In February 2025, 195 people died on the roads of mainland France, and 19 overseas.
Mainland France
It is estimated that 195 people died on the roads of mainland France in February 2025, compared with 227 in February 2025, a decrease of 14%. The number of fatalities decrease among pedestrians (-18 killed), car users (-8 killed) and powered two-wheelers users (-5 killed), while the number of fatalities among cyclists is stable. The number of fatalities decrease more highly for the over-65s (-19 killed). The number of fatalities decrease more highly in urban areas (-32%) than on motorways (-8%) or on rural roads (-3%).
914 people were seriously injured in February 2025, a decrease (-9%) compared to February 2024 (according to the estimation method developed by ONISR on the basis of work by Gustave Eiffel University). This decrease concerns all road users and more particularly of powered two-wheelers users (- 17%), pedestrians (-14%) and car users (-5%)..
* February 2025 compared with February 2024
** Cumulative 3 months from December 2024 to February 2025 compared with cumulative 3 months from December 2023 to February 2024
Data source : ONISR - Data on accidents involving injuries recorded by police forces - Geographical area : France mainland
Labelled series for fatalities (definitives until 2023, quasi-definitives 2024), ONISR-UGE estimations seriously injured, 2025 estimate based on data as of 2025/03/07
Évolution du nombre de tués cumulé sur 12 mois selon les usagers
Evolution of the number of users fatalities cumulated on a rolling 12 months
Overall, fatalities over the last 12 months have decreased by -2% compared to the previous 12 months, and is down -4% compared to 2019, year taken as a reference for the 2020-2030 decade.
Les automobilistes représentent depuis la pandémie un peu moins de la moitié de la mortalité routière. Leur mortalité sur ces 12 derniers mois est estimée à 1 506 tués, est en hausse de +1 % par rapport aux 12 mois précédents et en baisse de -7 % par rapport à l'année 2019.
Since the pandemic, car users have accounted for just under half of all road deaths. Their fatalities over the last 12 months is estimated at 1,506 fatalities, up by +1% compared to the previous 12 months and down by -7% compared to 2019.
Fatalities among powered two-wheeler users have been on the rise again recent months: 702 people were killed in the last 12 months, down by -1% on the previous 12 months, and down by -6% compared to 2019.
Pedestrian fatalities, after o significant drop, are on the rise: 445 pedestrians have died in the last 12 months, down by -6% on the previous 12 months, and down by -8% compared to 2019.
Cycling fatalities over the last 12 months rise: 214 cyclists were killed, is down by -3% compared to the previous 12 months. However, this result is +14% higher than in 2019. The French are showing an interest in using individual modes of transport for short journeys in towns and cities, but they also use bicycles for leisure activities in rural areas.
Fatalities among PMDs motorized users is up by +9% over the last 12 months : 47 people were killed in the last year.
Fatalities among young adults aged 18-24, after falling in 2023, is on rise again: 519 young people were killed, a result up by +4% compared to the previous 12 months, and down by -6% compared with 2019.
Fatalities among people aged 65 or over stands at 855 people killed in the last 12 months, is down by -6% compared with the previous 12 months and up by +1 % compared to 2019.
Data source : ONISR - Data on accidents involving injuries recorded by police forces - Geographical area : France mainland
Labelled series for fatalities (definitives until 2023, quasi-definitives 2024), 2025 estimate based on data as of 2025/03/07
Evolution of the number of users seriously injured cumulated on a rolling 12 months
Overall, the number of seriously injured over the last 12 months is lower by -2% compared with the previous 12 months, and lower by -3% compared to 2019, year taken as a reference for the 2020-2030 decade.
Powered two-wheeler represent for a third of seriously injured; over the last 12 months, they are estimated at 5,000 seriously injured. This result is lower by -7% compared with the previous 12 months and lower by -13% compared to 2019.
Car users account for just under a third of seriously injured; over the last 12 months, they are estimated at 4,800 seriously injured, is stable compared to the previous 12 months and lower by -7% compared to 2019.
The number of cyclists seriously injured over the last 12 months is on the rise: 2,500 cyclists are thought to have been seriously injured over the last 12 months, is up by +1% compared the previous 12 months, and higher by +10% compared to 2019. Indeed, the French are showing an interest in using individual modes of transport for short journeys in towns and cities, but they also use bicycles for leisure activities in rural areas.
The number of seriously injured pedestrians is falling: an estimated 2,000 pedestrians have been seriously injured over the past 12 months, is down by - 2% compared to the previous 12 months and by -14% compared to 2019.
The number of seriously injured PMDs motorized, with over 780 seriously injured in the last 12 months, is up by +15% compared to the previous 12 months.
The number of seriously injured among young adults aged 18-24, an age group at high risk of severe road crashes, is estimated in the last 12 months to 2,700 seriously injured, is down by -3% on the previous 12 months and down by -3% compared to 2019.
The number of seriously injured people among people aged 65 or over is estimated at 2,700 seriously injured over the last 12 months, higher by +4% compared with the previous 12 months and by +4% compared to 2019.
Data source : ONISR - Data on accidents involving injuries recorded by police forces - Geographical area : France mainland
ONISR-UGE estimations seriously injured, 2025 estimate based on data as of 2025/03/07
Detailed table for February 2025 compared to the same period last year:
Overall, the trend is down for road fatalities in urban area (-19%), on rural road (-11%), and is up on motorways (+4%). The trend is down for seriouly injured in urban area (-6%), stable on rural roads and up on motorways (+9%) .
** Cumulative 3 months from December 2024 to February 2025 compared with cumulative 3 months from December 2023 to February 2024
Data source : ONISR - Data on accidents involving injuries recorded by police forces - Geographical area : France mainland
Labelled series for fatalities (definitives until 2023, quasi-definitives 2024), ONISR-UGE estimations seriously injured, 2025 estimate based on data as of 2025/03/07
Overseas
In February 2025, the police recorded 270 injury accidents for french overseas, i.e +7% more than February 2024.
In these accidents, there were:
- 19 fatalities (11 in the DROMs and 8 in the other territories), i.e. +12% compared to February 2024;
- 354 injured (300 in the DROMs and 54 in the other territories), i.e. +13% compared to February 2024.
* February 2025 compared with February 2024
** Cumulative 3 months from December 2024 to February 2025 compared with cumulative 3 months from December 2023 to February 2024
Data source : ONISR - Data on accidents involving injuries recorded by police forces - Geographical area : DROM, COM-NC
Definitive data until 2023, quasi-definitives 2024, provisional BAAC data stopped on 2025/03/07 for the year 2025
Trends over the last three months:
- in the French overseas departments and regions, the trend is upwards for fatalities (+20%) and downwards for recorded injuries (-4%);
- in the other overseas territories, the trend is upwards for fatalities (+65%) and upwards for recorded injuries (+20%).