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In 2016, 186 people were killed on Irish roads. This represents an increase of 24 fatalities (14.8%) when compared with 2015.
Data on road traffic injuries and detailed data on road fatalities is now available up to 2015 in tables 4.4 to 4.14.

	2014	2015	2016
Car users	103	89	109
Pedestrians	42	32	35
Motor cyclists	24	22	22
Pedal cyclists	13	9	10
Other	11	10	10

Road safety and road lengths

Table 4.1 Number of road deaths and number of vehicles under current licence, 2010-2016
	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Number of road deaths	212	186	163	188	193	162¹	186¹
Number of vehicles licensed	2,416,387	2,425,156	2,403,223	2,482,557	2,515,322	2,570,294	2,624,958
Sources: Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport, An Garda Síochána and Road Safety Authority
¹ Provisional

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Table 4.2 Number of persons killed classified by month of year, 2010 - 2016
Month	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015¹	2016¹
January	15	21	10	19	16	12	15
February	14	18	13	14	13	13	10
March	12	15	13	15	15	11	16
April	19	8	16	12	14	7	14
May	28	11	13	17	18	12	20
June	11	15	26	13	18	13	12
July	21	18	15	18	18	19	21
August	19	16	12	19	15	14	13
September	13	13	10	17	11	16	18
October	36	15	15	13	18	11	20
November	14	18	8	15	20	14	10
December	10	18	12	16	17	20	17
Total	212	186	163	188	193	162	186
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹ Provisional

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Table 4.3 Number of persons killed classified by road user type, 2010 - 2016
Road user type	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015¹	2016¹
Pedestrians	44	47	29	31	42	32	35
Pedal cyclists	5	9	8	5	13	9	10
Motor cyclists	17	18	19	26	24	22	22
Car users	130	95	90	107	103	89	109
PSV users	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Goods vehicle users	10	17	12	14	8	6	9
Other or unknown	5	0	4	5	3	4	1
Total	212	186	163	188	193	162	186
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹ Provisional

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Table 4.4 Number of persons injured classified by road user type, 2009 - 2015
Road user type	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014¹	2015²
Pedestrians	1,075	923	930	1,009	895	1,065	1,043
Pedal cyclists	363	399	395	630	638	864	933
Motor cyclists	442	391	324	338	273	291	338
Car users	7,114	5,814	4,930	5,402	4,545	5,237	4,910
Other road users³	748	743	656	563	529	622	616
Total	9,742	8,270	7,235	7,942	6,880	8,079	7,840
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹ Revised
² Provisional
³ PSV, Goods vehicle and other or unknown road users

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Table 4.5 Number of persons killed and injured by county, 2012 - 2016
County	Persons killed					Persons injured
County	2012	2013	2014	2015¹	2016¹	2012	2013	2014²	2015¹
Leinster
Carlow	2	2	5	4	0	67	89	103	95
Dublin	12	19	29	17	21	1,974	1,410	2,125	2,143
Kildare	1	15	4	9	7	260	337	335	343
Kilkenny	3	4	3	2	6	176	119	137	166
Laois	0	2	7	4	4	118	95	150	96
Longford	5	2	4	5	3	100	86	102	136
Louth	7	4	6	6	7	343	294	318	245
Meath	14	9	5	8	11	296	227	330	303
Offaly	7	5	2	4	4	128	135	107	94
Westmeath	5	5	6	5	4	138	105	161	160
Wexford	9	7	4	7	4	283	201	225	234
Wicklow	3	6	7	8	2	264	183	202	191

Munster
Clare	2	2	5	2	4	194	182	173	158
Cork	21	18	19	15	21	742	707	816	717
Kerry	7	14	14	8	7	239	250	347	279
Limerick	5	6	10	4	17	385	401	400	355
Tipperary	5	12	14	4	13	237	248	266	237
Waterford	3	2	6	0	9	201	195	165	228

Connacht
Galway	19	13	5	12	10	505	467	515	479
Leitrim	0	2	1	3	1	71	40	56	86
Mayo	7	6	12	13	4	269	216	216	227
Roscommon	3	4	6	1	7	146	119	141	114
Sligo	4	5	1	2	2	133	149	100	124

Ulster (part of)
Cavan	10	3	1	4	3	161	163	166	168
Donegal	7	13	9	11	10	390	355	310	318
Monaghan	2	8	8	4	5	122	107	113	144

Total	163	188	193	162	186	7,942	6,880	8,079	7,840
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹ Provisional
² Revised
Note: at the time of publication, data for persons injured for 2016 was not available.

