The average speed on French roads decreased by 5 km/h over three years from 2002 to 2005. At the same time the total number of road accident fatalities in France decreased by over 30%: from 7,655 in 2002 to less than 5,300 in 2005. Roughly 75% of this reduction was attributed to the new speed camera system. This corresponds to the saving of close to 1,800 lives in 2005.