How many driving license points are lost each day in France?
This page is translated from the original post "Combien de points de permis sont perdus chaque jour en France ?" in French.
- 28/11/2023 12:47
Contrary to popular belief, French drivers are quite disciplined with very few point losses relative to the population.
Each year, traffic violations generate more than 860 million euros for the state. While it may sound like violations are constant, that’s actually far from the truth.
Indeed, the Ministry of the Interior has released recent road safety figures. There are only 10 million total points deducted per year, which amounts to about 27,400 points per day. In other words, this means 1,140 points per hour or 1 point every 3 seconds.
Considering that there are 2.7 million motorized two-wheelers, 37.9 million passenger cars, 6 million light utility vehicles, and 0.6 million heavy vehicles (INSEE data 2021) on the roads in France, it suggests that automobiles are much more civil and law-abiding than reports on TNT every evening suggest.
That said, it is worth recalling that 3,550 people lost their lives on the road in 2022 in France (metropolitan and overseas territories), with alcohol and speed being the two leading causes of these tragedies.
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