February 2026 Road Safety Dashboard Updated on 17/03/2026 ONISR Article In February 2026, 202 people died on the roads of mainland France, and 15 overseas.
2026 call for research projects Updated on 26/02/2026 Page de base The 2026 Call for Research projects is now open.
January 2026 Road Safety Dashboard Updated on 13/02/2026 ONISR Article In January 2025, 226 people died on the roads of mainland France, and 11 overseas.
Speed Observatory Updated on 17/10/2022 ONISR Article In October 2022, the ONISR published a study on the observation of traffic speeds in 2021: speeds are increasing on almost all networks, with the exception of city centre arteries. This report is now available in English.
Traffic offences Updated on 15/10/2019 ONISR Article A road traffic offence is defined as an action that contravenes the Highway Code. Road traffic offences may take various forms (parking offences, speeding, driving under the influence of drugs, lack of a driving licence, hit-and-run offences, etc…
Convictions for traffic offences Updated on 15/10/2019 Ministry of Justice Article In 2023, 407 300 road safety offenders were referred by public prosecutors, representing 21 % of all offenders referred that year. This summary is based on provisional 2023 data provided by the Ministry of Justice.
Reported behaviours Updated on 23/09/2019 ONISR Article Many surveys are organized by various sponsors, both public and private. The topics covered are varied: alcohol, telephone driving, professional road risk, behaviour of parents who drive.... ONISR monitors and presents a panel of results each year…
Accident indicators on single carriageway roads outside built-up areas Updated on 10/07/2019 ONISR Article Fatalities per km of single carriageways by department. The tables and maps are taken from the ONISR report of April 2018 "Accidentality on single carriageway roads - challenges of the main network" produced with the assistance of the ODSRs of each…
Emergency braking - comparing PTW with cars Updated on 19/05/2019 Cerema Article This study, which is part of the 2016 "motorcycle" awareness campaign, aims to analyse precise and comparable data on the braking performance of motorcycles and passenger cars in emergency braking situations.
