I propose to take Questions Nos. 308 and 309 together.
I am not aware of the research that the Deputy is referring to. Statistics relating to road accidents, based on information provided by the Garda Síochána, are published by the National Roads Authority, NRA, in its annual road accident facts reports. The most recent report, entitled Road Collision Facts, relates to 2003 and is available on the NRA website. Reports relating to previous years are available in the Oireachtas Library.
The reports do not provide a breakdown of the licence status of drivers involved in traffic collisions in which death or serious injury occur nor do they contain details of the makes or models of vehicles involved in road traffic collisions. They include an analysis of factors contributing to collisions in 2003, where such factors were listed by members of An Garda Síochána on collision report forms. This analysis indicates that driver error accounted for some 86% of all contributory factors identified while the figure for vehicle factors was only 0.3%.