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In 2017, 157 people were killed on Irish roads. This represents a decrease of 29 fatalities (15.6%) when compared with 2016.
Data on road traffic injuries and detailed data on road fatalities is now available up to 2016 in tables 4.4 to 4.14.

	2015	2016	2017
Car users	89	110	81
Pedestrians	31	35	31
Motor cyclists	22	22	20
Pedal cyclists	10	10	14
Other	10	9	11

Road safety and road lengths

Table 4.1 Number of road deaths and number of vehicles under current licence, 2011-2017
	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Number of road deaths	186	163	188	193	162	186¹	157¹
Number of vehicles licensed	2,425,156	2,403,223	2,482,557	2,515,322	2,570,294	2,624,958	2,675,879
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, 2011 - 2017
Month	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016¹	2017¹
January	21	10	19	16	12	15	16
February	18	13	14	13	13	10	11
March	15	13	15	15	11	17	20
April	8	16	12	14	7	14	7
May	11	13	17	18	12	20	8
June	15	26	13	18	13	12	14
July	18	15	18	18	19	21	17
August	16	12	19	15	14	13	10
September	13	10	17	11	16	18	13
October	15	15	13	18	11	20	11
November	18	8	15	20	14	9	14
December	18	12	16	17	20	17	16
Total	186	163	188	193	162	186	157
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹ Provisional

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Table 4.3 Number of persons killed classified by road user type, 2011 - 2017
Road user type	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016¹	2017¹
Pedestrians	47	29	31	42	31²	35	31
Pedal cyclists	9	8	5	13	10²	10	14
Motor cyclists	18	19	26	24	22	22	20
Car users	95	90	107	103	89	110	81
PSV users	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Goods vehicle users	17	12	14	8	6	8	8
Other or unknown	0	4	5	3	4	1	3
Total	186	163	188	193	162	186	157
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹ Provisional
² Revised

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Table 4.4 Number of persons injured classified by road user type, 2010 - 2016
Road user type	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016¹
Pedestrians	923	930	1,009	895	1,065	1,043	1,027
Pedal cyclists	399	395	630	638	864	933	932
Motor cyclists	391	324	338	273	291	338	365
Car users	5,814	4,930	5,402	4,545	5,237	4,910	4,725
Other road users²	743	656	563	529	622	616	661
Total	8,270	7,235	7,942	6,880	8,079	7,840	7,710
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹ Provisional
² PSV, Goods vehicle and other or unknown road users

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Table 4.5 Number of persons killed and injured by county, 2013 - 2017
County	Persons killed					Persons injured
County	2013	2014	2015	2016¹	2017¹	2013	2014	2015	2016¹
Leinster
Carlow	2	5	4	0	4	89	103	95	85
Dublin	19	29	16²	21	24	1,410	2,125	2,143	2,210
Kildare	15	4	9	7	6	337	335	343	388
Kilkenny	4	3	2	6	4	119	137	166	162
Laois	2	7	4	3	1	95	150	96	105
Longford	2	4	5	3	2	86	102	136	112
Louth	4	6	6	7	10	294	318	245	231
Meath	9	5	8	12	8	227	330	303	282
Offaly	5	2	5²	4	2	135	107	94	116
Westmeath	5	6	5	4	1	105	161	160	166
Wexford	7	4	7	4	7	201	225	234	218
Wicklow	6	7	8	2	2	183	202	191	179

Munster
Clare	2	5	2	4	4	182	173	158	158
Cork	18	19	15	21	14	707	816	717	694
Kerry	14	14	8	7	8	250	347	279	272
Limerick	6	10	4	17	7	401	400	355	350
Tipperary	12	14	4	13	8	248	266	237	234
Waterford	2	6	0	9	4	195	165	228	192

Connacht
Galway	13	5	12	10	5	467	515	479	418
Leitrim	2	1	3	1	1	40	56	86	89
Mayo	6	12	13	4	12	216	216	227	207
Roscommon	4	6	1	7	4	119	141	114	142
Sligo	5	1	2	2	3	149	100	124	99

Ulster (part of)
Cavan	3	1	4	3	2	163	166	168	179
Donegal	13	9	11	10	6	355	310	318	311
Monaghan	8	8	4	5	8	107	113	144	111

Total	188	193	162	186	157	6,880	8,079	7,840	7,710
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹ Provisional
² Revised
Note: at the time of publication, data for persons injured for 2017 was not available.

