Lhe privatized radar cars carried out nearly 13 million speed checks in 2023 across 55 departments. These vehicles, often difficult to spot, have been managed by private drivers since 2018.
But not everywhere. According to Auto Plus, which obtained the complete history of the activity of all radar cars privatized in 2023, there remain five regions where there are no statistics, because the cars there are (for the moment) at hands of police officers and gendarmes. These are Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Occitanie, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur and Corsica.
For the rest of France, checks are mainly focused on roads limited to 80 or 90 km/h, with an infraction rate around 9.9% on average.
Low offense rate in Pas-de-Calais
For example, the Aisne department carried out 292,243 checks in 2023, with an infraction rate of 12%, while the Pas-de-Calais had 322,020 checks and an infraction rate of 7%. This is one of the lowest rates of infractions. Only the departments of Corrèze and Sarthe do less, with 6%.
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But raised in the North
The North has an infraction rate of 13%the highest rate with Landes (14%), Vendée (13%), Ardennes (13%), Somme and Meurthe-et-Moselle (13%).
Annual checks range from 31,377 in Creuse to 499,366 in the Norththe department where there were the most radar car checks. “Huge differences, which can be explained both by the local contingent of privatized radar cars in circulation, but also by the density of the network and the traffic they monitor », explains Auto Plus.
Nationally, the most monitored days of the week are Tuesday, followed by Wednesday and Thursday, while Sunday is the day with the fewest checks.
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