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Disturbing figures.
As in previous years, the risk of drowning marks this summer season. In just 24 hours, the rescue teams of the Directorate General for Civil Protection had to intervene 1,299 times for incidents related to swimming. 900 people were barely saved, but 5 swimmers lost their lives. These figures, already disturbing, are added to a dramatic global assessment since the start of the summer season.
Some bathers continue, unfortunately, to be reckless despite the calls to respect the safety instructions on the beaches to avoid new victims during the summer. Indeed, civil protection teams are on continuous alert. With 4,291 interventions carried out in a single day, one every 20 seconds, they face an infernal pace. The beaches and bodies of water remain the most at risk areas, where recklessness, ignorance of dangers and non-compliance with instructions transform vacation every day into potential drama.
Invisible currents, irregular funds, sudden waves … The sea is never completely safe. However, every day, vacationers brave prohibitions, bathe in unwanted areas or ignore red flags, putting their lives, and that of rescuers, in danger.
The cumulative assessment is frightening. Between June 1 and July 19, 112 people lost their lives by drowning through national territory. Among these victims, 75 people drowned on the beaches and 37 others in water bodies across the country. Among them, 36 deaths were recorded on baignade beaches, 35 on watched beaches, including 19 out of surveillance hours.
The week from July 20 to 26 continued this black series, with 6,895 interventions and 4,961 rescued bathers. Seventeen people died at sea and two in water reserves.
The authorities point to recurrent causes: recklessness, swimming in prohibited areas, non-compliance with safety instructions and underestimation of the sea force, especially during high waves periods of up to 1.5 meters.
As if the sea was not enough, the roads also continue to kill. Each week, the national gendarmerie and civil protection publish alarming assessments: speeding, dangerous overtaking, fatigue and driving under the influence of substances make the number of deaths and wounded increase.
The last assessment of civil protection reports 229 accidents that cost 6 people and injured 298 others, in just 24 hours.
Summer, marked by a denser traffic towards coastal areas and tourist cities, sees the risk of accidents explode. Young drivers, often driving powerful and poorly maintained vehicles, are particularly involved in these dramas.
Faced with these dramas, civil protection calls for immediate awareness and recalls that you should never swim in prohibited areas, scrupulously respect the signaling flags, permanently monitor children even in shallow water, not overestimate their physical capacities and avoid swimming after a hearty meal.
If nothing changes, summer 2025 could end with a catastrophic human assessment. The authorities warn: each imprudence at sea can be the last.