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Road Safety and Road Lengths

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In 2020, 147 people were killed on Irish roads. This represents an increase of 7 fatalities when compared with 2019.
Data for 2020 show that 46.9% of people killed on Irish roads were car users and 21.8% pedestrians.
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 2019 is now available in tables 4.4 to 4.14.

	2018	2019	2020
Car users	61	81	69
Pedestrians	42	27	32
Motor cyclists	15	16	17
Pedal cyclists	9	8	10
Other	12	8	19

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Table 4.1 Number of road deaths and number of vehicles under current licence, 2014-2020
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019¹	2020¹
Number of road deaths	192	162	182	155	137²	140	147
Number of vehicles licensed	2,515,322	2,570,294	2,624,958	2,675,879	2,717,722	2,805,839	2,860,984
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, 2014 - 2020
Month	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019¹	2020¹
January	16	12	15	16	12	14	9
February	13	13	9	11	10	14	19
March	15	11	17	20	14	11	18
April	14	7	14	7	17	9	7
May	18	12	20	8	4	11	6
June	18	13	12	14	16	11	12
July	18	19	19	16	8	8	10
August	15	14	13	10	12	8	15
September	11	16	17	13	10	18	18
October	17	11	20	10	8²	10	13
November	20	14	9	14	11²	11	12
December	17	20	17	16	15	15	8
Total	192	162	182	155	137²	140	147
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹ Provisional
² Revised

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Table 4.3 Number of persons killed classified by road user type, 2014 - 2020
Road user type	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019¹	2020¹
Pedestrians	41	31	35	31	41²	27	32
Pedal cyclists	13	10	10	14	9	8	10
Motor cyclists	24	22	22	19	15	16	17
Car users	103	89	106	78	60²	81	69
PSV users	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Goods vehicle users	8	6	8	10	7	5	13
Other or unknown	3	4	1	3	4	3	6
Total	192	162	182	155	137²	140	147
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹ Provisional
² Revised

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Table 4.4 Number of persons injured classified by road user type, 2014 - 2019
Road user type	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018¹	2019¹
Pedestrians	1,065	1,043	1,042	1,134²	1,095²	1,084
Pedal cyclists	864	933	971	1,060²	1,077²	1,129
Motor cyclists	291	338	383	355	460²	449
Car users	5,237	4,910	4,754	4,681²	4,689²	4,287
Other road users³	622	616	623	546²	674²	630
Total	8,079	7,840	7,773	7,778²	7,995²	7,579
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, 2016 - 2020
County	Persons killed					Persons injured¹
County	2016	2017	2018	2019²	2020²	2016	2017	2018²	2019²
Leinster
Carlow	0	3	2	2	3	86	77³	56	99
Dublin	21	24	14	19	20	2,245	2,260³	2,336³	2,338
Kildare	7	6	4	4	4	387	338	386³	314
Kilkenny	6	4	2	6	5	169	136	122	89
Laois	3	2	5	1	0	106	172	160³	95
Longford	3	2	3	1	0	114	82	81³	84
Louth	7	10	6	4	9	231	305²	247	251
Meath	12	8	7	7	8	283	262	251³	236
Offaly	4	2	2	5	4	116	148	143³	132
Westmeath	4	1	5	3	4	167	145	123³	130
Wexford	4	7	2³	7	7	217	231	236³	252
Wicklow	2	2	5	3	2	179	210	164³	209

Munster
Clare	4	4	6	5	3	161	190	133	151
Cork	21	14	14³	14	22	693	772	866³	748
Kerry	7	8	3	6	9	272	276	322³	251
Limerick	14	7	9	9	5	350	346	410³	351
Tipperary	13	7	10	13	7	234	232	252³	236
Waterford	8	4	3	3	2	194	162	220³	225

Connacht
Galway	10	5	7	7	5	424	360	402³	410
Leitrim	1	1	1	1	1	88	50	50³	44
Mayo	4	13	9	3	5	209	193	212³	204
Roscommon	7	4	2	3	5	142	136	107³	86
Sligo	2	1	1	1	2	99	121	108	107

Ulster (part of)
Cavan	3	2	3	3	2	179	153	155³	129
Donegal	10	6	10	8	10	314	329²	361	287
Monaghan	5	8	2	2	3	114	92	92³	121

Total	182	155	137³	140	147	7,773	7,778³	7,995³	7,579
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹ At the time of publication, data for persons injured for 2020 was not available
² Provisional
³ Revised

