30 million fines were sent to motorists last year. But the traffic code penalties are not equal in number.
In its latest annual report, the National Interministerial Road Safety Observatory (ONISR) recorded 30.1 million traffic violations last year, noted by national law enforcement, ANTAI and municipal police Alas, the year 2023 was unfortunately a “good” harvest, highlighting worrying behaviors of motorists while driving.
Speeding, the leading cause of fines
In detail, we have exactly 30,085,157 traffic violations punished last year. A slight increase compared to 2022 (+ 15,000 PV), which had already recorded a high number. By service, the official 2023 road safety report reports that law enforcement (gendarmerie and national police) collected 5.5 million PV, municipal police, 7.7 million. Finally, automatic speed cameras are still the most prolific, with 16.8 million reviews. In addition, we must add 13.6 million post-parking passes (FPS) – or + 7% compared to 2022 – which since 2018 are no longer counted in the fines report. As a result, in total, more than 43 million tickets were distributed last year, or 3 million more than in 2017, a previous record year in this area…
On the 1,180 reasons to take a plum, speeding remains, over the years, the leading cause of issuing fines. These therefore rank at the top of the PV list. Mainly detected by automatic speed cameras (96%), they gave rise to 17.2 million fines, or 250,000 more than in 2022.
The 20 most penalized traffic violations
Another particularly worrying “performance” is the number of traffic offenses, which continues to grow. With nearly 895,000 offenses recorded, mainly for lack of insurance, this is 2% more than in 2022 and above all + 50% compared to 2017.
That being said, here are the 30 reasons for traffic violations that were punished the most:
1 Speeding < 20 km/h outside built-up areas (automatic speed cameras) 12,131,013 verbalizations – 0,1 %
2 Speeding < 20 km/h in built-up areas (automatic speed cameras) 3,594,059 verbalizations + 11,7 %
3 Stopping or parking inconveniently on a public road 1,182,820 verbalizations – 8,7%
4 Very inconvenient parking on a sidewalk 1,022,962 verbalizations + 1,2%
5 Parking in built-up areas: absence of time control device 994,103 verbalizations – 0,6%
6 Speeding between 20 km/h and 29 km/h 826,109 verbalizations – 8,1%
7 Non-affixing of the insurance certificate or invalid certificate 574,876 verbalizations – 13,5%
8 Use of a telephone held in the hand by the driver while driving 555,146 verbalizations + 5,1%
9 Traffic on a lane reserved for buses 521,461 verbalizations + 27,6%
10 Annoying parking on a delivery location 426,851 verbalizations – 5,3%
11 Parking of a vehicle prohibited by police regulations 387,678 verbalizations + 10,8%
12 Failure to stop at a red light (automatic speed cameras) 343,734 verbalizations -3,2%
13 Annoying double-file parking 327,717 verbalizations – 9,3%
14 Stopping or parking obstructing access to another vehicle 310,798 verbalizations + 6,1%
15 Traffic without technical inspection 301,118 verbalizations + 11,5%
16 Parking reserved for disabled people 247,774 verbalizations + 3,8%
17 Very inconvenient stop for public traffic 245,401 verbalizations – 7%
18 Driving without insurance (crime) 243,263 verbalizations + 18%
19 Very inconvenient parking on a lane or cycle path 202,737 verbalizations + 0,1%
20 Failure to comply with the stop imposed by a red light (observed by the police) 184,341 verbalizations – 3,5%
Source: www.autoplus.fr
