Last year 528 people died on the roads of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland; several thousand more were seriously injured. The death toll on Ireland's roads over the last 30 years is about 20,000, although advances in vehicle and road engineering and changes in the behaviour of road-users mean that the number of people killed each year is now half what it was 30 years ago. Each of those deaths is a family tragedy and many need not have happened. Bad driving is often a cause of road deaths, but in many instances neither the vehicle nor the road have provided road-users with adequate protection. Containing the first risk-rate map for the island of Ireland, this publication details the potential priorities for route action on road sections, both north and south, that pose greater risks for their users. Key results and how Ireland compares to other active EuroRAP countries are also presented. (Author/publisher)
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