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Table 4.6 Number of female casualties¹ classified by road user type and age, 2019²
													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	82	82	2.6	0	24	24	4.6	0	1	1	0.4	0	0	0	0.0
6-9	0	61	61	1.9	0	11	11	2.1	0	3	3	1.2	0	0	0	0.0
10-14	1	133	134	4.2	0	45	45	8.7	1	7	8	3.1	0	0	0	0.0
15-17	0	99	99	3.1	0	25	25	4.8	0	2	2	0.8	0	2	2	4.5
18-20	1	151	152	4.8	0	28	28	5.4	0	6	6	2.4	0	1	1	2.3
21-24	1	243	244	7.7	0	46	46	8.8	0	32	32	12.6	0	3	3	6.8
25-34	5	619	624	19.8	0	61	61	11.7	0	80	80	31.5	0	15	15	34.1
35-44	3	567	570	18.0	1	76	77	14.8	0	54	54	21.3	0	12	12	27.3
45-54	5	470	475	15.0	1	45	46	8.8	1	37	38	15.0	0	7	7	15.9
55-64	4	336	340	10.8	2	61	63	12.1	0	24	24	9.4	0	2	2	4.5
65 and over	15	363	378	12.0	3	91	94	18.1	0	6	6	2.4	0	2	2	4.5
Unknown	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
Total	35	3,124	3,159	100.0	7	513	520	100.0	2	252	254	100.0	0	44	44	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	55	55	6.6	0	55	55	2.5	0	2	2	1.4
6-9	0	0	0	0.0	0	43	43	5.2	0	43	43	2.0	0	4	4	2.9
10-14	0	0	0	0.0	0	71	71	8.6	0	71	71	3.2	0	10	10	7.2
15-17	0	1	1	0.1	0	58	58	7.0	0	59	59	2.7	0	11	11	8.0
18-20	1	30	31	2.3	0	79	79	9.5	1	109	110	5.0	0	7	7	5.1
21-24	1	97	98	7.1	0	54	54	6.5	1	151	152	6.9	0	11	11	8.0
25-34	4	311	315	22.9	1	130	131	15.8	5	441	446	20.2	0	22	22	15.9
35-44	2	306	308	22.4	0	92	92	11.1	2	398	400	18.2	0	27	27	19.6
45-54	2	293	295	21.5	1	67	68	8.2	3	360	363	16.5	0	21	21	15.2
55-64	2	154	156	11.4	0	80	80	9.6	2	234	236	10.7	0	15	15	10.9
65 and over	9	160	169	12.3	3	96	99	11.9	12	256	268	12.2	0	8	8	5.8
Unknown	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
Total	21	1,352	1,373	100.0	5	825	830	100.0	26	2,177	2,203	100.0	0	138	138	100.0
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹ Collisions omitted where gender of casualty is not specified
² Provisional

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Table 4.7 Number of male casualties¹ classified by road user type and age, 2019²
													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	90	92	2.0	0	21	21	3.6	0	5	5	0.6	0	0	0	0.0
6-9	1	101	102	2.2	1	32	33	5.6	0	10	10	1.1	0	0	0	0.0
10-14	0	196	196	4.3	0	62	62	10.6	0	65	65	7.4	0	1	1	0.2
15-17	2	169	171	3.8	1	35	36	6.1	0	37	37	4.2	0	18	18	4.3
18-20	6	262	268	5.9	0	23	23	3.9	0	48	48	5.5	3	25	28	6.7
21-24	15	394	409	9.0	2	31	33	5.6	0	67	67	7.6	1	34	35	8.4
25-34	19	895	914	20.2	1	87	88	15.0	2	185	187	21.3	4	110	114	27.2
35-44	14	866	880	19.4	5	85	90	15.3	0	202	202	23.0	2	85	87	20.8
45-54	14	649	663	14.6	4	61	65	11.1	2	135	137	15.6	4	76	80	19.1
55-64	10	408	418	9.2	3	54	57	9.7	0	83	83	9.4	1	43	44	10.5
65 and over	22	400	422	9.3	3	76	79	13.5	2	36	38	4.3	1	11	12	2.9
Unknown	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
Total	105	4,430	4,535	100.0	20	567	587	100.0	6	873	879	100.0	16	403	419	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	2	59	61	9.6	2	59	61	2.8	0	5	5	1.0
6-9	0	0	0	0.0	0	52	52	8.2	0	52	52	2.4	0	7	7	1.4
10-14	0	0	0	0.0	0	57	57	9.0	0	57	57	2.6	0	11	11	2.2
15-17	1	7	8	0.5	0	60	60	9.5	1	67	68	3.2	0	12	12	2.4
18-20	1	78	79	5.2	2	70	72	11.4	3	148	151	7.0	0	18	18	3.6
21-24	7	154	161	10.6	5	83	88	13.9	12	237	249	11.6	0	25	25	5.0
25-34	12	315	327	21.5	0	98	98	15.5	12	413	425	19.7	0	100	100	20.1
35-44	4	315	319	21.0	0	59	59	9.3	4	374	378	17.6	3	120	123	24.7
45-54	3	248	251	16.5	0	27	27	4.3	3	275	278	12.9	1	102	103	20.7
55-64	4	143	147	9.7	0	21	21	3.3	4	164	168	7.8	2	64	66	13.3
65 and over	13	214	227	14.9	1	37	38	6.0	14	251	265	12.3	2	26	28	5.6
Unknown	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
Total	45	1,474	1,519	100.0	10	623	633	100.0	55	2,097	2,152	100.0	8	490	498	100.0
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹ Collisions omitted where gender of casualty is not specified
² Provisional

