• 11 Fatalities and 16 Serious Injuries over June Bank Holiday in 2013 and 2012
• 80,000+ drivers detected speeding to date in 2014
• Applegreen to give away free coffees at participating stations on 30th May.
An Garda Síochána and the Road Safety Authority (RSA) have appealed to drivers ahead of the June Bank Holiday weekend to reduce their speed by taking part in a national ‘Slow Down” day, which will take place for a 24 hour period, from 7am on Friday 30th – 7am Saturday 31st May 2014.
The call comes as figures show that the June Bank Holiday has consistently been the most dangerous weekend over the past two years. Five people lost their lives and five were seriously injured over the June Bank Holiday in 2013. Six lost their lives and 11 were seriously injured in 2012.
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Thursday, May 29, 2014
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Casualty Reduction in Dublin
The Casualty Reduction Campaign which has been on the go in Ireland for the past 4 years and has been a great success in the past. However this year has seen an overall increase in fatalities in the Dublin region. At the moment 15 people have died on Dublin roads, an increase of 7 on this time last year.
The Casualty Reduction Implementation campaign for October and November is aimed at reducing deaths and serious injuries. The plan is a multi-agency plan which includes the Transport Authorities, Local Authorities and Transport Stakeholders. Each organisation is contributing in an effort to make our roads safer for all road users.
A number of Districts, identified in the Plan, where increases in Fatal and Serious Injury Collisions have spiked, will receive particular attention.
Full use will be made of ANPR vehicles during this operation. An Garda Síochána Analysis Service has identified a direct correlation between incidents of fatal/serious injury collisions where a disproportionate amount of drivers involved have a criminal record.
Outlying Divisions, DMR West, North, South and East supported by DMR Traffic Division will provide high visibility and enforcement activity during peak hours 7am to 9.30am in the morning, Monday to Friday, as motorists enter inbound 50kph zones from High Volume Arterial Routes. Evening patrols will reverse this procedure, from 4pm to 7.30pm, concentrating from the inner Divisional limits on –outbound routes.
Inner City Divisions, DMR North Central, South Central and supported by DMR Traffic Division will provide high visibility and enforcement activity during peak hours in the evening, Monday to Friday, as motorists pass from 30kph and 50kph zones outbound towards High Volume Arterial Routes.
Special Road Safety Operations will be targeted at key offences which contribute to fatal and serious injury collisions;
These will consist of high visibility MAT checkpoints with a view to maximising the number of drivers breath tested and providing a strong deterrent during the October Bank Holiday Weekend
The Road Safety Unit will co-ordinate a series of interactive awareness locations to educate vulnerable road users.
Mountain Bike patrols and Segways will be utilised to target Road Traffic infringement by pedal cyclists (red light running etc).
3G ANPR/PUMA equipped marked and unmarked vehicles will be utilised to their full extent throughout the course of Casualty Reduction Implementation Plan and in tandem with operations.
The 50 kph speed limits is strictly enforced on inbound routes in the morning and outbound in the evenings paying particular attention to Public Service Vehicle’s and motorcycles using bus lanes.
LUAS Red Light Enforcement - Queen Street and Benburb Street
Key elements of the plan
Full use will be made of ANPR vehicles during this operation. An Garda Síochána Analysis Service has identified a direct correlation between incidents of fatal/serious injury collisions where a disproportionate amount of drivers involved have a criminal record.
Outlying Divisions, DMR West, North, South and East supported by DMR Traffic Division will provide high visibility and enforcement activity during peak hours 7am to 9.30am in the morning, Monday to Friday, as motorists enter inbound 50kph zones from High Volume Arterial Routes. Evening patrols will reverse this procedure, from 4pm to 7.30pm, concentrating from the inner Divisional limits on –outbound routes.
Inner City Divisions, DMR North Central, South Central and supported by DMR Traffic Division will provide high visibility and enforcement activity during peak hours in the evening, Monday to Friday, as motorists pass from 30kph and 50kph zones outbound towards High Volume Arterial Routes.
Special Road Safety Operations will be targeted at key offences which contribute to fatal and serious injury collisions;
These will consist of high visibility MAT checkpoints with a view to maximising the number of drivers breath tested and providing a strong deterrent during the October Bank Holiday Weekend
The Road Safety Unit will co-ordinate a series of interactive awareness locations to educate vulnerable road users.
Mountain Bike patrols and Segways will be utilised to target Road Traffic infringement by pedal cyclists (red light running etc).
3G ANPR/PUMA equipped marked and unmarked vehicles will be utilised to their full extent throughout the course of Casualty Reduction Implementation Plan and in tandem with operations.
The 50 kph speed limits is strictly enforced on inbound routes in the morning and outbound in the evenings paying particular attention to Public Service Vehicle’s and motorcycles using bus lanes.
LUAS Red Light Enforcement - Queen Street and Benburb Street
An Garda Síochána have identified the top ten locations for speeding in the Dublin areas, these locations in particular will receive targeted enforcement.
Here is the list of those 10 places, based on speeding enforcement, and the average speed (km/h) over the limit applying to that location.
