More than 1,000 kilometers of traffic jams on this day of traffic jams classified as black

More than 1,000 km of cumulative traffic jams were recorded on Saturday midday, according to Bison Futé, on this day classified as black in the direction of departures for this traditional summer crossover between July and August visitors .

At 12:00, Bison Futé had recorded 1,051.6 km of congestion on holiday roads, not far from the record of 1,086.5 km.

For this first weekend of August, the main black spots are, as usual, on the A7, towards the Mediterranean, with 108 km of traffic jams. Traffic was slowed even further by the occurrence of two accidents. 102 km of slowdowns were noted on the A9, also towards the Mediterranean, and 125 km on the A10, leading to the Atlantic coast.

The A71, which crosses the Massif Central, is also badly affected, with 64km of traffic jams, after an early morning accident blocked traffic. In the Île-de-France region, traffic is also disrupted on the A10 and A6 motorways, as well as on the roads that converge on them, such as the A86 and the A6B.

At midday, the driving time on the A7 between the south of Lyon and Orange (Vaucluse) was 2 hours 35 minutes instead of 1 hour 35 minutes normally, and 3 hours 25 minutes instead of 1 hour 40 minutes on the A9 between Orange and Narbonne, according to the X account of Vinci Autoroutes, which manages these routes.

The difficulties of this crisscrossing, which are expected to last until Monday , had already begun on Friday, a day classified as red for departures, from Hauts-de-France to Brittany, via Normandy, Ile-de-France and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

Traffic was heavy on Friday from early morning until mid-evening. Sunday was classified as a yellow day for the outbound direction. Last year, a peak of more than 1,050 kilometers of cumulative traffic jams was recorded during this summer traffic jam, according to Bison Futé.