asked the Minister for Local Government the number of traffic accidents that have been reported to his Department for the past three years.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Traffic Accidents.
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The total number of traffic accidents recorded by the Garda Síochána in the years referred to were as follows:—
|
1967 |
4,318 |
|
1968 |
19,490 |
|
1969 |
18,841 |
The 1969 figures are provisional. The figures for 1968-1969 are not comparable with those for 1967. A new system of accident reporting was introduced in 1968 and the figures for that year and 1969 include for the first time minor injury and material damage accidents.