Road Traffic Accidents

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 September 2020

Tuesday, 22 September 2020

Ceisteanna (626, 627)

Thomas Gould

Ceist:

626. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the number of road traffic collisions involving cars driven by underaged, uninsured or provisionally licensed drivers, respectively from 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [24776/20]

Thomas Gould

Ceist:

627. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the number of serious or fatal road traffic collisions involving cars driven by underaged, uninsured or provisionally licensed drivers respectively, from 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [24777/20]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Justice

I propose to take Questions Nos. 626 and 627 together.

I have requested information from An Garda Síochána on the matter requested by the Deputy and will write directly to the Deputy when it is received.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51

I am advised by the Garda authorities that the Garda Síochána Analyst Service (GSAS) have examined all Fatal, Serious and Non-Serious Road Traffic Collisions for the period from 1 January 2010 to 18 September 2020. I am further advised that motor vehicles in Ireland are divided into different categories for different licensing purposes and different age limits apply depending on the license category required. The license category entitlements of each driver or motorcyclist is not information that is readily examinable and would involve a manual trawl through our Pulse records. As a result, GSAS have used a cut-off of the age limit for each under-age driver of 17 years.

For your information the attached table at Appendix 1, as provided to me by the Garda authorities, sets out the number of road traffic collisions involving provisionally licensed drivers/motorcyclists, uninsured drivers/motorcyclists and underage drivers/motorcyclists from 2010 to 18 September 2020.

The table attached at Appendix 2, as provided to me by the Garda authorities, sets out the number of fatal or serious injury collisions involving provisionally licensed drivers/motorcyclists, uninsured drivers/motorcyclists and underage drivers/motorcyclists from 2010 to 18 September 2020.

Appendix 1

The number of Road traffic collisions involving provisionally licensed drivers/motorcyclists, uninsured drivers/motorcyclists and underage drivers/motorcyclists from 2010 to 18 September 2020

Category	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Provisionally Licensed Drivers	467	442	496	384	461	536	523	441	435	352	184
Uninsured Drivers	241	231	231	194	416	407	525	491	505	463	232
Underage Drivers	30	20	24	18	21	20	25	18	26	26	20

*All figures provided are provisional, operational and subject to change.

Details for both Drivers and Motorcyclists are included.

Provisionally Licensed Drivers include both Learner Accompanied and Learner Unaccompanied Drivers.

Appendix 2

The number of fatal or serious injury collisions involving provisionally licenced drivers/motorcyclists, uninsured drivers/motorcyclists and underage drivers/motorcyclists from 2010 to 18 September 2020

Category	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Provisionally Licensed Drivers	38	38	36	26	54	51	73	85	87	92	42
Uninsured Drivers	52	44	41	27	83	73	115	119	148	159	70
Underage Drivers	3	4	4	2	5	1	4	7	12	13	6

* All figures provided are provisional, operational and subject to change.

Details for both Drivers and Motorcyclists are included.

Provisionally Licensed Drivers include both Learner Accompanied and Learner Unaccompanied Drivers.