According to the situation update published at 7 a.m. by the Department's roads service, temperatures were “between – 7°C and + 2°C” and “dense to very dense”, “almost generalized” fog enveloped the department. . At 9 a.m., this is still the case in Périgueux for example.
The icy conditions made traffic difficult in places, notably on the Périgueux-Angoulême axis, the RD 939 between Château-l'Évêque and Brantôme, but also on the RD 675 between Brantôme and Nontron, the RD 707 between Nontron and Thiviers, or in Périgord Noir, on the RD 704 between Sarlat and Montignac. The salt spreaders had to go out to treat the roads. More details on this interactive map of the Department.
Caution is therefore required on this first day of the year. Already on Sunday December 29, ice and fog had complicated traffic in Dordogne, causing several material accidents. But the next day, still in the fog, a head-on collision in Ginestet left three people injured, including a woman who had to be extricated and an 18-month-old child.
In terms of weather forecasts, with the return of mild weather, we should no longer see icy conditions on the Périgord roads in the coming days.
