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In 2019, 140 people were killed on Irish roads. This represents an increase of 1 fatality when compared with 2018.
Data on road traffic injuries and detailed data on road fatalities only becomes available following the conclusion of investigations by An Garda Síochána. Data up to 2018 is now available in tables 4.4 to 4.14.
Data for 2018 shows that 78.4% of people killed on Irish roads were male. Almost 6 in 10 (57.5%) of those injured in 2018 were male.

	2017	2018	2019
Car users	78	61	81
Pedestrians	31	42	27
Motor cyclists	19	15	16
Pedal cyclists	14	9	8
Other	13	12	8

Road safety and road lengths

Table 4.1 Number of road deaths and number of vehicles under current licence, 2013-2019
	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018¹	2019¹
Number of road deaths	188	192	162	182²	155²	139²	140
Number of vehicles licensed	2,482,557	2,515,322	2,570,294	2,624,958	2,675,879	2,717,722	2,805,839
Sources: Department of Transport, An Garda Síochána and Road Safety Authority
¹ Provisional
² Revised

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Table 4.2 Number of persons killed classified by month of year, 2013 - 2019
Month	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018¹	2019¹
January	19	16	12	15	16	12	14
February	14	13	13	9	11	10	14
March	15	15	11	17	20	14	11
April	12	14	7	14	7	17	9
May	17	18	12	20	8	4	11
June	13	18	13	12	14	16	11
July	18	18	19	19²	16	8	8
August	19	15	14	13	10	12	8
September	17	11	16	17	13	10²	18
October	13	17	11	20	10²	9	10
November	15	20	14	9	14	12²	11
December	16	17	20	17	16	15	15
Total	188	192	162	182²	155²	139²	140
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹ Provisional
² Revised

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Table 4.3 Number of persons killed classified by road user type, 2013 - 2019
Road user type	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018¹	2019¹
Pedestrians	31	41	31	35	31	42	27
Pedal cyclists	5	13	10	10	14	9	8
Motor cyclists	26	24	22	22	19²	15	16
Car users	107	103	89	106²	78²	61²	81
PSV users	0	0	0	0	0	1²	0
Goods vehicle users	14	8	6	8	10²	7	5
Other or unknown	5	3	4	1	3²	4²	3
Total	188	192	162	182²	155²	139²	140
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹ Provisional
² Revised

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Table 4.4 Number of persons injured classified by road user type, 2012 - 2018
Road user type	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017¹	2018¹
Pedestrians	1,009	895	1,065	1,043	1,042	1,136²	1,105
Pedal cyclists	630	638	864	933	971	1,061²	1,074
Motor cyclists	338	273	291	338	383	355	470
Car users	5,402	4,545	5,237	4,910	4,754	4,683²	4,686
Other road users³	563	529	622	616	623	547²	676
Total	7,942	6,880	8,079	7,840	7,773	7,782²	8,011
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹ Provisional
² Revised
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, 2015 - 2019
County	Persons killed					Persons injured
County	2015	2016	2017	2018¹	2019¹	2015	2016	2017¹	2018¹
Leinster
Carlow	4	0	3	2	2	95	86	76²	56
Dublin	16	21	24	14	19	2,143	2,245	2,265²	2,345
Kildare	9	7	6	4	4	343	387	338²	396
Kilkenny	2	6	4²	2	6	166	169	136²	122
Laois	4	3	2	5²	1	96	106	172²	159
Longford	5	3	2	3	1	136	114	82²	80
Louth	6	7	10	6	4	245	231	304²	247
Meath	8	12	8	7	7	303	283	262²	250
Offaly	5	4	2	2²	5	94	116	148²	145
Westmeath	5	4	1	5	3	160	167	145	130
Wexford	7	4	7	3	7	234	217	231	235
Wicklow	8	2	2	5	3	191	179	210²	159

