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Wednesday 29 November 2023 Dublin: 3°C

# Road Fatalities

Last month
October 2023
Appeal for drivers to take care over Bank Holiday as fatalities on 'shocking' upwards trend
The number of road deaths so far this year has already matched the total figure for 2022.
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Oct 25th 2023, 2:39 PM
Number of deaths on Irish roads so far this year has now equalled the total for 2022
155 people have died on Irish roads this year, equalling the figure for the entirety of last year.
17.7k
19
Updated
Oct 23rd 2023, 6:26 PM
This year
2023
Call for crackdown on drug driving alongside speed limit review
The Tánaiste said there is emerging evidence of increased drug taking among Irish road users.
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Sep 14th 2023, 1:44 PM
Use of speed cameras to increase by 20% following 'worrying increase' in road deaths
Justice Minister Helen McEntee said an additional €1.2 million is to be allocated for GoSafe vans to provide extra monitoring.
22.1k
117
Sep 4th 2023, 5:24 PM
RSA urges motorists to 'evaluate driving behaviour' as road deaths reach 100 this year
As of this morning, there have been 100 road deaths in Ireland, an increase of 11 on the same period last year.
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0
Aug 1st 2023, 5:11 PM
Last year
2022
2021 saw lowest number of road fatalities since recording began in 1959
There was an 11% drop in road deaths in 2021 compared to 2020.
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41
Jan 1st 2022, 8:00 AM
All time
Number of fatalities on Irish roads in first seven months of year down compared with last year
There were 75 fatalities between January and July, compared with 81 in the same period in 2020.
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4
Aug 11th 2021, 3:20 PM
Gardaí voice concern over increase in road deaths
Six more people have lost their lives so far this year when compared to 2018′s fatalities.
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Aug 15th 2019, 1:57 PM
Road safety experts warn 78 more people may die on roads this year if current trends continue
“They could be relations of mine or yours.”
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38
Jul 18th 2017, 4:14 PM
'We need to remember that there are real lives, real families behind these statistics'
23,949 people have died on Irish roads since records began in 1959.
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Nov 19th 2016, 7:45 AM
Road deaths for 2015 are the second lowest since records began
165 people died on Irish roads compared to 193 in 2014.
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Jan 1st 2016, 11:45 AM
Private service held in Carlow for Athy crash victims
The memorial took place at 12:15 this afternoon.
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Jan 8th 2015, 11:00 PM
Higher child, cyclist and pedestrian road fatalities this year
Latest figures show an increase in road deaths overall for the first seven months of 2014 compared to last year.
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12
Aug 1st 2014, 9:30 PM
Shock treatment for students at simulated crash
A complex rescue operation was simulated by volunteer emergency service people at college campus to hit home with road safety message.
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41
Oct 5th 2013, 7:15 AM
These are the top ten spots where drivers speed in Dublin
0These locations will receive “targeted enforcement” as part of a new Garda campaign.
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Sep 30th 2013, 10:00 PM
One man dead after stolen taxi crashes at Dublin’s North Wall Quay
The North Wall Quay is closed in both directions this morning with forensic collision investigators on the scene.
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Aug 5th 2013, 8:13 PM
Fatal Friday: 91 killed on Irish roads, don't make it 92 tomorrow
Twenty-one of the so far 91 deaths on Irish roads this year happened on a Friday.
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Jun 27th 2013, 8:10 AM
75 killed on Irish roads this year, don't be number 76 this weekend
“The speed limit is not a target that must be achieved,” the Garda Assistant Commissioner has warned.
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18
May 30th 2013, 6:45 AM
Garda chief defends traffic corps as Byrne says "lives are at stake"
As six people died on our roads over Christmas, it has been revealed that the Garda Traffic Corps has seen its numbers reduced to under 1,000 at present.
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Dec 28th 2011, 10:33 AM
30 km/h speed limit introduced in Cork city centre
The new limit aims to make the city centre more pedestrian and shopper friendly.
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23
Nov 17th 2011, 4:09 PM
St Patrick’s Weekend road deaths up 50 per cent from last year
Six people were killed on the roads over the five-day period while 267 were arrested for drink driving.
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Mar 23rd 2011, 7:30 PM