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Table 4.6 Number of female casualties classified by road user type and age, 2015¹
													Number and rate
Age groups	Total				Pedestrians				Pedal cyclists				Motor cyclists
Age groups	Killed	Injured	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%
0-5	1	70	71	2.1	1	12	13	2.7	0	1	1	0.4	0	0	0	0.0
6-9	0	74	74	2.2	0	19	19	3.9	0	5	5	2.2	0	0	0	0.0
10-14	0	126	126	3.8	0	40	40	8.3	0	8	8	3.5	0	1	1	3.1
15-17	0	127	127	3.8	0	34	34	7.0	0	5	5	2.2	0	0	0	0.0
18-20	7	217	224	6.7	1	28	29	6.0	0	14	14	6.1	0	1	1	3.1
21-24	3	337	340	10.2	1	47	48	9.9	0	25	25	10.9	0	4	4	12.5
25-34	8	705	713	21.4	2	61	63	13.0	0	75	75	32.8	0	9	9	28.1
35-44	5	547	552	16.6	0	47	47	9.7	1	47	48	21.0	1	5	6	18.8
45-54	3	402	405	12.1	2	42	44	9.1	0	22	22	9.6	0	5	5	15.6
55-64	5	328	333	10.0	0	61	61	12.6	0	21	21	9.2	0	6	6	18.8
65 and over	8	342	350	10.5	2	79	81	16.7	0	2	2	0.9	0	0	0	0.0
Unknown	0	20	20	0.6	0	5	5	1.0	0	3	3	1.3	0	0	0	0.0
Total	40	3,295	3,335	100.0	9	475	484	100.0	1	228	229	100.0	1	31	32	100.0

Age groups	Car drivers				Car passengers				Total car users				Other road users
Age groups	Killed	Injured	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%
0-5	0	0	0	0.0	0	54	54	5.5	0	54	54	2.2	0	3	3	2.9
6-9	0	0	0	0.0	0	46	46	4.7	0	46	46	1.9	0	4	4	3.8
10-14	0	0	0	0.0	0	71	71	7.2	0	71	71	2.9	0	6	6	5.7
15-17	0	4	4	0.3	0	81	81	8.2	0	85	85	3.4	0	3	3	2.9
18-20	1	65	66	4.4	5	103	108	10.9	6	168	174	7.0	0	6	6	5.7
21-24	1	157	158	10.6	1	95	96	9.7	2	252	254	10.2	0	9	9	8.6
25-34	5	369	374	25.0	1	161	162	16.4	6	530	536	21.6	0	30	30	28.6
35-44	2	328	330	22.0	1	102	103	10.4	3	430	433	17.4	0	18	18	17.1
45-54	1	239	240	16.0	0	82	82	8.3	1	321	322	13.0	0	12	12	11.4
55-64	4	155	159	10.6	1	77	78	7.9	5	232	237	9.5	0	8	8	7.6
65 and over	3	158	161	10.8	3	98	101	10.2	6	256	262	10.5	0	5	5	4.8
Unknown	0	5	5	0.3	0	6	6	0.6	0	11	11	0.4	0	1	1	1.0
Total	17	1,480	1,497	100.0	12	976	988	100.0	29	2,456	2,485	100.0	0	105	105	100.0
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹Provisional
Note: Collisions omitted where gender of casualty is not specified

