Road Traffic Accidents

Tuesday, 21 June 2022

Questions (691)

Jim O'Callaghan

Question:

691. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of road traffic collisions in each of the years 2019 to 2021 in each Garda district in County Mayo; the number which resulted in a fatality or serious injury; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32348/22]

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Written answers

Minister for Justice

I have sought the information requested by the Deputy from the Garda authorities, unfortunately this was not available in time. I will write to the Deputy again once the information is to hand.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51

I refer to Parliamentary Question No. 691 of 21 June 2022 where you asked for: “The number of road traffic collisions in each of the years 2019 to 2021 in each Garda district in County Mayo; and the number which resulted in a fatality or serious injury”.

As you will recall, I sought the information you requested and undertook to contact you again once the information was to hand.

As you will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended) for the management and administration of Garda business, including all operational policing matters related to road traffic enforcement. As Minister I have no direct role in the prevention, detection or prosecution of criminal offences.

I can inform you that road safety remains a high priority for An Garda Síochána and for my Department, working closely in cooperation with the Department of Transport. Any serious injury or fatality is of great concern.

An Garda Síochána is responsible for collating information regarding road traffic collisions and I am advised by the Garda authorities that the table below sets out the number of road traffic collisions in 2019 up to 2021 in Mayo Division by district. These figures include a combination of fatal, serious, non-serious and material damage only collisions.

Mayo Division	2019	2020	2021	Total
Ballina District	217	178	225	620
Béal an Mhuirthead	48	59	51	158
Castlebar District	301	224	262	787
Claremorris District	373	292	343	1008
Westport District	190	120	156	466
Total	1129	873	1037	3039

I am further advised that the table below provides a yearly breakdown of the number of collisions which occurred in Mayo Division in each of the years 2019 to 2021 which resulted in a fatality and/or serious injury.

	2019	2020	2021	Total
Mayo Division	45	31	39	115

Please note that the figures provided in the above tables are based on incidents which occurred from 01/01/2019 to 31/12/2021, inclusive. All information is based upon operational data from the Pulse system as was available on 23/06/2022 and is liable to change.