Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 1 March 2006
162 Mr. Curran asked the Minister for Transport the number of provisional licence holders that were killed on roads here as a result of a car accident; the figures for the period 2003, 2004 and 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8517/06]
View answer163 Mr. Curran asked the Minister for Transport the breakdown in figures of road deaths by nationality here for the years 2004 and 2005. [8518/06]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 162 and 163 together.
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, Road Collision Facts, relates to 2004 and is available in the Oireachtas Library and on the NRA website.
In the years 2003, 2004 and 2005, 335, 374 and the provisional figure of 399 persons respectively lost their lives in road collisions. The report does not provide a breakdown of the licence status of road users killed in traffic collisions. The report gives details of the number of cars and goods vehicles involved in fatal collisions classified by the driver's country of residence. Of 245 cars involved in such collisions in 2004, 18 or 7% were driven by drivers who were resident outside the State. In respect of goods vehicles, eight of 90 or 8% were driven by non-residents. The report does not provide data relating to the number of non-nationals who died in road collisions. Statistics relating to 2005 are not yet fully analysed or authenticated.
