Very difficult road traffic this Saturday: black day in the South-East and red nationally

Holidaymakers had to be patient this Saturday on the roads of the South-East. Traffic is particularly “busy” in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, on a day classified black in the region for departures and red nationally by Bison futé. The main difficulties are concentrated on the A7, the Autoroute du Soleil, with a peak expected in the early afternoon.

Bison Futé calculated a peak of 712 km of cumulative traffic jams at the national level outside Ile-de-France shortly before 12 p.m. on Saturday. These XXL traffic jams should gradually dissipate from 4 p.m., according to Vinci Autoroutes. At midday, it took 2h10 to connect Lyon-Sud to Orange, compared to 1h35 usually. In the other direction, the journey took 2h40.

Extended travel times

On the A9, between Orange and Narbonne, the journey time was also significantly extended: 2 hours 25 minutes were necessary, compared to 1 hour 40 minutes normally. From the Spanish border, you had to add an hour to the usual 45 minutes to reach Narbonne. Same scenario on the A61. Motorists traveling from Toulouse to Narbonne saw their travel time double.

On the west coast, disturbances were more limited. On the A10, around 30 minutes extra were needed to travel the usual two hours between Poitiers and Bordeaux, in both directions. Holidaymakers also had to be patient on the A63, between Bordeaux and the Spanish border, both for departures and returns.

Calmer Sunday

Saturday is also classified red in the sense of returns throughout the territory. A previous peak of more than 1,000 km of cumulative traffic jams was recorded on August 1, during a day classified as black in the direction of departures throughout mainland France.

On Sunday, the situation should be significantly more favorable. The axes are classified green on three quarters of the territory and yellow in the southeast quarter, according to Bison futé.