All Saints' Day holidays: Bison Futé predicts significant traffic jams on Friday October 16

Traffic jams are making a comeback. This weekend will begin the first holidays of the 2026-2027 school year, those of All Saints' Day, in all academic areas. Many French people will therefore take the road at the same time, causing significant slowdowns, warns Bison Futé. A phenomenon reinforced by the holidays which begin in Belgium and “in the Central and Southern zones of the Netherlands”, and which end “for the Northern zone” of the Netherlands.

The first difficulties - and the most important - will occur from Friday October 16. In the direction of departures, the entire country is colored orange, indicating “difficult” traffic. Bison Futé suggests hitting the road early in the morning, and avoiding the A16, A25, N12, A7, A64 or even the N165 in the afternoon. “Traffic will be heavy on the routes serving the northern borders, the Breton coast and the Mediterranean Arc,” warns the public road information service.

In the direction of returns, the West and the North of the country are also classified orange, “between mid-afternoon and early evening”. The A25, the A1, the A2, the A21 and the A28 will be particularly busy.

The situation will be calmer on Saturday October 17. In the direction of departures, Bison Futé suggests avoiding crossing Île-de-France between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. The Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines (Yvelines) toll will be particularly busy during this time of the day, as will the A10 and the A6. No difficulty is expected in the direction of returns.

The rest of this first weekend of the All Saints' Day holidays will be calm: traffic jams will only resume the following weekend, from Friday October 23, according to Bison Futé.