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Table 4.8 Number of traffic collisions and casualties classified by month of year, 2019¹
							Number and rate
	Collisions				Casualties
Month	Fatal	Injury	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%
January	10	493	503	8.6	14	625	639	8.3
February	14	385	399	6.8	14	506	520	6.7
March	9	483	492	8.4	11	644	655	8.5
April	9	391	400	6.9	9	526	535	6.9
May	8	468	476	8.2	11	616	627	8.1
June	11	466	477	8.2	11	647	658	8.5
July	8	504	512	8.8	8	680	688	8.9
August	8	479	487	8.4	8	653	661	8.6
September	17	534	551	9.5	18	719	737	9.5
October	10	509	519	8.9	10	679	689	8.9
November	11	535	546	9.4	11	691	702	9.1
December	14	451	465	8.0	15	593	608	7.9
Total	129	5,698	5,827	100	140	7,579	7,719	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, 2019¹
							Number and rate
	Collisions				Casualties
Day	Fatal	Injury	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%
Sunday	29	686	715	11.7	32	981	1,013	12.4
Monday	16	797	813	13.3	18	1,071	1,089	13.4
Tuesday	12	841	853	14.0	13	1,057	1,070	13.1
Wednesday	10	869	879	14.4	10	1,108	1,118	13.7
Thursday	20	882	902	14.8	23	1,181	1,204	14.8
Friday	24	914	938	15.4	26	1,214	1,240	15.2
Saturday	18	709	727	11.9	18	967	985	12.1
Total	129	5,698	5,827	95	140	7,579	7,719	95
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, 2019¹
						Number and rate
Hour beginning	Collisions				Casualties
Hour beginning	Fatal	Injury	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%
12 midnight	6	81	87	1.5	7	99	106	1.4
1	8	83	91	1.6	9	114	123	1.6
2	6	66	72	1.2	6	82	88	1.1
3	2	55	57	1.0	2	84	86	1.1
4	0	37	37	0.6	0	44	44	0.6
5	2	35	37	0.6	2	52	54	0.7
6	7	92	99	1.7	8	113	121	1.6
7	5	260	265	4.5	5	325	330	4.3
8	5	386	391	6.7	5	490	495	6.4
9	3	306	309	5.3	3	389	392	5.1
10	4	238	242	4.2	4	301	305	4.0
11	6	266	272	4.7	6	347	353	4.6
12	8	330	338	5.8	9	468	477	6.2
13	6	343	349	6.0	6	452	458	5.9
14	8	374	382	6.6	8	509	517	6.7
15	8	408	416	7.1	8	533	541	7.0
16	4	434	438	7.5	4	612	616	8.0
17	7	491	498	8.5	9	641	650	8.4
18	10	424	434	7.4	12	579	591	7.7
19	8	320	328	5.6	8	435	443	5.7
20	6	239	245	4.2	9	304	313	4.1
21	3	177	180	3.1	3	246	249	3.2
22	5	143	148	2.5	5	204	209	2.7
23	2	110	112	1.9	2	156	158	2.0
Total	129	5,698	5,827	100.0	140	7,579	7,719	100.0
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹Provisional