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Table 4.7 Number of male casualties classified by road user type and age, 2015¹
													Number and rate
Age groups	Total				Pedestrians				Pedal cyclists				Motor cyclists
Age groups	Killed	Injured	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%
0-5	1	96	97	2.2	0	38	38	6.6	0	3	3	0.4	0	0	0	0.0
6-9	0	95	95	2.1	0	47	47	8.1	0	11	11	1.6	0	0	0	0.0
10-14	1	163	164	3.6	0	59	59	10.2	0	42	42	6.0	0	0	0	0.0
15-17	3	174	177	3.9	1	27	28	4.8	0	41	41	5.9	1	8	9	2.8
18-20	12	361	373	8.3	0	37	37	6.4	0	42	42	6.0	1	18	19	5.9
21-24	15	460	475	10.6	3	36	39	6.7	0	51	51	7.3	2	24	26	8.1
25-34	24	924	948	21.1	5	68	73	12.6	0	151	151	21.6	6	80	86	26.8
35-44	15	791	806	17.9	3	72	75	12.9	3	151	154	22.0	5	76	81	25.2
45-54	9	545	554	12.3	3	54	57	9.8	0	120	120	17.1	4	43	47	14.6
55-64	19	400	419	9.3	4	55	59	10.2	2	55	57	8.1	2	41	43	13.4
65 and over	23	338	361	8.0	4	61	65	11.2	3	20	23	3.3	0	7	7	2.2
Unknown	0	28	28	0.6	0	3	3	0.5	0	5	5	0.7	0	3	3	0.9
Total	122	4,375	4,497	100.0	23	557	580	100.0	8	692	700	100.0	21	300	321	100.0

Age groups	Car drivers				Car passengers				Total car users				Other road users
Age groups	Killed	Injured	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%
0-5	0	0	0	0.0	1	52	53	6.5	1	52	53	2.2	0	3	3	0.6
6-9	0	0	0	0.0	0	32	32	3.9	0	32	32	1.3	0	5	5	1.1
10-14	0	1	1	0.1	1	47	48	5.8	1	48	49	2.0	0	14	14	3.0
15-17	0	16	16	1.0	1	64	65	7.9	1	80	81	3.3	0	18	18	3.8
18-20	7	116	123	7.7	4	125	129	15.7	11	241	252	10.4	0	23	23	4.9
21-24	7	203	210	13.1	3	121	124	15.1	10	324	334	13.8	0	25	25	5.3
25-34	9	354	363	22.7	1	172	173	21.1	10	526	536	22.1	3	99	102	21.5
35-44	3	313	316	19.7	0	81	81	9.9	3	394	397	16.4	1	98	99	20.9
45-54	0	207	207	12.9	0	35	35	4.3	0	242	242	10.0	2	86	88	18.6
55-64	7	156	163	10.2	1	35	36	4.4	8	191	199	8.2	3	58	61	12.9
65 and over	13	185	198	12.4	2	33	35	4.3	15	218	233	9.6	1	32	33	7.0
Unknown	0	4	4	0.2	0	10	10	1.2	0	14	14	0.6	0	3	3	0.6
Total	46	1,555	1,601	100.0	14	807	821	100.0	60	2,362	2,422	100.0	10	464	474	100.0
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹Provisional
Note: Collisions omitted where gender of casualty is not specified

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Table 4.8 Number of traffic collisions and casualties classified by month of year, 2015¹
							Number and rate
Month	Collisions				Casualties
Month	Fatal	Injury	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%
January	9	478	487	8.4	12	678	690	8.6
February	13	417	430	7.4	13	556	569	7.1
March	11	460	471	8.1	11	643	654	8.2
April	7	396	403	6.9	7	535	542	6.8
May	12	488	500	8.6	12	690	702	8.8
June	13	465	478	8.2	13	646	659	8.2
July	17	471	488	8.4	19	667	686	8.6
August	14	470	484	8.3	14	676	690	8.6
September	16	502	518	8.9	16	689	705	8.8
October	11	499	510	8.7	11	665	676	8.4
November	13	502	515	8.8	14	668	682	8.5
December	19	528	547	9.4	20	727	747	9.3
Total	155	5,676	5,831	100.0	162	7,840	8,002	100.0
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹Provisional

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Table 4.9 Number of fatal and injury collisions and casualties classified by day of week, 2015¹
							Number and rate
Day	Collisions				Casualties
Day	Fatal	Injury	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%
Sunday	29	736	765	13.1	31	1,076	1,107	13.8
Monday	20	841	861	14.8	20	1,172	1,192	14.9
Tuesday	23	828	851	14.6	27	1,086	1,113	13.9
Wednesday	21	856	877	15.0	21	1,122	1,143	14.3
Thursday	19	824	843	14.5	19	1,113	1,132	14.1
Friday	21	863	884	15.2	22	1,197	1,219	15.2
Saturday	22	728	750	12.9	22	1,074	1,096	13.7
Total	155	5,676	5,831	100.0	162	7,840	8,002	100.0
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹Provisional

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Table 4.10 Number of fatal and injury collisions and casualties classified by hour of day, 2015¹
						Number and rate
Hour beginning	Collisions				Casualties
Hour beginning	Fatal	Injury	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%
12 midnight	6	115	121	2.1	6	178	184	2.3
1	5	89	94	1.6	5	139	144	1.8
2	8	105	113	1.9	10	150	160	2.0
3	6	85	91	1.6	6	122	128	1.6
4	3	65	68	1.2	3	94	97	1.2
5	4	55	59	1.0	4	76	80	1.0
6	5	86	91	1.6	5	114	119	1.5
7	4	182	186	3.2	4	217	221	2.8
8	3	319	322	5.5	3	362	365	4.6
9	5	309	314	5.4	5	392	397	5.0
10	4	212	216	3.7	4	291	295	3.7
11	15	275	290	5.0	16	371	387	4.8
12	7	311	318	5.5	7	439	446	5.6
13	6	333	339	5.8	6	478	484	6.0
14	11	368	379	6.5	12	515	527	6.6
15	4	387	391	6.7	4	542	546	6.8
16	9	390	399	6.8	9	538	547	6.8
17	10	480	490	8.4	10	649	659	8.2
18	5	435	440	7.5	5	604	609	7.6
19	7	336	343	5.9	7	475	482	6.0
20	3	268	271	4.6	3	361	364	4.5
21	12	181	193	3.3	15	264	279	3.5
22	9	146	155	2.7	9	239	248	3.1
23	4	144	148	2.5	4	230	234	2.9
Total	155	5,676	5,831	100.0	162	7,840	8,002	100.0
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹Provisional

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Table 4.11 Number of traffic collisions and casualties in each county, 2015¹
								Number and rate
County and province	Pop (000's) 2016	Vehicles under current licence (000's) 2015	Collisions				Casualties
County and province	Pop (000's) 2016	Vehicles under current licence (000's) 2015	Fatal	Injury	Total	%	Fatal	Injury	Total	%
Leinster
Carlow	57	37	4	61	65	1.1	4	95	99	1.2
Dublin	1,345	620	17	1,736	1,753	30.1	17	2,143	2,160	27.0
Kildare	222	119	6	223	229	3.9	9	343	352	4.4
Kilkenny	99	57	2	129	131	2.2	2	166	168	2.1
Laois	85	43	2	74	76	1.3	4	96	100	1.2
Longford	41	23	5	70	75	1.3	5	136	141	1.8
Louth	128	61	6	161	167	2.9	6	245	251	3.1
Meath	195	102	8	212	220	3.8	8	303	311	3.9
Offaly	78	44	4	68	72	1.2	4	94	98	1.2
Westmeath	88	50	5	106	111	1.9	5	160	165	2.1
Wexford	150	92	7	177	184	3.2	7	234	241	3.0
Wicklow	142	80	8	155	163	2.8	8	191	199	2.5

Munster
Clare	119	71	2	102	104	1.8	2	158	160	2.0
Cork	542	316	14	539	553	9.5	15	717	732	9.1
Kerry	148	90	8	205	213	3.7	8	279	287	3.6
Limerick	195	110	4	263	267	4.6	4	355	359	4.5
Tipperary	160	99	4	173	177	3.0	4	237	241	3.0
Waterford	116	68	0	160	160	2.7	0	228	228	2.8

Connacht
Galway	259	143	12	324	336	5.8	12	479	491	6.1
Leitrim	32	19	3	51	54	0.9	3	86	89	1.1
Mayo	130	79	13	144	157	2.7	13	227	240	3.0
Roscommon	64	43	1	78	79	1.4	1	114	115	1.4
Sligo	65	38	2	69	71	1.2	2	124	126	1.6

Ulster (part of)
Cavan	76	43	4	109	113	1.9	4	168	172	2.1
Donegal	159	87	10	190	200	3.4	11	318	329	4.1
Monaghan	61	36	4	97	101	1.7	4	144	148	1.8

