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Road Deaths

This week
23rd March 2025 - 27th March 2025
Man who killed 21-year-old in hit-and-run jailed for four years as family calls for change to law
Last month
February 2025
Boy (5) killed after being struck by car in Co Laois yesterday named locally as Aaron Hussain
Five-year-old boy dies after being hit by car in Laois
RSA and gardaí insist 'no delay' to enforcement as lower speed limits come into effect
Four killed and more than 2,200 drivers caught speeding by gardaí over Bank Holiday weekend
This year
2025
Speed limits on rural roads to be reduced from 7 February, with more to follow later this year
Hit-and-runs made up almost 10% of serious crashes on Irish roads in last two months
It is a “serious criminal offence” to leave the scene of a road traffic collision, a Garda spokesperson said.
Total of 174 people killed on Irish roads last year
Last year
2024
Senior garda: 'If you crash while under the influence, what does that say about you as a person?'
Navan collision results in fourth pedestrian death on Ireland's roads since St Stephen's Day
Motorist driving 122km/h in an 80 zone among 75 speeding detections made so far on National Slow Down Day
Cyclist dies two weeks after road traffic collision involving car in Cabinteely, Co Dublin
Two new average speed cameras launched in Cavan and Mayo ahead of bank holiday weekend
Plan to disband RSA will be brought forward before election
Minister of State James Lawless says the Road Safety Authority needs to be split in two.
Proposals on the RSA could go to cabinet as early as next week.
Fianna Fáil is likely to go into the election seeking a dedicated transport police force.
Lawless wants legislation to allow cameras to catch people using their phones at the wheel.
Number of road deaths rising faster in Ireland than in any other European country
Minister says ‘everything that can be done is being done’ on safety as road deaths reach 138
Road safety group criticises 14% drop in number of motoring fines issued over past three years
Gardaí find more than 900 drivers speeding over bank holiday weekend with 160 in last 24 hours
Taoiseach says Ireland is 'at a critical juncture' and must reverse trend of increasing road deaths
Tributes paid as 14-year-old boy who died in e-scooter collision in Kilkenny named locally
Siblings in their 70s killed in Donegal collision, as woman in her 80s dies in Meath crash
It brings the number of people who have died on Irish roads this year to 110.
'Accidental death' verdict in inquest into deaths of four young people on way to Leaving Cert event
Spate of fatal crashes a 'stark reminder' of dangers on roads, says Taoiseach
All 105 motorcyclists who died on roads over 5 years were men, RSA says in appeal for vigilance
Inquest into 'unspeakable tragedy' after mother and two daughters die in Mayo road crash
Pedestrian injured in Donegal hit-and-run dies in hospital as man appears in court
Concerns raised that Irish emergency medicine model is 'failing' severely ill and injured people
Other European countries routinely despatch doctors to the scene of accidents – but not Ireland.
Concerns have been raised at the highest level of government.
Consultants are calling for international 'gold standard' care for Irish patients.
Family death notice: Hard-hitting road safety campaign launched ahead of May Bank Holiday
'Devastated' family grieves cyclist killed in Dublin crash, as council says junction will be fixed
Road Safety Authority criticises reduced road policing strength - and defends ditching 'shock' ads
New cameras that will capture people breaking red lights to be introduced in Dublin, Ryan says
John O'Brien: We had a road safety policing model that worked, what went wrong?
John O'Brien
Man (20s) dies after motorcycle collision in Wicklow
Man dies after being hit by car in Cork overnight
TY students to sit new road safety course in light of 'horrific' death toll
‘My world is so empty’: Husband and father says at funeral for those killed in Co Mayo crash
Una Bowden and her daughters Ciara, 14, and Saoirse, 10, died in a car crash in Co Mayo on 26 March.
More than 2,600 drivers found speeding over bank holiday weekend
Mother and daughters killed in Mayo crash yesterday have been named
40 more people will die on Irish roads this year compared to 2023 if trend continues, Chambers says
Four people have died in a road crash in Armagh