Ireland: traffic police numbers rise 10 per cent run 2017, and fatalities fall 15 per cent

Provisional road collision statistics for 2017, published by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) following an analysis of fatal collision reports supplied by An Garda Síochána, show that there has been a 15% drop in road deaths in 2017 compared with 2016. 

Up to the 31 December 2017, a total of 158 people lost their lives on Ireland’s roads as a result of 143 fatal crashes, compared with 186 lives lost in 174 fatal crashes in 2016. This represents 28 fewer fatalities or a 15% drop in deaths and 31 fewer fatal crashes or an 18% drop in fatal crashes. 2017 was also the safest year on Ireland’s roads since road deaths were first recorded in 1959. Previously, 2015 (with 162 deaths) was the safest year on record. 

A further 10 per cent in roads policing officers is planned for 2018.

ΠΗΓΗ: https://www.tispol.org

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