Statistics relating to road accidents, based on information provided by the Garda Síochána, are published by the National Roads Authority in its annual road accident facts reports. The most recent report is in respect of 2002 and that report, with reports relating to previous years, are available in the Oireachtas Library.
The following table gives the number of road deaths that have occurred here during the first four months of 2004 and a comparison with the same periods in 2000-03. The figures shown for 2003 and 2004 are provisional.
|
1999
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
January
|
30
|
32
|
30
|
35
|
20
|
32
|
February
|
34
|
41
|
38
|
33
|
21
|
39
|
March
|
35
|
23
|
31
|
34
|
33
|
25
|
April
|
31
|
42
|
22
|
32
|
23
|
29*
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Totals
|
130
|
138
|
121
|
134
|
97
|
125
|
*as of 30 April 2004