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Impact of population lockdown during spring 2020 COVID crisis

Published on 17/07/2020

ONISR

Monitoring

Evaluation

2020

The sudden stop of journeys, which at the end of the lockdown period resumed very gradually, has reduced dramatically the number of road traffic...

Eco-driving : from SERRES research to ecoDriver, a European research project

Published on 02/07/2020

Gustave Eiffel University

Research

World

2015

2020

Ifsttar's work on SERRES (Solutions for Environmentally and Safety Responsible Road Management) project explored the influence of infrastructure and...

European project SafetyCube (Safety Causation, Benefits and efficiency)

Published on 11/05/2020

Gustave Eiffel University

IFSTTAR

Study

Evaluation Victims' profile Behaviour risk factors Road environment Vehicle-related factors

2015

Financed by European Commission as part of Horizon 2020 program, SafetyCube's project brings together 17 research organizations and universities of...

Change to winter time

Published on 04/11/2019

ONISR

Study

Seasonality Pedestrians

2017

2013

Each year, the daylight saving time change ends on the last Sunday of October. As night falls at the end of the afternoon, while people travel back...

Traffic offences

Published on 15/10/2019

ONISR

Overview

Police checks

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2014

A road traffic offence is defined as an action that contravenes the Highway Code. Road traffic offences may take various forms (parking offences,...

Convictions for traffic offences

Published on 15/10/2019

Ministry of Justice

Annual report

Police checks

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2014

In 2023, 407 300 road safety offenders were referred by public prosecutors, representing 21 % of all offenders referred that year. This summary is...

Demerit point system

Published on 15/10/2019

ONISR

Overview

Police checks User behaviour in traffic

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2014

Reported behaviours

Published on 23/09/2019

ONISR

Overview

User surveys

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

Many surveys are organized by various sponsors, both public and private. The topics covered are varied: alcohol, telephone driving, professional road...

Departure from the 80 km/h speed limit : decision support

Published on 09/07/2019

Experts committee

Best practice

Rural networks Speed - traffic regulations Evaluation of the measures

2019

How to decide to depart from the 80 km/h speed limit without causing accidents? The new speed limit was introduced on 1 July 2018 outside built-up...

Work-related accidents

Published on 20/05/2019

ONISR

Overview

Work-related road risk Utility vehicles and HGVs. Behaviour risk factors

2021

2020

2019

2017

In 2021, work-related trips (home-to-work or work trip) account for 19% of road deaths where the motive for travel is known.

Road risk is the...

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