Munster
Clare	2	4	4	6	5	158	161	190²	133
Cork	15	21	14	15	14	717	693	772²	861
Kerry	8	7	8²	3	6	279	272	276	324
Limerick	4	14²	7	9²	9	355	350	346	408
Tipperary	4	13	7²	10²	13	237	234	232²	251
Waterford	0	8	4	3²	3	228	194	162	219

Connacht
Galway	12	10	5	7	7	479	424	360²	401
Leitrim	3	1	1	1²	1	86	88	50	51
Mayo	13	4	13²	9	3	227	209	193²	211
Roscommon	1	7	4	2	3	114	142	136	109
Sligo	2	2	1²	1	1	124	99	121²	108

Ulster (part of)
Cavan	4	3	2	3	3	168	179	153²	157
Donegal	11	10	6	10	8	318	314	330²	361
Monaghan	4	5	8	2	2	144	114	92	93

Total	162	182²	155²	139²	140	7,840	7,773	7,782²	8,011
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹ Provisional
² Revised
Note: at the time of publication, data for persons injured for 2019 was not available.

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Table 4.6 Number of female casualties classified by road user type and age, 2018¹
													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	57	58	1.7	0	14	14	2.7	0	1	1	0.4	0	0	0	0.0
6-9	0	78	78	2.3	0	19	19	3.6	0	4	4	1.5	0	0	0	0.0
10-14	0	122	122	3.6	0	39	39	7.5	0	9	9	3.4	0	0	0	0.0
15-17	1	119	120	3.5	1	28	29	5.5	0	3	3	1.1	0	0	0	0.0
18-20	2	176	178	5.2	0	22	22	4.2	0	11	11	4.2	0	2	2	4.9
21-24	0	288	288	8.4	0	42	42	8.0	0	31	31	11.9	0	7	7	17.1
25-34	2	694	696	20.4	1	87	88	16.8	0	87	87	33.3	0	9	9	22.0
35-44	2	609	611	17.9	1	61	62	11.9	0	57	57	21.8	0	7	7	17.1
45-54	3	479	482	14.1	2	57	59	11.3	0	28	28	10.7	0	10	10	24.4
55-64	9	339	348	10.2	3	47	50	9.6	0	22	22	8.4	0	3	3	7.3
65 and over	10	423	433	12.7	5	93	98	18.7	0	8	8	3.1	0	3	3	7.3
Unknown	0	1	1	0.0	0	1	1	0.2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
Total	30	3,385	3,415	100.0	13	510	523	100.0	0	261	261	100.0	0	41	41	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	41	42	4.6	1	41	42	1.7	0	1	1	0.7
6-9	0	0	0	0.0	0	52	52	5.6	0	52	52	2.1	0	3	3	2.2
10-14	0	0	0	0.0	0	68	68	7.4	0	68	68	2.8	0	6	6	4.3
15-17	0	2	2	0.1	0	77	77	8.4	0	79	79	3.2	0	9	9	6.5
18-20	0	49	49	3.2	2	88	90	9.8	2	137	139	5.7	0	4	4	2.9
21-24	0	121	121	7.9	0	78	78	8.5	0	199	199	8.1	0	9	9	6.5
25-34	1	344	345	22.5	0	143	143	15.5	1	487	488	19.9	0	24	24	17.4
35-44	1	352	353	23.1	0	106	106	11.5	1	458	459	18.7	0	26	26	18.8
45-54	1	292	293	19.1	0	78	78	8.5	1	370	371	15.1	0	14	14	10.1
55-64	2	179	181	11.8	1	71	72	7.8	3	250	253	10.3	3	17	20	14.5
65 and over	3	184	187	12.2	2	113	115	12.5	5	297	302	12.3	0	22	22	15.9
Unknown	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
Total	8	1,523	1,531	100.0	6	915	921	100.0	14	2,438	2,452	100.0	3	135	138	100.0
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹ Provisional
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, 2018¹
													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	0	76	76	1.6	0	23	23	3.7	0	2	2	0.2	0	0	0	0.0
6-9	0	92	92	2.0	0	31	31	5.0	0	8	8	1.0	0	0	0	0.0
10-14	2	157	159	3.4	0	43	43	7.0	0	39	39	4.8	0	2	2	0.5
15-17	4	169	173	3.7	1	41	42	6.8	2	33	35	4.3	0	9	9	2.0
18-20	7	288	295	6.3	1	28	29	4.7	1	28	29	3.6	0	36	36	8.2
21-24	13	378	391	8.3	0	35	35	5.7	0	59	59	7.3	4	34	38	8.6
25-34	16	963	979	20.9	4	103	107	17.4	1	182	183	22.6	1	118	119	27.0
35-44	14	887	901	19.2	4	71	75	12.2	2	201	203	25.0	4	90	94	21.3
45-54	18	680	698	14.9	5	69	74	12.0	1	131	132	16.3	5	72	77	17.5
55-64	16	471	487	10.4	4	53	57	9.3	2	80	82	10.1	1	48	49	11.1
65 and over	19	413	432	9.2	10	87	97	15.7	0	37	37	4.6	0	17	17	3.9
