SMART BISON AUGUST 4 TO 7 A dark weekend on the roads of France, especially for the day of Saturday, the traffic forecasts.
[Mise à jour le 4 août 2023 à 12h00] Are you going on vacation this weekend? Know that you are not the only ones and that Bison Futé foresees very disrupted traffic on the roads during the next three days. Orange, red and black are on the program and you will have to be very careful on the highways and the various traffic routes. For this Friday, red is on the menu in the direction of departures, but orange will also be there in the direction of returns for this crossover. Traffic will be particularly “very dense” in Île-de-France, towards the toll gates of the A10 and A6 motorways. The A7, A31 and A63 motorways will also be “very busy”. Access to Italy via the Mont-Blanc tunnel will also be “very difficult between the beginning and the end of the afternoon. This same axis will be very busy in the direction of returns (Italy-France) at the end of afternoon. It is therefore advisable to leave or cross Île-de-France and major cities before 12 p.m. You should also avoid the A31 motorway between Nancy and Luxembourg from 12 noon to 7 p.m., the A63 motorway between Bordeaux and Bayonne from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the A10 motorway between Orléans and Tours between 12 p.m. and 9 p.m. and the A7 motorway between Lyon and Orange from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Bison Futé foresees the worst weekend of the summer on the roads and assumes it: Saturday will be, according to the agency, “the most difficult day of the summer on all of the country’s main connecting roads”.
Bison Futé forecasts for the weekend of August 5 and 6, 2023
- Friday August 4: red in the direction of departures, orange in the direction of returns.
- Saturday August 5: black in the direction of departures, orange in the direction of returns.
- Sunday August 6: orange in the direction of departures, green in the direction of returns.
- Monday, August 7: red in the direction of departures, green in the direction of returns.
From Friday, traffic will be very difficult in the direction of departures. Bison Futé classified this day in red throughout the country. Several areas will be particularly busy:
- In Ile de France, very heavy traffic towards the A6 and A10 toll gates
- Heavy traffic on the motorways on the A7, A31 and A63.
- Heavy traffic on the N205 towards Italy and via the Mont-Blanc tunnel, particularly during the afternoon.
In the direction of returns, the day is classified as orange with heavy traffic, particularly on all axes along the Mediterranean.
Saturday, August 5, 2023 promises to be the busiest day of the summer for Bison Futé. From the very beginning of the morning, Bison Futé expects extremely heavy traffic on the A7, A9 and A10 motorways but also on the A61, A71 and A75. The A43 motorway will also be particularly busy in the Lyon-Chambéry direction, especially between late morning and early afternoon. Same thing on the N205 towards the Mont-Blanc tunnel and on the A75 between Montpellier and Clermont-Ferrand.
There will be better this Sunday with orange in the direction of the departures. Among the big difficulties of the day expected, the A10 between Orléans and Tours in the morning then at Bordeaux level especially at the approach of the evening and the A7 on the segment between Lyon and Orange are reported. It is also advisable to leave or cross Ile de France and the major cities of the country before 8 a.m., to avoid the A71 at Clermont-Ferrand between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. and the A61 between Toulouse and Narbonne from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. .
What is the Bison Futé forecast for the weekend of August 12 and 13, 2023?
- Friday August 11: orange in the direction of departures, red in the direction of returns.
- Saturday August 12: red in the direction of departures, red in the direction of returns.
- Sunday August 13: orange in the direction of departures, orange in the direction of returns.
The first traffic estimates for the weekend of August 19-20, 2023
- Friday August 18: green in the direction of departures, red in the direction of returns.
- Saturday August 19: orange in the direction of departures, red in the direction of returns.
- Sunday August 20: green in the direction of departures, red in the direction of returns.
- Monday August 21: green in the direction of departures, orange in the direction of returns.
What is the Bison Futé forecast for the weekend of August 26 and 27, 2023?
- Friday August 25: green in the direction of departures, red in the direction of returns.
- Saturday August 26: green in the direction of departures, red in the direction of returns.
- Sunday August 27: green in the direction of departures, orange in the direction of returns.
- Monday August 28: green in the direction of departures, red in the direction of returns.
The first forecasts for the weekend of September 2 and 3, 2023
- Friday 1er September: green in the direction of departures, orange in the direction of returns.
- Saturday September 2: green in the direction of departures, orange in the direction of returns.
- Sunday September 3: green in the direction of departures, green in the direction of returns.