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In 2015, 162 people were killed on Irish roads. This represents a decrease of 31 fatalities (16.1%) on the 2014 figure.
Data on road traffic injuries and detailed data on road fatalities is now available up to 2014 in tables 4.5 to 4.14 (note: road safety data for 2014 and 2015 is provisional).

X-axis label	Car users	Pedestrians	Motor cyclists	Pedal cyclists	Other
2013	107	31	26	5	19
2014	103	42	24	13	11
2015	91	33	22	9	7

Road safety and road lengths

Table 4.1 Number of road deaths and number of vehicles under current licence, 2009-2015
							Number
	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Number of road deaths	238	212	186	163¹	188	193²	162²
Number of vehicles licensed	2,467,660	2,416,387	2,425,156	2,403,223	2,482,557	2,515,322	2,570,294

¹ Revised
² Provisional
Sources: Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport, An Garda Síochána and Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.2 Road fatalities classified by month of year, 2009 - 2015
							Number
Month	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014¹	2015¹
January	18	15	21	10	19	16	13
February	15	14	18	13	14	13	13
March	24	12	15	13²	15	15	11
April	20	19	8	16	12	14	7
May	28	28	11	13	17	18	12
June	15	11	15	26	13	18	13
July	19	21	18	15	18	18	19
August	20	19	16	12	19	15	14
September	14	13	13	10	17	11	16
October	22	36	15	15	13	18	11
November	25	14	18	8	15	20	13
December	18	10	18	12	16	17	20

Total	238	212	186	163²	188	193	162

¹ Provisional
² Revised
Sources: Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport, An Garda Síochána and Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.3 Number of persons killed classified by road user type, 2009 - 2015
							Number
Road user type	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014¹	2015¹

Pedestrians	40	44	47	29	31	42	33
Pedal cyclists	7	5	9	8	5	13	9
Motor cyclists	25	17	18	19	26	24	22
Car users	146	130	95	90²	107	103	91
PSV users	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Goods vehicle users	17	10	17	12	14	8	3
Other or unknown	2	5	0	4	5	3	4
Total	238	212	186	163²	188	193	162

¹ Provisional
² Revised
Source: Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.4 Number of persons injured classified by road user type, 2009 - 2015
							Number
Road user type	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014¹	2015²

Pedestrians	1,075	923	930	1,009	895	1,041	..
Pedal cyclists	363	399	395	630	638	830	..
Motor cyclists	442	391	324	338	273	290	..
Car users	7,114	5,814	4,930	5,402	4,545	4,680	..
Other road users³	748	743	656	563	529	575	..

Total	9,742	8,270	7,235	7,942	6,880	7,416	..

¹ Provisional
² At the time of publication, 2015 data was unavailable
³ PSV, Goods vehicle and other or unknown road users
Source: Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.5 Number of persons killed and injured by county, 2011 - 2015
									Number
County	Persons killed					Persons injured
County	2011	2012	2013	2014¹	2015¹	2011	2012	2013	2014¹

Leinster
Carlow	3	2	2	5	4	99	67	89	91
Dublin	11	12	19	29	16	1,607	1,974	1,410	1,932
Kildare	15	1	15	4	9	268	260	337	318
Kilkenny	6	3	4	3	2	133	176	119	125
Laois	1	0	2	7	4	119	118	95	123
Longford	2	5	2	4	5	67	100	86	99
Louth	6	7	4	6	6	249	343	294	290
Meath	4	14	9	5	8	279	296	227	285
Offaly	4	7	5	2	4	107	128	135	103
Westmeath	6	5	5	6	6	127	138	105	142
Wexford	5	9	7	4	7	232	283	201	211
Wicklow	3	3	6	7	8	255	264	183	183

Munster
Clare	2	2	2	5	2	172	194	182	156
Cork	27	21	18	19	15	773	742	707	756
Kerry	7	7	14	14	8	249	239	250	319
Limerick	15	5	6	10	4	429	385	401	377
Tipperary	11	5²	12	14	4	243	237	248	245
Waterford	7	3	2	6	0	189	201	195	157