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Table 4.6 Number of female casualties classified by road user type and age, 2016¹
													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	77	78	2.4	0	20	20	4.1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
6-9	0	74	74	2.3	0	27	27	5.5	0	2	2	0.8	0	0	0	0.0
10-14	0	94	94	2.9	0	39	39	7.9	0	8	8	3.1	0	2	2	6.1
15-17	1	114	115	3.5	0	25	25	5.1	0	3	3	1.2	0	0	0	0.0
18-20	4	199	203	6.2	0	34	34	6.9	0	14	14	5.5	0	2	2	6.1
21-24	1	307	308	9.4	0	35	35	7.1	0	21	21	8.2	0	2	2	6.1
25-34	11	685	696	21.2	0	64	64	13.0	1	70	71	27.8	0	8	8	24.2
35-44	7	631	638	19.4	1	51	52	10.6	1	68	69	27.1	1	8	9	27.3
45-54	2	437	439	13.4	1	54	55	11.2	0	34	34	13.3	0	6	6	18.2
55-64	4	295	299	9.1	0	51	51	10.4	0	18	18	7.1	1	1	2	6.1
65 and over	17	325	342	10.4	8	81	89	18.1	0	15	15	5.9	0	2	2	6.1
Unknown	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
Total	48	3,238	3,286	100.0	10	481	491	100.0	2	253	255	100.0	2	31	33	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	55	56	6.1	1	55	56	2.3	0	2	2	2.3
6-9	0	0	0	0.0	0	44	44	4.8	0	44	44	1.8	0	1	1	1.1
10-14	0	0	0	0.0	0	41	41	4.5	0	41	41	1.7	0	4	4	4.6
15-17	0	6	6	0.4	1	76	77	8.4	1	82	83	3.4	0	4	4	4.6
18-20	0	47	47	3.1	4	98	102	11.1	4	145	149	6.2	0	4	4	4.6
21-24	0	139	139	9.3	0	107	107	11.6	0	246	246	10.2	1	3	4	4.6
25-34	8	381	389	25.9	2	147	149	16.2	10	528	538	22.2	0	15	15	17.2
35-44	2	378	380	25.3	2	98	100	10.9	4	476	480	19.8	0	28	28	32.2
45-54	1	261	262	17.5	0	74	74	8.0	1	335	336	13.9	0	8	8	9.2
55-64	3	156	159	10.6	0	60	60	6.5	3	216	219	9.0	0	9	9	10.3
65 and over	2	116	118	7.9	7	103	110	12.0	9	219	228	9.4	0	8	8	9.2
Unknown	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
Total	16	1,484	1,500	100.0	17	903	920	100.0	33	2,387	2,420	100.0	1	86	87	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, 2016¹
													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	97	98	2.2	0	28	28	5.0	0	3	3	0.4	0	0	0	0.0
6-9	0	84	87	2.0	0	37	37	6.5	0	10	10	1.4	0	0	0	0.0
10-14	7	152	163	3.7	2	49	51	9.0	2	37	39	5.6	0	2	2	0.6
15-17	2	138	148	3.3	1	15	16	2.8	0	27	27	3.9	0	11	11	3.1
18-20	14	283	308	6.9	0	27	27	4.8	1	25	26	3.7	1	12	13	3.7
21-24	13	430	436	9.8	1	31	32	5.7	0	69	69	9.8	2	28	30	8.5
25-34	25	931	940	21.1	4	77	81	14.3	0	164	164	23.4	6	99	105	29.7
35-44	24	878	865	19.5	5	83	88	15.6	1	156	157	22.4	4	81	85	24.1
45-54	14	598	606	13.6	3	54	57	10.1	0	114	114	16.3	3	58	61	17.3
55-64	10	375	395	8.9	4	61	65	11.5	1	59	60	8.6	2	28	30	8.5
65 and over	28	378	398	8.9	5	78	83	14.7	3	29	32	4.6	2	14	16	4.5
Unknown	0	0	3	0.1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
Total	138	4,344	4,447	100.0	25	540	565	100.0	8	693	701	100.0	20	333	353	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	1	62	63	8.5	1	63	64	2.7	0	3	3	0.6
6-9	0	0	0	0.0	0	35	35	4.7	0	35	35	1.5	0	2	5	1.1
10-14	0	1	1	0.1	2	54	56	7.5	2	55	57	2.4	1	9	14	3.0
15-17	0	16	16	1.0	0	60	60	8.1	0	76	76	3.2	1	9	18	3.8
