"In reality, roads hors-agglomération - meaning in rural areas, including N or D roads that have speed limits of up to 90km/h - are the most dangerous. In 2024, 60 percent of deaths and 48 percent of serious injuries occurred on this type of road, according to interior ministry statistics. Overall, in 2024, 3,190 people died on French roads, with 1,928 people dying and 7,600 people seriously injured on roads hors-agglomération."
"This road category includes the routes nationales and routes départementales, with a speed limit set to either 80 or 90km per hour. The former start with an N (e.g, N113), while the latter start with a D (e.g., D3). It also covers the smaller roads known as routes communales, sometimes called routes de la campagne. These are roads managed by the commune or village. In comparison, almost a third of deaths in 2024 took place on roads in built-up areas."
The French road network divides into agglomération (urban), hors-agglomération (rural N/D roads), and autoroutes (motorways). Autoroutes carry the highest speed limits but are not the most deadly. In 2024, hors-agglomération roads accounted for 60% of deaths and 48% of serious injuries; 1,928 of 3,190 road deaths and 7,600 serious injuries occurred there. Routes nationales (N) and départementales (D) and smaller routes communales fall into this category with speed limits of 80–90 km/h. Two-way carriageways without central barriers are particularly dangerous. Cerema found that between 2013–2017 about 2,400 annual deaths occurred hors-agglomération, 80% on dual carriageways.
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