Unknown	0	7	7	0.1	0	3	3	0.5	0	2	2	0.2	0	0	0	0.0
Total	109	4,581	4,690	100.0	29	587	616	100.0	9	802	811	100.0	15	426	441	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	44	44	6.9	0	44	44	1.9	0	7	7	1.3
6-9	0	0	0	0.0	0	44	44	6.9	0	44	44	1.9	0	9	9	1.7
10-14	2	0	2	0.1	0	68	68	10.6	2	68	70	3.1	0	5	5	0.9
15-17	0	10	10	0.6	1	60	61	9.5	1	70	71	3.1	0	16	16	3.0
18-20	3	95	98	6.0	2	76	78	12.2	5	171	176	7.7	0	25	25	4.6
21-24	4	146	150	9.1	4	82	86	13.4	8	228	236	10.3	1	22	23	4.3
25-34	8	324	332	20.2	1	117	118	18.4	9	441	450	19.7	1	119	120	22.2
35-44	2	344	346	21.1	0	63	63	9.8	2	407	409	17.9	2	118	120	22.2
45-54	7	280	287	17.5	0	29	29	4.5	7	309	316	13.9	0	99	99	18.3
55-64	4	197	201	12.3	1	20	21	3.3	5	217	222	9.7	4	73	77	14.2
65 and over	7	206	213	13.0	1	27	28	4.4	8	233	241	10.6	1	39	40	7.4
Unknown	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	1	0.2	0	2	2	0.1	0	0	0	0.0
Total	37	1,603	1,640	100.0	10	631	641	100.0	47	2,234	2,281	100.0	9	532	541	100.0
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹ Provisional
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, 2018¹
							Number and rate
Month	Collisions				Casualties
Month	Fatal	Injury	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%
January	11	461	472	7.7	12	598	610	7.5
February	10	436	446	7.3	10	575	585	7.2
March	13	428	441	7.2	14	595	609	7.5
April	15	446	461	7.5	17	602	619	7.6
May	4	533	537	8.8	4	733	737	9.0
June	15	521	536	8.8	16	706	722	8.9
July	8	540	548	9.0	8	730	738	9.1
August	11	474	485	7.9	12	634	646	7.9
September	10	508	518	8.5	10	685	695	8.5
October	9	544	553	9.1	9	723	732	9.0
November	11	549	560	9.2	12	725	737	9.0
December	15	534	549	9.0	15	705	720	8.8
Total	132	5,974	6,106	100	139	8,011	8,150	100
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, 2018¹
							Number and rate
Day	Collisions				Casualties
Day	Fatal	Injury	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%
Sunday	29	705	734	12.0	31	995	1,026	12.6
Monday	16	874	890	14.6	18	1,137	1,155	14.2
Tuesday	21	852	873	14.3	22	1,145	1,167	14.3
Wednesday	16	845	861	14.1	17	1,108	1,125	13.8
Thursday	14	925	939	15.4	15	1,203	1,218	14.9
Friday	18	1,003	1,021	16.7	18	1,312	1,330	16.3
Saturday	18	770	788	12.9	18	1,111	1,129	13.9
Total	132	5,974	6,106	100	139	8,011	8,150	100
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, 2018¹
						Number and rate
Hour beginning	Collisions				Casualties
Hour beginning	Fatal	Injury	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%
12 midnight	6	122	128	2.1	6	166	172	2.1
1	7	75	82	1.3	7	115	122	1.5
2	1	95	96	1.6	1	138	139	1.7
3	4	69	73	1.2	5	106	111	1.4
4	6	38	44	0.7	7	57	64	0.8
5	3	48	51	0.8	3	61	64	0.8
6	2	92	94	1.5	2	107	109	1.3
7	2	247	249	4.1	2	283	285	3.5
8	6	361	367	6.0	6	461	467	5.7
9	6	326	332	5.4	6	402	408	5.0
10	2	276	278	4.6	2	335	337	4.1
11	3	275	278	4.6	4	353	357	4.4
12	6	353	359	5.9	6	484	490	6.0
13	6	348	354	5.8	7	465	472	5.8
14	8	378	386	6.3	9	535	544	6.7
15	6	413	419	6.9	6	608	614	7.5
16	7	448	455	7.5	7	601	608	7.5
17	7	504	511	8.4	8	653	661	8.1
18	9	429	438	7.2	9	577	586	7.2
19	7	357	364	6.0	7	461	468	5.7
20	4	271	275	4.5	4	405	409	5.0
21	10	191	201	3.3	10	269	279	3.4
22	3	135	138	2.3	3	190	193	2.4
23	11	123	134	2.2	12	179	191	2.3
Total	132	5,974	6,106	100.0	139	8,011	8,150	100.0
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹Provisional

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Table 4.11 Number of traffic collisions and casualties in each county, 2018¹
								Number and rate
County and province	Pop (000's) 2016	Vehicles under current licence (000's) 2018	Collisions				Casualties
County and province	Pop (000's) 2016	Vehicles under current licence (000's) 2018	Fatal	Injury	Total	%	Fatal	Injury	Total	%
Leinster
Carlow	57	40	2	43	45	0.7	2	56	58	0.7
Dublin	1,347	676	14	1,976	1,990	32.6	14	2,345	2,359	28.9
Kildare	223	135	4	284	288	4.7	4	396	400	4.9
Kilkenny	99	61	2	90	92	1.5	2	122	124	1.5
Laois	85	48	5	104	109	1.8	5	159	164	2.0
Longford	41	25	3	59	62	1.0	3	80	83	1.0
Louth	129	67	6	164	170	2.8	6	247	253	3.1
Meath	195	118	7	183	190	3.1	7	250	257	3.2
Offaly	78	48	2	96	98	1.6	2	145	147	1.8
Westmeath	89	55	5	86	91	1.5	5	130	135	1.7
Wexford	150	103	3	155	158	2.6	3	235	238	2.9
Wicklow	142	88	5	126	131	2.1	5	159	164	2.0

Munster
Clare	119	76	5	105	110	1.8	6	133	139	1.7
Cork	543	340	15	666	681	11.2	15	861	876	10.7
Kerry	148	96	2	220	222	3.6	3	324	327	4.0
Limerick	195	118	8	268	276	4.5	9	408	417	5.1
Tipperary	160	107	9	177	186	3.0	10	251	261	3.2
Waterford	116	74	3	153	156	2.6	3	219	222	2.7

Connacht
Galway	258	154	6	291	297	4.9	7	401	408	5.0
Leitrim	32	21	1	37	38	0.6	1	51	52	0.6
Mayo	131	85	8	143	151	2.5	9	211	220	2.7
Roscommon	65	47	2	73	75	1.2	2	109	111	1.4
Sligo	66	41	1	75	76	1.2	1	108	109	1.3

