Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 February 2024
209. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if he will comment on the ongoing use by his Department of "accident black spots", and their proven effectiveness as speed reduction measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6358/24]
View answerTransport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in collaboration with the local authorities throughout the country, hold responsibility for roads infrastructure and maintenance.
A critical function of TII is to identify safety issues on the national road network through proactive and reactive analysis. Road Safety Inspection (RSI) is a safety procedure that was introduced by TII to comply with the EU Directive on Road Infrastructure Safety Management (EU RISM) and is a proactive approach to improving the safety of the existing national road network.
TII also conduct reactive analysis and produce a network safety ranking, which is the process of using collision data to rank the safety of the national road network and to identify high collision locations.
As part of Local Authorities' response following a fatal collision in their area, the LA area engineer, Investigating Office, and/or Forensic Collision Investigator meet at the location of the collision and complete an LA16 form detailing the mechanism of the collision. This information is used by the Local Authority to understand the possible contribution of infrastructure on regional and local roads to collisions.