Connacht
Galway	13	19	13	5	13	437	505	467	486
Leitrim	1	0	2	1	3	87	71	40	52
Mayo	12	7	6	12	13	207	269	216	193
Roscommon	5	3	4	6	0	158	146	119	133
Sligo	3	4	5	1	2	131	133	149	79

Ulster (part of)
Cavan	5	10	3	1	3	174	161	163	161
Donegal	6	7	13	9	11	314	390	355	293
Monaghan	6	2	8	8	5	130	122	107	107

Total	186	163²	188	193	162	7,235	7,942	6,880	7,416

¹ Provisional
² Revised
Note: at the time of publication, data for persons injured for 2015 was not available.
Source: Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.6 Number of female casualties classified by road user type and age, 2014¹
													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	2	84	86	2.7	2	20	22	4.7	0	2	2	1.0	0	1	1	3.6
6-9	1	66	67	2.1	0	14	14	3.0	0	1	1	0.5	0	0	0	0.0
10-14	2	121	123	3.8	0	43	43	9.2	0	7	7	3.6	0	1	1	3.6
15-17	1	131	132	4.1	1	28	29	6.2	0	4	4	2.1	0	0	0	0.0
18-20	2	228	230	7.2	1	34	35	7.5	0	6	6	3.1	0	2	2	7.1
21-24	3	277	280	8.7	1	38	39	8.4	0	10	10	5.2	0	0	0	0.0
25-34	4	661	665	20.7	1	57	58	12.5	1	68	69	35.6	0	6	6	21.4
35-44	10	564	574	17.9	3	33	36	7.7	1	35	36	18.6	0	3	3	10.7
45-54	7	408	415	12.9	0	43	43	9.2	0	36	36	18.6	1	10	11	39.3
55-64	9	284	293	9.1	3	51	54	11.6	1	17	18	9.3	0	2	2	7.1
65 and over	17	313	330	10.3	9	81	90	19.4	0	5	5	2.6	0	2	2	7.1
Unknown	0	9	9	0.3	0	2	2	0.4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0

Total	58	3,146	3,204	100.0	21	444	465	100.0	3	191	194	100.0	1	27	28	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	1	1	0.1	0	57	57	5.3	0	58	58	2.4	0	3	3	2.8
6-9	0	0	0	0.0	1	48	49	4.6	1	48	49	2.0	0	3	3	2.8
10-14	0	0	0	0.0	2	65	67	6.3	2	65	67	2.8	0	5	5	4.7
15-17	0	4	4	0.3	0	93	93	8.7	0	97	97	4.0	0	2	2	1.9
18-20	0	61	61	4.5	1	119	120	11.2	1	180	181	7.5	0	6	6	5.7
21-24	2	129	131	9.8	0	88	88	8.2	2	217	219	9.1	0	12	12	11.3
25-34	2	331	333	24.8	0	176	176	16.4	2	507	509	21.1	0	23	23	21.7
35-44	3	333	336	25.1	3	148	151	14.1	6	481	487	20.2	0	12	12	11.3
45-54	6	207	213	15.9	0	97	97	9.1	6	304	310	12.9	0	15	15	14.2
55-64	2	134	136	10.1	3	68	71	6.6	5	202	207	8.6	0	12	12	11.3
65 and over	5	117	122	9.1	3	97	100	9.3	8	214	222	9.2	0	11	11	10.4
Unknown	0	4	4	0.3	0	1	1	0.1	0	5	5	0.2	0	2	2	1.9

Total	20	1,321	1,341	100.0	13	1,057	1,070	100.0	33	2,378	2,411	100.0	0	106	106	100.0

