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In 2013, 190 people were killed on Irish roads. This represents an increase of 17.3% on 2012. Of this total, 43 victims were female and 147 were male.
Data on road traffic injuries and detailed data on road fatalities for 2013 were not available at the time of this publication.

Road safety and road lengths

Table 4.1 Number of road deaths and number of vehicles under current licence, 2007-2013
							Number
	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013 ¹

Number of road deaths	338	279	238	212	186	162	190
Number of vehicles licensed	2,441,564	2,497,568	2,467,660	2,416,387	2,425,156	2,403,223	2,482,557

¹ Provisional data
Sources: Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport, An Garda Síochána and Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.2 Road fatalities classified by month of year, 2007 - 2013
							Number
Month	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013 ¹

January	22	25	18	15	21	10	19
February	25	32	15	14	18	13	14
March	34	20	24	12	15	12	15
April	30	19	20	19	8	16	12
May	24	19	28	28	11	13	17
June	29	28	15	11	15	26	13
July	31	26	19	21	18	15	18
August	28	28	20	19	16	12	19
September	27	19	14	13	13	10	17
October	27	22	22	36	15	15	13
November	23	22	25	14	18	8	16
December	38	19	18	10	18	12	17

Total	338	279	238	212	186	162	190

¹ Provisional data
Sources: Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport, An Garda Síochána and Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.3 Number of persons killed classified by road user type, 2007 - 2012
						Number
Road user type	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012

Pedestrians	81	49	40	44	47	29
Pedal cyclists	15	13	7	5	9	8
Motor cyclists	33	29	25	17	18	19
Car users	171	160	146	130	95	89
PSV users	1	0	1	1	0	1
Goods vehicle users	32	20	17	10	17	12
Other or unknown	5	8	2	5	0	4

Total	338	279	238	212	186	162

Source: Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.4 Number of persons injured classified by road user type, 2007 - 2012
						Number
Road user type	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012

Pedestrians	884	1,124	1,075	923	930	1,009
Pedal cyclists	257	336	363	399	395	630
Motor cyclists	377	494	442	391	324	338
Car users	5,467	6,945	7,114	5,814	4,930	5,402
Other road users¹	821	859	748	743	656	563

Total	7,806	9,758	9,742	8,270	7,235	7,942

¹ PSV, Goods vehicle and other or unknown road users
Source: Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.5 Number of persons killed and injured by county, 2008 - 2012
										Number
County	Persons killed					Persons injured
County	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012

Leinster
Carlow	1	3	5	3	2	106	128	120	99	67
Dublin	22	31	20	11	12	1,992	2,028	1,761	1,607	1,974
Kildare	13	10	11	15	1	388	363	357	268	260
Kilkenny	5	5	6	6	3	222	208	144	133	176
Laois	12	5	9	1	0	198	185	135	119	118
Longford	3	2	2	2	5	117	85	106	67	100
Louth	7	5	8	6	7	405	467	306	249	343
Meath	9	12	6	4	14	442	429	363	279	296
Offaly	8	4	4	4	7	174	190	151	107	128
Westmeath	3	4	7	6	5	176	191	162	127	138
Wexford	16	4	9	5	9	329	294	257	232	283
Wicklow	4	4	5	3	3	291	343	263	255	264

Munster
Clare	7	7	4	2	2	288	267	225	172	194
Cork	24	21	18	27	21	976	933	867	773	742
Kerry	19	12	11	7	7	387	345	254	249	239
Limerick	18	22	18	15	5	539	487	393	429	385
Tipperary	21	12	6	11	4	348	336	312	243	237
Waterford	7	3	5	7	3	225	243	211	189	201

Connacht
Galway	24	23	6	13	19	567	640	573	437	505
Leitrim	5	0	3	1	0	61	84	75	87	71
Mayo	10	10	7	12	7	328	275	280	207	269
Roscommon	3	4	9	5	3	219	206	166	158	146
Sligo	7	7	3	3	4	172	189	142	131	133

Ulster (part of)
Cavan	8	9	7	5	10	171	221	197	174	161
Donegal	18	14	19	6	7	503	490	361	314	390
Monaghan	5	5	4	6	2	134	115	89	130	122

Total	279	238	212	186	162	9,758	9,742	8,270	7,235	7,942

Source: Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.6 Number of female casualties classified by road user type and age, 2012
													Number and rate
Age groups	Total				Pedestrians				Pedal cyclists				Motor cyclists
Age groups	Killed	Injured	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%

