Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 25 Nov 1993

Vol. 436 No. 3

Written Answers. - Traffic Fatalities Statistics.

Ivor Callely

Question:

84 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Justice the total number of deaths due to road traffic accidents in 1993; if she will give a breakdown of traffic fatalities in each divisional area; if there are identifiable black spots in each division; the measures, if any, she will be introducing to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Minister for Justice (Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn)

I am informed by the Garda authorities that the statistical information requested is as follows:

Garda Division	Traffic Fatalities — January to September, 1993
Carlow-Kildare	18
Cavan-Monaghan	12
Clare	5
Cork East	17
Cork West	10
Donegal	16
Dublin Metropolitan Area
—Northern	18
—North Central	9
—South Central	6
—Southern	7
—Eastern	13
Galway West	15
Kerry	12
Laois-Offaly	10
Limerick	17
Longford-Westmeath	13
Louth-Meath	46
Mayo	12
Roscommon-Galway
East	5
Sligo-Leitrim	8
Tipperary	27
Waterford-Kilkenny	15
Wexford	12
Total	323

Information for the months of October and November is not yet available.

Where the Garda are of the view that remedial action is necessary on any particular road, such as the provision of road signs, this is brought to the notice of the local authority concerned.

The Garda are committed to the rigourous enforcement of the road traffic laws. As a measure of this commitment, the Garda conduct special enforcement campaigns in areas of high accident frequency in an effort to reduce the number of injuries and fatalities caused by road traffic accidents.