18-20	6	107	113	7.0	6	100	106	14.3	12	207	219	9.3	0	12	23	4.9
21-24	7	165	172	10.7	3	105	108	14.5	10	270	280	11.9	0	32	25	5.3
25-34	12	331	343	21.3	0	145	145	19.5	12	476	488	20.7	3	115	102	21.5
35-44	8	351	359	22.3	4	73	77	10.4	12	424	436	18.5	2	134	99	20.9
45-54	8	239	247	15.3	0	39	39	5.2	8	278	286	12.1	0	94	88	18.6
55-64	3	148	151	9.4	0	28	28	3.8	3	176	179	7.6	0	51	61	12.9
65 and over	16	192	208	12.9	1	25	26	3.5	17	217	234	9.9	1	40	33	7.0
Unknown	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	3	0.6
Total	60	1,551	1,611	100.0	17	726	743	100.0	77	2,277	2,354	100.0	8	501	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, 2016¹
							Number and rate
Month	Collisions				Casualties
Month	Fatal	Injury	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%
January	14	516	530	9.0	15	696	711	9.0
February	10	456	466	7.9	10	610	620	7.9
March	16	415	431	7.3	17	597	614	7.8
April	13	397	410	7.0	14	530	544	6.9
May	20	460	480	8.1	20	622	642	8.1
June	12	475	487	8.3	12	642	654	8.3
July	16	524	540	9.2	21	722	743	9.4
August	13	459	472	8.0	13	626	639	8.1
September	17	527	544	9.2	18	720	738	9.3
October	19	484	503	8.5	20	618	638	8.1
November	9	493	502	8.5	9	650	659	8.3
December	15	511	526	8.9	17	677	694	8.8
Total	174	5,717	5,891	100.0	186	7,710	7,896	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, 2016¹
							Number and rate
Day	Collisions				Casualties
Day	Fatal	Injury	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%
Sunday	34	709	743	12.6	37	1,044	1,081	13.7
Monday	19	826	845	14.3	20	1,105	1,125	14.2
Tuesday	26	825	851	14.4	29	1,094	1,123	14.2
Wednesday	23	845	868	14.7	25	1,113	1,138	14.4
Thursday	30	811	841	14.3	32	1,040	1,072	13.6
Friday	15	907	922	15.7	15	1,189	1,204	15.2
Saturday	27	794	821	13.9	28	1,125	1,153	14.6
Total	174	5,717	5,891	100.0	186	7,710	7,896	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, 2016¹
						Number and rate
Hour beginning	Collisions				Casualties
Hour beginning	Fatal	Injury	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%
12 midnight	4	113	117	2.0	4	167	171	2.2
1	9	101	110	1.9	11	135	146	1.8
2	6	80	86	1.5	6	113	119	1.5
3	3	89	92	1.6	3	116	119	1.5
4	6	52	58	1.0	7	77	84	1.1
5	4	53	57	1.0	4	65	69	0.9
6	3	92	95	1.6	4	108	112	1.4
7	6	227	233	4.0	6	262	268	3.4
8	5	361	366	6.2	6	420	426	5.4
9	5	304	309	5.2	5	405	410	5.2
10	10	225	235	4.0	12	287	299	3.8
11	6	237	243	4.1	6	308	314	4.0
12	7	337	344	5.8	7	460	467	5.9
13	9	356	365	6.2	9	495	504	6.4
14	4	338	342	5.8	4	442	446	5.6
15	10	348	358	6.1	11	458	469	5.9
16	18	430	448	7.6	20	603	623	7.9
17	8	488	496	8.4	8	635	643	8.1
18	8	422	430	7.3	8	580	588	7.4
19	9	340	349	5.9	10	460	470	6.0
20	8	239	247	4.2	8	361	369	4.7
21	7	193	200	3.4	8	293	301	3.8
22	9	165	174	3.0	9	269	278	3.5
23	10	127	137	2.3	10	191	201	2.5
Total	174	5,717	5,891	100.0	186	7,710	7,896	100.0
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹Provisional

