Road Traffic Offences

Monday, 11 September 2023

Questions (1107)

Patrick Costello

Question:

1107. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the breakdown, in tabular form, over the past ten years by Garda station and division, of the number of road traffic offences such as, but not limited to, speeding; careless driving; dangerous driving; using your mobile phone while driving; drink driving; drug driving;and dangerously defective driving; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37546/23]

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Minister for Justice

As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, including the recording of traffic offences. As Minister for Justice, I have no direct role in these matters.

Road traffic legislation is enforced as part of the day-to-day duties of members of An Garda Síochána, as well as through a programme of high-visibility road safety and enforcement operations, carried out in partnership with other State agencies, including Government Departments, the Road Safety Authority, the National Roads Authority, and the community, in order to make our roads safer for all.

I am informed by the Garda authorities that the tables below set out the information requested by the Deputy. I am advised that the Garda authorities are unable to provide the information by Garda station for operational reasons. All information is operational and may be subject to change.

The table below provides a yearly breakdown of the Fixed Charge Notices issued for speeding by Division from 2014 up to 29/08/2023.

Division	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023*
Cavan/Monaghan	7703	6126	6105	5102	4165	4486	5732	4964	5204	4094
Clare	6059	3434	5752	5457	5680	4536	4924	4993	4345	2526
Cork City	7894	6709	5009	4917	3203	4092	7164	12250	10449	5340
Cork North	10281	8331	7977	4553	5078	4940	6607	6316	7409	3467
Cork West	4709	5974	4683	3365	5464	4849	3444	4034	4571	1882
D.M.R. Eastern	7755	5648	4273	4007	3439	4400	5529	4024	4526	2163
D.M.R. North Central	3002	5161	2849	4354	3064	3325	4010	3688	2479	1661
D.M.R. Northern	9799	10748	10827	10502	8179	8668	11682	9672	7245	3323
D.M.R. South Central	7515	5572	5582	4743	3723	3014	2736	2648	2729	1388
D.M.R. Southern	2650	3128	2233	1530	1623	1535	3438	3690	4601	3141
D.M.R. Western	15974	22054	11343	7464	2742	3302	12895	8704	8639	5565
Donegal	4744	4758	4285	3108	2887	3344	3743	3715	3808	2003
Galway	13719	13117	9276	9820	9039	9476	13815	10625	12456	6260
Kerry	5514	4215	5577	3236	3552	4108	3846	4043	3331	2644
Kildare	15522	17510	15475	13821	14863	12830	12700	15623	11132	6292
Kilkenny/Carlow	9955	9611	7227	5694	5266	5060	5079	6102	4313	3707
Laois/Offaly	7243	3929	4714	5232	4665	5335	6723	8706	6544	4450
Limerick	17035	20867	11776	9527	10793	10908	8543	9253	9130	5315
Louth	5132	3971	2480	2321	2383	2318	4798	4901	3836	2728
Mayo/Roscommon/Longford	8973	5870	8100	8418	5770	8488	8341	6524	5161	3047
Meath	5621	4853	3290	4799	5728	3309	8350	7082	5825	3474
Sligo/Leitrim	8440	5529	4556	3556	3175	3123	1910	3143	2173	1440
Tipperary	8776	8662	7499	4088	3779	3536	6665	8175	12881	12414
Waterford	7166	8119	5960	3021	5197	5023	5521	5954	5328	3573
Westmeath	9107	8793	2873	3572	2452	3469	4847	5400	7448	4670
Wexford	8212	9162	6789	6718	4635	4492	5124	5157	4416	3234
Wicklow	8240	6050	5179	5290	5569	5174	13097	10465	5722	3626

* 2023 figures cover the period from 01/01/2023 to 29/08/2023

Figures are based on incidents which occurred from 01/01/2014 to 29/08/2023, inclusive. All information contained in this report is based upon operational data from the FCPS system as was available on 29/08/2023 and is liable to change.

The table below provides a yearly breakdown per division of the Fixed Charge Notices issued for using a mobile phone while driving by Division from 2014 up to 29/08/2023.

Division	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023*
Cavan/Monaghan	787	888	832	1227	1136	992	642	299	324	132
Clare	1112	813	832	875	910	584	662	504	630	480
Cork City	2276	2013	1923	1829	1625	1333	1258	1539	1167	721
Cork North	1440	1507	1319	928	1142	1170	928	688	404	235
Cork West	1189	1290	1247	785	696	621	529	400	325	214
D.M.R. Eastern	1608	978	868	786	1078	980	685	429	450	258
D.M.R. North Central	823	609	404	551	684	584	570	602	625	357
D.M.R. Northern	1383	1302	1051	1061	932	1235	962	977	957	558
D.M.R. South Central	1042	916	770	615	973	1083	593	383	580	354
D.M.R. Southern	1353	1326	900	827	1113	1029	669	491	582	304
D.M.R. Western	2860	2143	1400	1257	1678	1599	1571	1214	1213	637
Donegal	380	464	400	372	460	613	578	525	344	251
Galway	3600	3392	3000	3349	2732	2253	1534	802	736	953
Kerry	720	595	1285	875	1078	1119	806	978	805	813
Kildare	1592	1126	1613	1610	1591	1244	1601	2355	1487	924
Kilkenny/Carlow	933	839	1031	876	1429	1122	1338	1289	514	551
Laois/Offaly	963	600	684	1611	1344	1041	814	1263	771	482
Limerick	1251	1127	2693	2630	2524	2264	942	921	886	837
Louth	399	521	481	597	630	439	846	588	447	429
Mayo/Roscommon/Longford	1364	1259	1036	1167	1431	1934	1328	1453	1206	648
Meath	961	731	712	595	641	698	1250	1517	1095	443
Sligo/Leitrim	380	378	321	569	682	745	237	346	171	130
Tipperary	619	594	597	535	716	745	796	906	602	412
Waterford	784	655	448	514	1024	805	1090	1321	845	348
Westmeath	950	867	545	606	443	351	355	577	335	308
Wexford	887	1277	1216	1311	1620	1584	1237	863	709	472
Wicklow	784	565	513	544	862	939	657	611	399	323

* 2023 figures cover the period from 01/01/2023 to 29/08/2023

The table below provides a yearly breakdown of the number of incidents of type ‘Intoxicated Driving a Vehicle’ and ‘Intoxicated In Charge of a Vehicle’ where alcohol was a known intoxicant from 2014 up to 29/08/2023.

Division	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023*
Cavan/Monaghan	295	296	355	367	330	290	224	237	276	149
Clare	178	158	171	164	141	114	99	86	105	91
Cork City	328	296	312	313	273	232	191	214	233	178
Cork North	262	248	273	277	264	229	182	151	199	141
Cork West	178	189	195	199	182	169	110	93	131	87
D.M.R. Eastern	124	113	95	119	124	111	97	82	102	68
D.M.R. North Central	141	134	184	141	136	141	116	105	125	83
D.M.R. Northern	359	339	340	297	292	261	255	224	246	125
D.M.R. South Central	121	143	124	133	137	88	99	90	125