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Table 4.11 Number of traffic collisions and casualties in each county, 2019¹
								Number and rate
County and province	Pop (000's) 2016	Vehicles under current licence (000's) 2019	Collisions				Casualties
County and province	Pop (000's) 2016	Vehicles under current licence (000's) 2019	Fatal	Injury	Total	%	Fatal	Injury	Total	%
Leinster
Carlow	57	40	2	63	65	1.1	2	99	101	1.3
Dublin	1,347	676	17	1,985	2,002	34.4	19	2,338	2,357	30.5
Kildare	223	135	4	237	241	4.1	4	314	318	4.1
Kilkenny	99	61	6	71	77	1.3	6	89	95	1.2
Laois	85	48	1	77	78	1.3	1	95	96	1.2
Longford	41	25	1	60	61	1.0	1	84	85	1.1
Louth	129	67	3	178	181	3.1	4	251	255	3.3
Meath	195	118	7	178	185	3.2	7	236	243	3.1
Offaly	78	48	4	83	87	1.5	5	132	137	1.8
Westmeath	89	55	3	101	104	1.8	3	130	133	1.7
Wexford	150	103	7	164	171	2.9	7	252	259	3.4
Wicklow	142	88	3	145	148	2.5	3	209	212	2.7

Munster
Clare	119	76	4	111	115	2.0	5	151	156	2.0
Cork	543	341	14	569	583	10.0	14	748	762	9.9
Kerry	148	96	6	172	178	3.1	6	251	257	3.3
Limerick	195	118	7	259	266	4.6	9	351	360	4.7
Tipperary	160	107	13	155	168	2.9	13	236	249	3.2
Waterford	116	74	3	165	168	2.9	3	225	228	3.0

Connacht
Galway	258	154	7	288	295	5.1	7	410	417	5.4
Leitrim	32	21	1	32	33	0.6	1	44	45	0.6
Mayo	131	85	3	137	140	2.4	3	204	207	2.7
Roscommon	65	47	3	57	60	1.0	3	86	89	1.2
Sligo	66	41	1	68	69	1.2	1	107	108	1.4

Ulster (part of)
Cavan	76	48	3	92	95	1.6	3	129	132	1.7
Donegal	159	94	5	180	185	3.2	8	287	295	3.8
Monaghan	61	39	1	71	72	1.2	2	121	123	1.6

Total	4,764	2,806	129	5,698	5,827	100	140	7,579	7,719	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, 2019¹
							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	1	7	8	0	1	1	9	0.3
18-20	1	78	79	1	30	31	110	3.5
21-24	7	154	161	1	97	98	259	8.2
25-34	12	315	327	4	311	315	642	20.4
35-44	4	315	319	2	306	308	627	19.9
45-54	3	248	251	2	293	295	546	17.3
55-64	4	143	147	2	154	156	303	9.6
65 and over	13	214	227	9	160	169	396	12.6
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Total	45	1,474	1,519	21	1,352	1,373	2,892	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, 2019¹
				Number and rate
	Fatal	Injury	Total	%
Cars
Ireland	113	6,168	6,281	92.3
N. Ireland	2	89	91	1.3
Great Britain	1	28	29	0.4
Other	1	126	127	1.9
Total cars	117	6,411	6,528	95.9

Goods vehicles
Ireland	41	798	839	88.3
N. Ireland	2	22	24	2.5
Great Britain	0	4	4	0.4
Other	1	9	10	1.1
Total goods vehicles	44	833	877	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, 2019¹
					Number and rate
Seat belt usage		Killed	Injured	Uninjured²	Total	%
Car drivers
	Seat belt in use	41	2,252	2,671	4,964	71.4
	Seat belt not in use	21	67	45	133	1.9
	Unknown	4	517	877	1,398	20.1
	Not stated	0	0	3	3	0.0
Total		66	2,836	3,596	6,498	100.0
Passengers (front seat)
	Seat belt in use	9	1,153	..	1,162	127.1
	Seat belt not in use	2	54	..	56	6.1
	Unknown	4	244	..	248	27.1
	Not stated	0	0	..	0	0.0
Total		15	1,451	..	1,466	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 - 2020
Kilometres and rate
Carriageway type	2016		2017		2018		2019		2020
	km	%	km	%	km	%	km	%	km	%
Motorway	916	17.3	916	17.3	916	17.3	995	18.7	995	18.7
Dual carriageway/two plus one	294	5.5	294	5.5	294	5.5	306	5.8	306	5.8
Single	4,096	77.2	4,096	77.2	4,096	77.2	4,008	75.5	4,008	75.5
Total	5,306	100.0	5,306	100.0	5,306	100.0	5,309	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, 2020
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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