¹Provisional
Note: Collisions omitted where gender of casualty is not specified
Source: Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.7 Number of male casualties classified by road user type and age, 2014¹
													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	3	121	124	2.8	0	47	47	7.6	0	1	1	0.2	0	0	0	0.0
6-9	3	114	117	2.7	2	38	40	6.5	0	13	13	2.0	0	0	0	0.0
10-14	2	186	188	4.3	2	58	60	9.7	0	39	39	6.0	0	2	2	0.7
15-17	5	168	173	3.9	0	30	30	4.9	0	34	34	5.2	0	2	2	0.7
18-20	10	323	333	7.6	0	30	30	4.9	0	34	34	5.2	1	11	12	4.2
21-24	13	406	419	9.5	0	35	35	5.7	0	49	49	7.6	1	12	13	4.5
25-34	29	952	981	22.3	4	93	97	15.7	1	152	153	23.6	8	78	86	30.1
35-44	21	802	823	18.7	3	73	76	12.3	3	143	146	22.5	7	71	78	27.3
45-54	13	521	534	12.2	1	62	63	10.2	3	96	99	15.3	2	51	53	18.5
55-64	8	305	313	7.1	2	39	41	6.7	0	46	46	7.1	2	28	30	10.5
65 and over	26	346	372	8.5	7	86	93	15.1	3	29	32	4.9	2	8	10	3.5
Unknown	0	14	14	0.3	0	4	4	0.6	0	2	2	0.3	0	0	0	0.0

Total	133	4,258	4,391	100.0	21	595	616	100.0	10	638	648	100.0	23	263	286	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	3	70	73	8.4	3	70	73	3.1	0	3	3	0.6
6-9	0	1	1	0.1	0	59	59	6.8	0	60	60	2.5	1	3	4	0.8
10-14	0	1	1	0.1	0	75	75	8.7	0	76	76	3.2	0	11	11	2.3
15-17	2	23	25	1.7	2	72	74	8.6	4	95	99	4.2	1	7	8	1.7
18-20	6	117	123	8.2	2	104	106	12.3	8	221	229	9.7	1	27	28	5.8
21-24	7	160	167	11.2	4	122	126	14.6	11	282	293	12.4	1	28	29	6.1
25-34	10	327	337	22.5	4	178	182	21.0	14	505	519	22.0	2	124	126	26.3
35-44	5	317	322	21.5	2	85	87	10.1	7	402	409	17.3	1	113	114	23.8
45-54	5	200	205	13.7	1	29	30	3.5	6	229	235	9.9	1	83	84	17.5
55-64	1	129	130	8.7	1	22	23	2.7	2	151	153	6.5	2	41	43	9.0
65 and over	10	169	179	12.0	3	26	29	3.4	13	195	208	8.8	1	28	29	6.1
Unknown	0	7	7	0.5	0	0	0	0.0	0	7	7	0.3	0	1	1	0.2

Total	46	1,451	1,497	100.0	22	842	864	99.9	68	2,293	2,361	100.0	11	469	480	100.0

¹Provisional
Note: Collisions omitted where gender of casualty is not specified
Source: Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.8 Number of traffic collisions and casualties classified by month of year, 2014¹
							Number and rate
Month	Collisions				Casualties
Month	Fatal	Injury	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%

January	15	432	447	7.7	16	615	631	8.3
February	13	400	413	7.1	13	552	565	7.4
March	14	409	423	7.2	15	534	549	7.2
April	13	444	457	7.8	14	563	577	7.6
May	18	452	470	8.1	18	605	623	8.2
June	14	467	481	8.2	18	613	631	8.3
July	16	473	489	8.4	18	626	644	8.5
August	14	485	499	8.5	15	689	704	9.3
September	11	498	509	8.7	11	621	632	8.3
October	16	512	528	9.0	18	656	674	8.9
November	18	571	589	10.1	20	724	744	9.8
December	17	515	532	9.1	17	618	635	8.3

Total	179	5,658	5,837	100.0	193	7,416	7,609	100.0

¹Provisional
Source: Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.9 Number of fatal and injury collisions and casualties classified by day of week, 2014¹
							Number and rate
Day	Collisions				Casualties
Day	Fatal	Injury	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%
Sunday	29	667	696	11.9	30	967	997	13.1
Monday	26	847	873	15.0	26	1,139	1,165	15.3
Tuesday	18	804	822	14.1	18	1,033	1,051	13.8
Wednesday	23	775	798	13.7	25	979	1,004	13.2
Thursday	35	815	850	14.6	38	1,031	1,069	14.0
Friday	24	913	937	16.1	27	1,158	1,185	15.6
Saturday	24	837	861	14.8	29	1,109	1,138	15.0

