performance of...

2016 update on SAM research project (ActuSAM) - alcohol/illegal drugs in fatal accidents

Published on 08/04/2020

IFSTTAR

Research

Alcohol - illegal drugs Health

2016

The ActuSAM study conducted by the "Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux" (IFSTTAR)...

Traffic speeds

Published on 19/05/2019

ONISR

Overview

Speed - traffic regulations Behaviour risk factors

2017

According to various international experiences reported in a recent OECD book, a 10 km/h speed limit decrease generally leads to a 2 to 5 km/h...

ESRA (E-Survey of Road Users' Attitudes)

Published on 19/05/2019

VIAS

Research

User surveys Alcohol - illegal drugs Speed - traffic regulations World Road safety worldwide Europe

2017

Inspired by SARTRE (Social Attitude to Road Traffic Risk in Europe), the ESRA project conducts surveys every 3 years among road users in 38 countries...

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