Jehanne Collard (13 August 1950 – 18 April 2021) was a French lawyer and activist. She focused on the rights of crime victims and damage to private property. She served as vice-president of the Fondation Anne Cellier, founded in 1987 to fight for

road traffic safety Road traffic safety refers to the methods and measures used to prevent road users from being killed or seriously injured. Typical road users include pedestrians, cyclists, motorists, vehicle passengers, horse riders, and passengers of on-roa ...

Biography

Jehanne was born in 1950 to Georges Collard and Odette Tarrazi. Her brother,

Gilbert Collard Gilbert Georges Jean Camille René Collard (; born 3 February 1948) is a French writer, barrister and politician serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019. A member of the National Rally (RN) until 2022, he was a member of ...

, is a politician currently serving in the

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. She had three children: Maya, Romy, and Eva. Collard began her career in 1977 in the family rights domain. Particularly, she defended the rights of divorced fathers, who were often unable to visit their children. Following a serious traffic accident in 1993, she devoted her career to defending victims of accidents. She became a media personality, appearing on television and radio shows and led protests for road safety. In 2018, she represented the victims of the

Perpignan crash The Perpignan crash occurred when a train crashed into a school bus on a level crossing between Millas and Saint-Féliu-d'Amont in the Arrondissement of Perpignan in the French province of Occitanie at about 4pm on 14 December 2017. The bus was ...

, which occurred on 14 December 2017 when a train collided with a school bus, killing six and injuring 14 children. Jehanne Collard died in Paris on 18 April 2021 at the age of 70.

Publications

*''Victimes de la route : vos droits'' (1996) *''Assurés, si vous saviez... Quand l'État se fait complice des compagnies...'' (1997) *''Victimes : les oubliés de la justice'' (1998) *''Malades, si vous saviez... les scandales des hôpitaux...'' (2000) *''Le Scandale de l'insécurité routière ; à qui profite le crime ?'' (2001) *''Accidentés de la route, vos droits'' (2003) *''Ma vie a commencé dans un fracas de tôles'' (2005) *''Victimes, défendez-vous, Le guide des accidentés'' (2007) *''La Peine de naître'' (2008)

Distinctions

*Knight of the

Ordre national du Mérite The Ordre national du Mérite (; en, National Order of Merit) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle. The reason for the order's es ...

(2004) *Knight of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

(2007)

References

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