Total	179	5,658	5,837	100.0	193	7,416	7,609	100.0

¹Provisional
Source: Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.10 Number of fatal and injury collisions and casualties classified by hour of day, 2014¹
						Number and rate
Hour beginning	Collisions				Casualties
Hour beginning	Fatal	Injury	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%
12 midnight	2	117	119	2.0	3	142	145	1.9
1	9	92	101	1.7	10	136	146	1.9
2	7	95	102	1.7	7	125	132	1.7
3	4	83	87	1.5	5	114	119	1.6
4	8	60	68	1.2	9	88	97	1.3
5	2	45	47	0.8	2	68	70	0.9
6	4	83	87	1.5	5	82	87	1.1
7	5	147	152	2.6	9	157	166	2.2
8	8	308	316	5.4	8	361	369	4.8
9	9	322	331	5.7	10	354	364	4.8
10	5	255	260	4.5	5	321	326	4.3
11	8	280	288	4.9	9	324	333	4.4
12	9	281	290	5.0	9	358	367	4.8
13	8	337	345	5.9	8	408	416	5.5
14	10	363	373	6.4	10	471	481	6.3
15	9	407	416	7.1	9	556	565	7.4
16	9	408	417	7.1	9	540	549	7.2
17	12	460	472	8.1	13	644	657	8.6
18	15	403	418	7.2	16	534	550	7.2
19	7	338	345	5.9	8	469	477	6.3
20	12	288	300	5.1	12	436	448	5.9
21	8	203	211	3.6	8	298	306	4.0
22	5	156	161	2.8	5	232	237	3.1
23	4	127	131	2.2	4	198	202	2.7

Total	179	5,658	5,837	100.0	193	7,416	7,609	100.0

¹Provisional
Source: Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.11 Number of traffic collisions and casualties in each county, 2014¹
								Number and rate
County and province	Pop (000's) 2011	Vehicles under current licence (000's) 2014	Collisions				Casualties
County and province	Pop (000's) 2011	Vehicles under current licence (000's) 2014	Fatal	Injury	Total	%	Fatal	Injury	Total	%

Leinster
Carlow	55	37	5	64	69	1.2	5	91	96	1.3
Dublin	1,273	606	29	1,719	1,748	29.9	29	1,932	1,961	25.8
Kildare	210	115	3	223	226	3.9	4	318	322	4.2
Kilkenny	95	56	3	97	100	1.7	3	125	128	1.7
Laois	81	42	6	85	91	1.6	7	123	130	1.7
Longford	39	23	4	59	63	1.1	4	99	103	1.4
Louth	123	59	5	199	204	3.5	6	290	296	3.9
Meath	184	99	5	215	220	3.8	5	285	290	3.8
Offaly	77	42	2	63	65	1.1	2	103	105	1.4
Westmeath	86	49	3	108	111	1.9	6	142	148	1.9
Wexford	145	89	4	158	162	2.8	4	211	215	2.8
Wicklow	137	78	7	156	163	2.8	7	183	190	2.5

Munster
Clare	117	70	4	116	120	2.1	5	156	161	2.1
Cork	519	311	18	573	591	10.1	19	756	775	10.2
Kerry	146	89	13	219	232	4.0	14	319	333	4.4
Limerick	192	108	10	283	293	5.0	10	377	387	5.1
Tipperary	158	98	12	183	195	3.3	14	245	259	3.4
Waterford	114	66	5	124	129	2.2	6	157	163	2.1

Connacht
Galway	251	140	5	319	324	5.6	5	486	491	6.5
Leitrim	32	19	1	37	38	0.7	1	52	53	0.7
Mayo	131	77	11	136	147	2.5	12	193	205	2.7
Roscommon	64	42	6	72	78	1.3	6	133	139	1.8
Sligo	65	37	1	67	68	1.2	1	79	80	1.1