0-5	2	88	90	2.7	2	29	31	7.2	0	1	1	0.6	0	0	0	0.0
6-9	0	70	70	2.1	0	20	20	4.6	0	2	2	1.2	0	0	0	0.0
10-14	0	126	126	3.8	0	52	52	12.0	0	6	6	3.7	0	0	0	0.0
15-17	0	145	145	4.4	0	24	24	5.5	0	4	4	2.5	0	0	0	0.0
18-20	2	269	271	8.2	0	29	29	6.7	0	9	9	5.6	0	1	1	3.1
21-24	5	286	291	8.8	0	22	22	5.1	0	9	9	5.6	0	3	3	9.4
25-34	12	714	726	22.0	0	49	49	11.3	0	56	56	34.6	2	9	11	34.4
35-44	4	550	554	16.8	0	41	41	9.5	1	34	35	21.6	0	6	6	18.8
45-54	8	406	414	12.5	1	44	45	10.4	2	23	25	15.4	1	7	8	25.0
55-64	2	285	287	8.7	1	39	40	9.2	0	10	10	6.2	0	3	3	9.4
65 and over	19	288	307	9.3	5	69	74	17.1	1	4	5	3.1	0	0	0	0.0
Unknown	0	23	23	0.7	0	6	6	1.4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0

Total	54	3,250	3,304	100.0	9	424	433	100.0	4	158	162	100.0	3	29	32	100.0

Age groups	Car drivers				Car passengers				Total car users				Other road users
Age groups	Killed	Injured	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%

0-5	0	0	0	0.0	0	56	56	5.4	0	56	56	2.2	0	2	2	2.0
6-9	0	0	0	0.0	0	48	48	4.6	0	48	48	1.9	0	0	0	0.0
10-14	0	0	0	0.0	0	67	67	6.4	0	67	67	2.6	0	1	1	1.0
15-17	0	16	16	1.0	0	96	96	9.2	0	112	112	4.3	0	5	5	5.0
18-20	2	97	99	6.4	0	117	117	11.3	2	214	216	8.4	0	16	16	15.8
21-24	3	148	151	9.8	1	95	96	9.2	4	243	247	9.6	1	9	10	9.9
25-34	8	384	392	25.5	2	192	194	18.7	10	576	586	22.7	0	24	24	23.8
35-44	3	335	338	22.0	0	120	120	11.5	3	455	458	17.8	0	14	14	13.9
45-54	4	240	244	15.9	0	80	80	7.7	4	320	324	12.6	0	12	12	11.9
55-64	1	165	166	10.8	0	62	62	6.0	1	227	228	8.9	0	6	6	5.9
65 and over	7	117	124	8.1	5	88	93	8.9	12	205	217	8.4	1	10	11	10.9
Unknown	0	6	6	0.4	0	11	11	1.1	0	17	17	0.7	0	0	0	0.0

Total	28	1,508	1,536	100.0	8	1,032	1,040	100.0	36	2,540	2,576	100.0	2	99	101	100.0

Note: Collisions omitted where gender of casualty is not specified
Source: Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.7 Number of male casualties classified by road user type and age, 2012
													Number and rate
Age groups	Total				Pedestrians				Pedal cyclists				Motor cyclists
Age groups	Killed	Injured¹	Total¹	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%
0-5	0	126	126	2.8	0	40	40	6.8	0	1	1	0.2	0	0	0	0.0
6-9	1	109	110	2.4	1	41	42	7.1	0	12	12	2.6	0	0	0	0.0
10-14	0	156	156	3.4	0	54	54	9.1	0	31	31	6.8	0	1	1	0.3
15-17	7	204	211	4.7	1	37	38	6.4	0	26	26	5.7	0	8	8	2.5
18-20	10	418	428	9.4	0	40	40	6.8	0	22	22	4.8	2	9	11	3.5
21-24	18	525	543	12.0	0	56	56	9.5	0	31	31	6.8	0	29	29	9.2
25-34	23	938	961	21.2	3	79	82	13.9	0	101	101	22.0	8	77	85	26.9
35-44	12	779	791	17.4	0	69	69	11.7	2	105	107	23.3	3	79	82	25.9
45-54	11	514	525	11.6	3	46	49	8.3	1	72	73	15.9	2	63	65	20.6
55-64	9	311	320	7.1	3	50	53	9.0	1	32	33	7.2	1	23	24	7.6
65 and over	17	299	316	7.0	9	54	63	10.6	0	12	12	2.6	0	5	5	1.6
Unknown	0	46	46	1.0	0	6	6	1.0	0	10	10	2.2	0	6	6	1.9

