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Road Traffic Accidents Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 January 2019

Tuesday, 29 January 2019

Questions (246)

Michael Healy-Rae

Question:

246. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of accidents at roundabouts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3706/19]

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The Deputy will appreciate that I, as Minister for Justice and Equality, have no role in relation to the collation of road traffic collision data, which is the responsibility of An Garda Síochána. However, to be of assistance, I have asked An Garda Síochána for a report on the matter.

An Garda Síochána has provided the following table, which shows the number of road traffic collisions in the Kerry Division, where the collision "location type" was a roundabout. The data covers the period from January 2016 to December 2018 and is broken down into annual statistics, as follows:

Accident type

2016

2017

2018

Total

Material Damage Collisions

35

43

47

125

Non-Serious Collisions

0

2

4

6

Serious Injury Collisions

0

0

0

0

Fatal Collisions

0

0

0

0

Total

35

45

51

131

* An Garda Síochána advises that all figures provided are provisional, operational and subject to change and are correct as of 25 January 2019.

I am further advised by An Garda Síochána that the data is not recorded in such a way as to easily differentiate the geographic location of each roundabout comprehended by these statistics. To do so would involve significant research, which would not be justified due to the disproportionate amount of Garda time required.

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