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Table 4.11 Number of traffic collisions and casualties in each county, 2016¹
								Number and rate
County and province	Pop (000's) 2016	Vehicles under current licence (000's) 2016	Collisions				Casualties
County and province	Pop (000's) 2016	Vehicles under current licence (000's) 2016	Fatal	Injury	Total	%	Fatal	Injury	Total	%
Leinster
Carlow	57	38	0	52	52	0.9	0	85	85	1.1
Dublin	1,347	637	21	1,859	1,880	31.9	21	2,210	2,231	28.3
Kildare	223	123	7	263	270	4.6	7	388	395	5.0
Kilkenny	99	58	6	115	121	2.1	6	162	168	2.1
Laois	85	44	3	87	90	1.5	3	105	108	1.4
Longford	41	23	3	67	70	1.2	3	112	115	1.5
Louth	129	63	7	159	166	2.8	7	231	238	3.0
Meath	195	105	12	204	216	3.7	12	282	294	3.7
Offaly	78	45	4	80	84	1.4	4	116	120	1.5
Westmeath	89	53	3	111	114	1.9	4	166	170	2.2
Wexford	150	96	4	150	154	2.6	4	218	222	2.8
Wicklow	142	82	2	144	146	2.5	2	179	181	2.3

Munster
Clare	119	72	4	108	112	1.9	4	158	162	2.1
Cork	543	321	20	523	543	9.2	21	694	715	9.1
Kerry	148	91	7	195	202	3.4	7	272	279	3.5
Limerick	195	111	15	263	278	4.7	17	350	367	4.6
Tipperary	160	101	13	159	172	2.9	13	234	247	3.1
Waterford	116	69	7	128	135	2.3	9	192	201	2.5

Connacht
Galway	258	146	9	279	288	4.9	10	418	428	5.4
Leitrim	32	20	1	64	65	1.1	1	89	90	1.1
Mayo	131	79	4	134	138	2.3	4	207	211	2.7
Roscommon	65	44	7	92	99	1.7	7	142	149	1.9
Sligo	66	38	2	74	76	1.3	2	99	101	1.3

Ulster (part of)
Cavan	76	43	3	112	115	2.0	3	179	182	2.3
Donegal	159	88	6	213	219	3.7	10	311	321	4.1
Monaghan	61	36	4	82	86	1.5	5	111	116	1.5

Total	4,764	2,625	174	5,717	5,891	100	186	7,710	7,896	100
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, 2016¹
							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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
15-17	0	16	16	0	6	6	22	0.6
18-20	6	107	113	0	47	47	160	6.1
21-24	7	165	172	0	139	139	311	11.9
25-34	12	332	344	8	381	389	733	23.8
35-44	8	351	359	2	378	380	739	20.9
45-54	8	239	247	1	261	262	509	14.4
55-64	3	148	151	3	156	159	310	10.4
65 and over	16	192	208	2	116	118	326	11.6
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
Total	60	1,550	1,610	16	1,484	1,500	3,110	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, 2016¹
				Number and rate
	Fatal	Injury	Total	%
Cars
Ireland	168	6,081	6,249	96.7
N. Ireland	2	105	107	1.7
Great Britain	0	34	34	0.5
Other	0	73	73	1.1
Total cars	170	6,293	6,463	100.0

Goods vehicles
Ireland	44	818	862	97.2
N. Ireland	2	14	16	1.8
Great Britain	1	2	3	0.3
Other	1	5	6	0.7
Total goods vehicles	48	839	887	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, 2016¹
					Number and rate
Seat belt usage		Killed	Injured	Uninjured²	Total	%
Car drivers
	Seat belt in use	42	2,282	2,005	4,329	66.7
	Seat belt not in use	18	105	60	183	2.8
	Unknown	15	643	1,318	1,976	30.5
	Not stated	0	0	0	0	0.0
Total		75	3,030	3,383	6,488	100.0
Passengers (front seat)
	Seat belt in use	10	678	..	688	73.2
	Seat belt not in use	8	33	..	41	4.4
	Unknown	6	205	..	211	22.4
	Not stated	0	0	..	0	0.0
Total		24	916	..	940	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, 2013 - 2017
Kilometres and rate
Carriageway type	2013		2014		2015		2016		2017
	km	%	km	%	km	%	km	%	km	%
Motorway	897	16.6	897	16.6	916	17.3	916	17.3	916	17.3
Dual carriageway/two plus one	298	6.0	298	6.0	294	5.5	294	5.5	294	5.5
Single	4,110	77.4	4,110	77.4	4,096	77.2	4,096	77.2	4,096	77.2
Total	5,305	100.0	5,305	100.0	5,306	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, 2017
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

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