Total	4,758	2,570	155	5,676	5,831	100.0	162	7,840	8,002	100.0
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹Provisional

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Table 4.12 Number of drivers of cars involved in fatal and injury collisions classified by age and gender, 2015¹
							Number and rate
Age group	Male			Female			Overall total	% of Total
Age group	Killed	Injured	Total	Killed	Injured	Total	Overall total	% of Total
0-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
6-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
10-14	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0.0
15-17	0	16	16	0	4	4	20	0.6
18-20	7	116	123	1	65	66	189	6.1
21-24	7	203	210	1	157	158	368	11.9
25-34	9	354	363	5	369	374	737	23.8
35-44	3	313	316	2	328	330	646	20.9
45-54	0	207	207	1	239	240	447	14.4
55-64	7	156	163	4	155	159	322	10.4
65 and over	13	185	198	3	158	161	359	11.6
Unknown	0	4	4	0	5	5	9	0.3
Total	46	1,555	1,601	17	1,480	1,497	3,098	100.0
Source: Road Safety Authority
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Table 4.13 Number of cars and goods vehicles involved in fatal and injury collisions classified by driver's country of residence, 2015¹
				Number and rate
	Fatal	Injury	Total	%
Cars
Ireland	131	5,993	6,124	96.9
N. Ireland	4	80	84	1.3
Great Britain	2	36	38	0.6
Other	2	75	77	1.2
Total cars	139	6,184	6,323	100.0

Goods vehicles
Ireland	33	832	865	95.3
N. Ireland	3	24	27	3.0
Great Britain	1	4	5	0.6
Other	0	11	11	1.2
Total goods vehicles	37	871	908	100.0
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹Provisional

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Table 4.14 Number of users of cars involved in fatal and injury collisions classified by seat belt usage, 2015¹
					Number and rate
Seat belt usage		Killed	Injured	Uninjured²	Total	%
Car drivers
	Seat belt in use	33	1,811	1,597	3,441	54.2
	Seat belt not in use	18	88	38	144	2.3
	Unknown	12	1,132	1,612	2,756	43.4
	Not stated	0	10	3	13	0.2
Total		63	3,041	3,250	6,354	100.0
Passengers (front seat)
	Seat belt in use	6	602	..	608	60.3
	Seat belt not in use	5	37	..	42	4.2
	Unknown	4	351	..	355	35.2
	Not stated	0	4	..	4	0.4
Total		15	994	..	1,009	100.0
Source: Road Safety Authority
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²Data on passengers uninjured is not published

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Table 4.15 National road length in kilometres by carriageway type, 2012 - 2016
Kilometres and rate
Carriageway type	2012		2013		2014		2015		2016
	km	%	km	%	km	%	km	%	km	%
Motorway	900	16.6	897	16.6	897	16.6	916	17.3	916	17.3
Dual carriageway/two plus one	324	6.0	298	6.0	298	6.0	294	5.5	294	5.5
Single	4,189	77.4	4,110	77.4	4,110	77.4	4,096	77.2	4,096	77.2
Total	5,413	100.0	5,305	100.0	5,305	100.0	5,306	100.0	5,306	100.0
Source: Transport Infrastructure Ireland

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Table 4.16 National route length in kilometres by carriageway type and county, 2016
Kilometres
County	Motorway	Dual carriageway	Single	Total
Carlow	24	-	54	78
Cavan	-	-	123	123
Clare	32	20	182	233
Cork	49	63	403	514
Donegal	-	6	298	304
Dublin	82	41	16	139
Galway	62	12	380	454
Kerry	-	11	413	424
Kildare	108	8	18	134
Kilkenny	68	17	112	197
Laois	67	-	102	168
Leitrim	-	7	49	56
Limerick	27	9	156	193
Longford	-	0	97	97
Louth	40	9	49	98
Mayo	-	-	397	397
Meath	88	12	104	204
Monaghan	-	15	88	104
Offaly	15	-	101	116
Roscommon	21	1	225	247
Sligo	-	13	141	153
Tipperary	122	3	210	335
Waterford	-	10	97	107
Westmeath	56	18	102	175
Wexford	22	-	142	164
Wicklow	35	18	38	92
Total	916	294	4,096	5,306
Source: Transport Infrastructure Ireland