Road Safety Authority urges avoidance of phone use as 324 drivers killed on Irish roads over the last five years
The Road Safety Authority report outlines an average of 65 drivers were killed and 471 drivers seriously injured annually between 2019 and 2023. For every driver fatality, there were seven drivers seriously injured. Photograph: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin
The report outlines that an average of 65 drivers were killed and 471 drivers were seriously injured annually over the five-year period, and for every driver fatality there were seven drivers seriously injured. The RSA pointed out that an urban road has a speed limit of 60km/h or less while a rural road has a limit of 80km/h or more.
Sam Waide, chief executive of the RSA, said drivers represented 43 per cent of fatalities and one third of serious injuries during the five-year period.
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