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Overview
- Provisional ONISR figures report 3,260 deaths in metropolitan France and 253 overseas, with serious injuries up about 4% to roughly 16,600.
- Ministers identify the recreational misuse of nitrous oxide as an immediate road risk, with legislation being prepared to penalize its use.
- Fatalities among users of personal motorised devices surged to 80, an increase of 35 year over year, while pedestrian and cyclist deaths reached 501 and 234 respectively.
- Deaths climbed on roads outside urban areas and on motorways, while urban fatalities declined, underscoring shifting risk patterns.
- Child and teen mortality increased, with officials citing poor use of restraints, and the government also plans tougher sanctions for extreme speeding.