Road Fatalities.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 February 2005

Tuesday, 1 February 2005

Ceisteanna (207)

Dan Neville

Ceist:

207 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Transport the number of deaths from road accidents for each year since 1994. [2453/05]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Transport (Mr. Cullen)

Statistics relating to road accidents, based on information provided by the Garda Síochána, are published by the National Roads Authority in its annual road accident facts reports. The most recent report is in respect of 2002 and that report, with reports relating to previous years, are available in the Oireachtas Library. The table below sets out the number of fatalities in Ireland from 1994 to 2004:

Year	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003*	2004*
Number of deaths	404	437	453	472	458	413	415	411	376	335	380

*Provisional figures (source Garda Síochána).