Ulster (part of)
Cavan	73	42	1	107	108	1.9	1	161	162	2.1
Donegal	161	86	9	201	210	3.6	9	293	302	4.0
Monaghan	60	35	7	75	82	1.4	8	107	115	1.5

Total	4,588	2,515	179	5,658	5,837	100.0	193	7,416	7,609	100.0

¹Provisional
Source: Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.12 Number of drivers of cars involved in fatal and injury collisions classified by age and gender, 2014¹
							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	1	1	1	0.0
6-9	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0.0
10-14	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0.0
15-17	2	23	25	0	4	4	29	1.0
18-20	6	117	123	0	61	61	184	6.5
21-24	7	160	167	2	129	131	298	10.5
25-34	10	327	337	2	331	333	670	23.6
35-44	5	317	322	3	333	336	658	23.2
45-54	5	200	205	6	207	213	418	14.7
55-64	1	129	130	2	134	136	266	9.4
65 and over	10	169	179	5	117	122	301	10.6
Unknown	0	7	7	0	4	4	11	0.4

Total	46	1,451	1,497	20	1,321	1,341	2,838	100.0

¹Provisional
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, 2014¹
				Number and rate
	Fatal	Injury	Total	%
Cars
Ireland	171	6,084	6,255	97.0
N. Ireland	2	113	115	1.8
Great Britain	1	35	36	0.6
Other	4	39	43	0.7

Total cars	178	6,271	6,449	100.0

Goods vehicles
Ireland	32	683	715	96.9
N. Ireland	2	14	16	2.2
Great Britain	0	1	1	0.1
Other	0	6	6	0.8

Total goods vehicles	34	704	738	100.0

¹Provisional
Source: Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.14 Number of users of cars involved in fatal and injury collisions classified by seat belt usage, 2014¹
					Number and rate
Seat belt usage		Killed	Injured	Uninjured²	Total	%
Car drivers
	Seat belt in use	35	1,554	1,734	3,323	61.3
	Seat belt not in use	17	86	43	146	2.7
	Unknown	14	43	1,894	1,951	36.0
	Not stated	1	0	0	1	0.0

Total		67	1,683	3,671	5,421	100.0

Passengers (front seat)
	Seat belt in use	9	526	..	535	54.9
	Seat belt not in use	9	38	..	47	4.8
	Unknown	5	387	..	392	40.2
	Not stated	0	0	..	0	0.0
Total		23	951	..	974	100.0

¹Provisional
²Data on passengers not available at the time of publication
Source: Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.15 National road length in kilometres by carriageway type, 2011 - 2015
									Kilometres and rate
Carriageway type	2011		2012		2013		2014			2015
	km	%	km	%	km	%	km	%		km	%
Motorway	900	16.6	900	16.6	897	16.6	897	16.6		916	17.3
Dual carriageway/two plus one	324	6.0	324	6.0	298	6.0	298	6.0		294	5.5
Single	4,189	77.4	4,189	77.4	4,110	77.4	4,110	77.4		4,096	77.2

Total	5,413	100.0	5,413	100.0	5,305	100.0	5,305	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 local authority, 2015
				Kilometres
Local authority	Motorway	Dual carriageway	Single	Total

Carlow	24	-	54	78
Cavan	-	-	123	123
Clare	32	20	182	233
Cork City	-	13	6	19
Cork County	49	50	397	495
Donegal	-	6	298	304
Dublin City	6	0	-	6
Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown	17	9	6	33
Fingal	43	9	1	53
Galway City	-	9	8	17
Galway County	62	3	372	437
Kerry	-	11	413	424
Kildare	108	8	18	134
Kilkenny	68	17	112	197
Laois	67	-	102	168
Leitrim	-	7	49	56
Limerick City & County	27	9	156	192
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
South Dublin	15	24	9	48
Tipperary	122	3	210	335
Waterford City & County	-	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

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