Ulster (part of)
Cavan	76	48	3	101	104	1.7	3	157	160	2.0
Donegal	159	94	9	226	235	3.9	10	361	371	4.6
Monaghan	61	39	2	67	69	1.1	2	93	95	1.2

Total	4,764	2,806	132	5,968	6,100	100	139	8,011	8,150	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, 2018¹
							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	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.1
15-17	0	10	10	0	2	2	12	0.4
18-20	3	95	98	0	49	49	147	4.6
21-24	4	146	150	0	121	121	271	8.5
25-34	8	324	332	1	344	345	677	21.3
35-44	2	344	346	1	352	353	699	22.0
45-54	7	280	287	1	292	293	580	18.3
55-64	4	197	201	2	179	181	382	12.0
65 and over	7	206	213	3	184	187	400	12.6
Unknown	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Total	37	1,603	1,640	8	1,523	1,531	3,171	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, 2018¹
				Number and rate
	Fatal	Injury	Total	%
Cars
Ireland	171	6,394	6,565	96.5
N. Ireland	2	108	110	1.6
Great Britain	0	36	36	0.5
Other	0	93	93	1.4
Total cars	173	6,631	6,804	100.0

Goods vehicles
Ireland	43	880	923	97.2
N. Ireland	2	15	17	1.8
Great Britain	1	3	4	0.4
Other	1	5	6	0.6
Total goods vehicles	47	903	950	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, 2018¹
					Number and rate
Seat belt usage		Killed	Injured	Uninjured²	Total	%
Car drivers
	Seat belt in use	22	2,309	2,437	4,768	68.7
	Seat belt not in use	18	97	58	173	2.5
	Unknown	5	727	1,253	1,985	28.6
	Not stated	0	2	13	15	0.2
Total		45	3,135	3,761	6,941	100.0
Passengers (front seat)
	Seat belt in use	6	1,150	..	1,156	73.5
	Seat belt not in use	4	65	..	69	4.4
	Unknown	6	334	..	340	21.6
	Not stated	0	8	..	8	0.5
Total		16	1,557	..	1,573	100.0
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹ Provisional
² Data on passengers uninjured is not published

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Table 4.15 National road length in kilometres by carriageway type, 2015 - 2019
Kilometres and rate
Carriageway type	2015		2016		2017		2018		2019
	km	%	km	%	km	%	km	%	km	%
Motorway	916	17.3	916	17.3	916	17.3	916	17.3	995	18.7
Dual carriageway/two plus one	294	5.5	294	5.5	294	5.5	294	5.5	306	5.8
Single	4,096	77.2	4,096	77.2	4,096	77.2	4,096	77.2	4,008	75.5
Total	5,306	100.0	5,306	100.0	5,306	100.0	5,306	100.0	5,309	100.0
Source: Transport Infrastructure Ireland

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Table 4.16 National route length in kilometres by carriageway type and county, 2019
Kilometres
County	Motorway	Dual carriageway	Single	Total
Carlow	24	-	54	78
Cavan	-	-	123	123
Clare	32	20	182	233
Cork	49	63	408	520
Donegal	-	6	298	303
Dublin	82	41	16	139
Galway	114	20	315	449
Kerry	-	11	414	425
Kildare	108	8	17	134
Kilkenny	68	17	108	192
Laois	67	-	101	168
Leitrim	-	7	49	56
Limerick	27	9	156	192
Longford	-	0	97	97
Louth	40	9	49	98
Mayo	-	-	397	397
Meath	88	12	104	204
Monaghan	-	15	90	105
Offaly	15	-	101	116
Roscommon	21	1	225	247
Sligo	-	13	141	153
Tipperary	122	3	210	336
Waterford	-	10	97	107
Westmeath	56	18	101	175
Wexford	47	4	114	166
Wicklow	36	18	40	94
Total	995	306	4,009	5,309
Source: Transport Infrastructure Ireland

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