Question 14459 — road safety

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Mr. Hugues Renson questions the Minister of the Interior about the possibility of considering the implementation of a medical examination to verify the ability to drive a car from a certain age. On October 27, 2018, in the heart of Paris, in the fifteenth arrondissement, a car crashed into the front of a store, causing three serious injuries. If the investigation by the judicial accident processing service has not yet enabled to determine the exact causes of this terrible accident, the first findings seem to indicate that the driver, aged 92, could have been the victim of discomfort or confusion between the brake and acceleration pedal. As indicated in the 2017 report from the National Road Safety Observatory, the rate of liability for fatal accidents increases with age: it rises to 50% for the 50-64 age group, but rises to 61% for 65-74 year olds and 70% over 75 years old. The two main causes of fatal accidents for people over 75 are failure to respect priorities and the occurrence of discomfort. In addition, seniors are more at risk of dying in road accidents: they represent 25% of deaths, while they constitute 19% of the population and 11% of all accident victims. Currently, article R. 221-14 of the Highway Code provides that a report sent to the gendarmerie or the prefect may result in a medical examination, then a suspension, provisional or not, of a driving license. Many countries, in Europe and elsewhere in the world, provide for medical checks to verify the fitness to drive of driving license holders at regular intervals. These examinations thus make it possible to assess the general state of health, the mobility (range of movement), cognitive functions, distance vision and peripheral vision, etc. The freedom of all to be able to move around the territory is important. But so is road safety and the protection of all road users. Thus, he asks him if the Government plans to study the various possibilities in order to determine which means are most suitable to protect users. of the road.

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