Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 October 2005
335 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Transport the status of the review of reporting serious injuries relating to collisions as provided for in the road safety strategy 2004-2006; and the target that has been set. [28231/05]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe road safety strategy 2004 to 2006 acknowledges that there are significant difficulties in establishing a benchmark from which to set a target for the achievement of a reduction in the number of serious injuries. For that reason the central target established for the strategy was focused on the realisation of a reduction in the number of road deaths.
The strategy included a commitment to the pursuit of a programme aimed at establishing a more robust basis for determining injury data based on the information flow from the Garda to the National Roads Authority allied to information from hospital admission data and insurance claims. This exercise is being pursued by a number of organisations that are represented on the road safety high level group under the general direction of the National Roads Authority, which is tasked with the publication of national road collision data.
Based on the outcome of that exercise the high level group will consider the establishment of an appropriate target for the achievement of a reduction in serious injuries before the completion of the period of the strategy.
