Holiday departures : exceptional peak of 955 km of plugs

This Saturday is classified red in the direction of the departures. An accident on the A7, near Orange, has caused the death of two people. An exceptional peak

Holiday departures : exceptional peak of 955 km of plugs

This Saturday is classified red in the direction of the departures. An accident on the A7, near Orange, has caused the death of two people.

An exceptional peak of 955 km of plugs has been achieved by mid-day on Saturday, day classified red in the direction of departures, in particular due to an accident on the A7 near Orange, which killed two people. "The situation is exceptional. The level of caps is much higher than that of Saturday 13 July 2019," pointed out Bison outsmart in a press release.

Already loaded in the early morning because of the holiday, the movement has further intensified towards the south, in particular, on the A7 because of the accident of a vehicle alone, shortly after 09: 30 at the height of Piolenc (Vaucluse), in which two passengers were killed and two others wounded slightly, depending on the operator Vinci Autoroutes. The victims are part of the same family.

"It will remain tense until late in the afternoon,"

The accident, whose circumstances have not been specified, has immediately generated a massive downturn, which is expected to last the day, the traffic is "one way instead of three, then on two-track', according to the same source. The travel time to 13 hours was 5 hours instead of 1 hour 35 minutes between Lyon and Orange. In the other direction of the highway, a plug of "curiosity" was lengthened by 20 minutes the journey of the users.

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On the atlantic facade, the holiday makers also had to gnaw their brakes on the A10, that also manages Vinci, taking 3 hours for Poitiers to Bordeaux instead of 2h10. For the reverse path, for 45 minutes more. Finally, between Toulouse and Narbonne on the A61, we recorded a travel time of 1 hour 40 minutes instead of 1 hour and 20 minutes.

On the A43 finally, Bison Outsmart recorded in the mid-day, a cap of 24 km in grenoble-Isère, Saint-Quentin-Fallavier to Cessieu. "This is going to remain tense until the end of the afternoon," said Vinci Autoroutes. On Sunday, the day will be classified as orange for departures in the Ile-de-France and in the Great West.

Date Of Update: 11 July 2020, 11:58
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