title: Route départementale 612
text: # Route départementale 612
  
  Route départementale 612, or RD 612, is located:
  
  * in the departments of Hérault and Tarn, it connects Montpellier to Albi, taking over the old RN 112, which was downgraded in 2006.
  * in the department of Pyrénées-Orientales, it connects Estagel to Elne, taking over the old RN 612, decommissioned in 1972.
  * in the department of the Tarn, the RD 612 connects Albi to Castres in 42 kilometers.
  
  ## Accidents between Albi and Castres
  
  This section has around 11,000 vehicles per day, including 1,000 trucks.
  
  Between 2012 and 2017, the RD 612 counted between Albi and Castres 25 accidents, 9 killed, 44 injured, 25 of which were serious. Due to the numerous speed-related accidents, this section of road has four fixed speed cameras.
  
  The president of the Tarn departmental council plans to increase the speed to 90 km/h on the section of the départmental 612 located between Albi and Castres.
  
  