Assistant Commissioner for Roads Policing Paula Hilman said increased Garda enforcement would not on its own reduce fatalities
Reducing speed limits on some rural roads should be looked at as a way to tackle rising crash death rates, a senior garda has said.As of Thursday morning, there had been 125 fatalities on Irish roads so far this year, an increase of 24 compared with the same period in 2022 and 39 more than the same period in 2019.Around a third of the fatalities in 2023 were among young people under the age of 25.
She said speed was a factor in the overall rising death rates in Ireland. "It's not people just over the speed limit," said Ms Hilman. Asked if gardai supported reducing speed limits on rural roads, Ms Hilman said: "Ultimately the decision will be for government and then we will, as the national policing service, we will enforce whatever is decided, but yes, I do think that it has warranted looking at.""It's not a one size fits all," she said.
He said: "Certainly across the border in Northern Ireland, we're also seeing a very, very similar increase in road fatalities taking place over there.
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