Rated black in the direction of departures, and orange in the direction of returns, Saturday August 5 should be “the most difficult day of the summer on all the main roads in the country”, according Bison smart, on its website. Because when the Julyists return, the Augustians leave. “In the continuity of Friday, traffic will remain heavy all night, especially on the A7 motorway between Lyon and Orange. The difficulties will extend until the end of the day”.
The peak was reached with 963 kilometers of traffic jams recorded at noon on the entire national network, according to the curve published on the website of the road information serviceagainst a peak of 1,080 cumulative kilometers last Saturday.
As a result of this switchover weekend between Julyists and Augustians, the A10 motorway – which connects the Paris region to the South-West – thus recorded more than 130 kilometers of slowdowns around noon, with a journey time doubled between Poitiers and Bordeaux . The region, always very popular with holidaymakers, was still experiencing a total of 238 kilometers of traffic jams at noon.
In the South-East, also very affected by these massive holiday departures, the A7 motorway (Lyon-Marseille) recorded more than 185 kilometers of slowdowns and 123 kilometers were recorded on the A9, during the peak of the mi -day, including a “Extremely difficult traffic between Béziers and Narbonne”.
Sunday, the day is classified orange in the direction of departures and green in the direction of returns.
The peak of the day on Friday, classified red in the direction of departures, was reached a little before 4 p.m., with 649.7 kilometers of traffic jams accumulated throughout France. Among the busiest axes, the A7 at the level of the Rhône department still recorded nearly 70 kilometers of traffic jams around 6 p.m. The A8 (Alpes-Martimes), A9 (Gard) and A10 (Gironde) were also still well loaded, for a total of 530 kilometers of traffic jams throughout the territory.