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Half a million for road safety |
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Wednesday, 14 March 2007 |
Despite a 41% drop in the number of road accidents in Rennes
since 2001, road safety councillor Carol Le Trionnaire
announced that still far too many people were being seriously
injured on inner-city roads. With 433 accidents, eight road
deaths and 512 injured in 2006 the situation is alarming.
Nearly half of the injured victims (249) were in the 25-to-59
age group while a quarter were aged 18 to 24. Alcohol-related
accidents only represented 8% of the total. The main culprit in
2006 was careless driving followed by excessive speeding in
town. The municipality has decided to invest €500,000 in 2007
to modify road lay-outs at black spots as well as continuing its
road safety information programme in local schools.
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