The Garda authorities have informed me that the details requested are available from 2001 to date and are set out in the following table.
I am further informed that the information sought is not readily available for the years before 2001 and that compiling such figures would require a disproportionate amount of Garda time and resources which could not be justified in the circumstances.
Road Traffic Accidents involving road dumpers 2001 to 2004*
Division
|
Total
|
Cavan/Monaghan
|
1
|
Cork City
|
5
|
Cork West
|
3
|
Cork North
|
4
|
Galway West
|
2
|
Kerry
|
1
|
Limerick
|
1
|
Longford/Westmeath
|
2
|
Louth/Meath
|
1
|
Mayo
|
1
|
Roscommon/Galway East
|
1
|
Sligo/Leitrim
|
3
|
Tipperary
|
2
|
Waterford/Kilkenny
|
8
|
Wexford/Wicklow
|
2
|
DMR North Central
|
1
|
DMR North
|
1
|
DMR South
|
2
|
DMR West
|
2
|
DMR East
|
2
|
Total
|
45
|
*Up to 22 March 2004.