Fingal County Council – Celbridge Road (21.6) and Cappagh Road Finglas (23.5)
South Dublin County Council – Naas Road (multiple locations ranging from 23.6 - 32.5), Ballycullen Road (27.8) and Dodder Park Road (26.7)
Dun Laoghaire/ Rathdown County Council – Drummartin Link Road (26.8) and Temple Hill Blackrock (26.1)
Dublin City Council – Dublin Port Tunnel (24.6), Swords Road, Whitehall (28.4) and Wolfe Tone Quay (21.4)
Here is the list of those 10 places, based on speeding enforcement, and the average speed (km/h) over the limit applying to that location.
Fingal County Council – Celbridge Road (21.6) and Cappagh Road Finglas (23.5)
South Dublin County Council – Naas Road (multiple locations ranging from 23.6 - 32.5), Ballycullen Road (27.8) and Dodder Park Road (26.7)
Dun Laoghaire/ Rathdown County Council – Drummartin Link Road (26.8) and Temple Hill Blackrock (26.1)
Dublin City Council – Dublin Port Tunnel (24.6), Swords Road, Whitehall (28.4) and Wolfe Tone Quay (21.4)
Thursday, May 30, 2013
SOME GOOD ADVICE - SLOW DOWN
From 7 AM this Friday 31st May to 7 AM on Saturday 1st June 2013
An Garda Síochána, along with other stakeholders, will run Operation “Slow Down”. The objectives of the Operation are to raise awareness of the dangers of inappropriate and excessive speed, reduce the number of speed related collisions, and therefore save lives and reduce injuries on our roads.
For the past seven years, there has been a year on year decrease in the number of road fatalities in Ireland. However, as we move into the second half of 2013, there have been 11 more fatalities on our roads than at this time last year. This brings to 75, the number of people killed in a road traffic collision to date.
Based on collision data to date in 2013 over three quarters (78%) of fatalities have been a driver, passenger or motorcyclist. Similarly more than one third (37%) of fatalities have occurred on Thursdays and Fridays. Excessive or inappropriate speed is a significant contributory factor in road traffic collisions.
There will be highly visible speed checkpoints on national primary and secondary roads, carried out by local members and the Garda Traffic Corps, and also by GoSafe vans.
Each Garda Division will have an area locally where members will be available to give road safety advice and distribute leaflets. Garda members who are not responding to emergency calls will be leading by example - reducing their speed, and driving at speeds appropriate to the prevailing conditions.
Here's some shocking stats folks
Road Deaths by Day of Week – 2013 to date
Day
|
2013
|
Monday
|
8
|
Tuesday
|
7
|
Wednesday
|
10
|
Thursday
|
14
|
Friday
|
14
|
Saturday
|
12
|
Sunday
|
10
|
Road User deaths per category 2013 to date
Road User Type/Age
|
TOT
|
%
|
Pedestrian
|
12
|
16
|
Driver
|
42
|
56
|
Passenger
|
10
|
13
|
Motorcyclist
|
7
|
9
|
Pillion Passenger
|
0
|
0.0
|
Pedal Cyclist
|
4
|
5
|
Unknown
|
0
|
0.0
|
Total
|
75
|
Year to Date Road Traffic Fatalities by County
County
|
Fatalities
|
Carlow
|
2
|
Cavan
|
2
|
Clare
|
1
|
4
| |
Donegal
|
4
|
6
| |
7
| |
Kerry
|
4
|
Kildare
|
6
|
Kilkenny
|
2
|
3
| |
Louth
|
1
|
Mayo
|
5
|
Monaghan
|
3
|
Offaly
|
2
|
Roscommon
|
2
|
3
| |
8
| |
3
| |
Westmeath
|
1
|
Wexford
|
4
|
Wicklow
|
2
|
Total
|
75
|
June Bank Holiday 2010 to 2012
Detail
|
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
Fatalities (people)
|
3
|
1
|
6
|
Fatal collisions
|
3
|
1
|
5
|
Serious injuries (people)
|
6
|
12
|
11
|
Serious injury collisions
|
3
|
8
|
4
|
MAT Checkpoints
|
1,034
|
1,229
|
874
|
MAT Breath tests
|
16,648
|
13,572
|
7,645
|
Intoxicated while driving incidents
|
233
|
198
|
172
|
All figures are current as of 28th May 2013 and are provisional, operational and subject to change.
Results for Operation Slow Down - July 2012
Operation Slow Down was conducted over 24 hours from 7am Friday 6th July to 7am Saturday 7th July 2012.
Over 72,000 vehicles were monitored by GoSafe resulting in a rate of detection 1 in 466. The rate of detection for the previous 5 days was 1 in 242.
During Friday 6th July there were 929 fixed charge notices issued for speeding
- 633 non-intercept (GoSafe and Garda operated)
- 296 intercept (Garda only)
During Saturday 7th July there were 873 fixed charge notices issued for speeding
- 606 non-intercept (GoSafe and Garda operated)
- 267 intercept (Garda only)
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