Total	108	4,425	4,533	100.0	20	572	592	100.0	4	455	459	100.0	16	300	316	100.0

Age groups	Car drivers				Car passengers				Total car users				Other road users
Age groups	Killed	Injured	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%
0-5	0	0	0	0.0	0	83	83	8.1	0	83	83	3.1	0	2	2	0.4
6-9	0	0	0	0.0	0	54	54	5.2	0	54	54	2.0	0	2	2	0.4
10-14	0	0	0	0.0	0	62	62	6.0	0	62	62	2.3	0	8	8	1.7
15-17	2	26	28	1.7	4	94	98	9.5	6	120	126	4.7	0	13	13	2.8
18-20	4	157	161	9.6	2	155	157	15.2	6	312	318	11.7	2	35	37	8.1
21-24	10	189	199	11.9	7	172	179	17.4	17	361	378	14.0	1	48	49	10.7
25-34	8	377	385	23.0	1	199	200	19.4	9	576	585	21.6	3	105	108	23.5
35-44	3	351	354	21.1	0	89	89	8.6	3	440	443	16.4	4	86	90	19.6
45-54	2	213	215	12.8	1	41	42	4.1	3	254	257	9.5	2	79	81	17.6
55-64	2	135	137	8.2	0	28	28	2.7	2	163	165	6.1	2	43	45	9.8
65 and over	5	177	182	10.9	2	30	32	3.1	7	207	214	7.9	1	21	22	4.8
Unknown	0	15	15	0.9	0	7	7	0.7	0	22	22	0.8	0	2	2	0.4

Total	36	1,640	1,676	100.0	17	1,014	1,031	100.0	53	2,654	2,707	100.0	15	444	459	100.0

Note: Collisions omitted where gender of casualty is not specified
Source: Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.8 Number of traffic collisions and casualties classified by month of year, 2012
							Number and rate
Month	Collisions				Casualties
Month	Fatal	Injury	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%

January	10	447	457	8.1	10	642	652	8.0
February	13	396	409	7.3	13	596	609	7.5
March	11	478	489	8.7	12	707	719	8.9
April	16	455	471	8.4	16	694	710	8.8
May	12	442	454	8.1	13	630	643	7.9
June	24	446	470	8.4	26	682	708	8.7
July	15	460	475	8.5	15	679	694	8.6
August	8	464	472	8.4	12	670	682	8.4
September	10	469	479	8.5	10	639	649	8.0
October	13	487	500	8.9	15	718	733	9.0
November	8	468	476	8.5	8	670	678	8.4
December	12	446	458	8.2	12	615	627	7.7

Total	152	5,458	5,610	100.0	162	7,942	8,104	100.0

Source: Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.9 Number of fatal and injury collisions and casualties classified by day of week, 2012
							Number and rate
Day	Collisions				Casualties
Day	Fatal	Injury	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%
Sunday	38	768	806	14.4	39	1,169	1,208	14.9
Monday	16	765	781	13.9	17	1,133	1,150	14.2
Tuesday	11	776	787	14.0	11	1,068	1,079	13.3
Wednesday	20	754	774	13.8	21	1,037	1,058	13.1
Thursday	19	788	807	14.4	19	1,134	1,153	14.2
Friday	22	900	922	16.4	28	1,329	1,357	16.7
Saturday	26	707	733	13.1	27	1,072	1,099	13.6

Total	152	5,458	5,610	100.0	162	7,942	8,104	100.0

Source: Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.10 Number of fatal and injury collisions and casualties classified by hour of day, 2012
						Number and rate
Hour beginning	Collisions				Casualties
Hour beginning	Fatal	Injury	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%

12 midnight	7	112	119	2.1	8	173	181	2.2
1	5	101	106	1.9	5	160	165	2.0
2	6	109	115	2.0	6	141	147	1.8
3	6	104	110	2.0	6	159	165	2.0
4	5	54	59	1.1	6	84	90	1.1
5	1	54	55	1.0	1	72	73	0.9
6	3	76	79	1.4	3	101	104	1.3
7	4	135	139	2.5	4	187	191	2.4
8	7	287	294	5.2	7	375	382	4.7
9	6	276	282	5.0	6	366	372	4.6
10	2	227	229	4.1	2	324	326	4.0
11	6	263	269	4.8	7	366	373	4.6
12	4	288	292	5.2	6	408	414	5.1
13	9	318	327	5.8	9	443	452	5.6
14	3	327	330	5.9	3	465	468	5.8
15	8	374	382	6.8	8	569	577	7.1
16	12	422	434	7.7	12	598	610	7.5
17	14	432	446	8.0	17	624	641	7.9
18	12	396	408	7.3	13	548	561	6.9
19	8	305	313	5.6	8	465	473	5.8
20	4	266	270	4.8	4	432	436	5.4
21	9	216	225	4.0	9	347	356	4.4
22	5	176	181	3.2	6	303	309	3.8
23	6	140	146	2.6	6	232	238	2.9

Total	152	5,458	5,610	100.0	162	7,942	8,104	100.0

Source: Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.11 Number of traffic collisions and casualties in each county, 2012
								Number and rate
County and province	Pop ('000's) 2011	Reg. motor vehicle (000's) 2012	Collisions				Casualties
County and province	Pop ('000's) 2011	Reg. motor vehicle (000's) 2012	Fatal	Injury	Total	%	Killed	Injured	Total	%

Leinster
Carlow	55	35	2	52	54	1.0	2	67	69	0.9
Dublin	1,273	593	11	1,516	1,527	27.2	12	1,974	1,986	24.5
Kildare	210	109	1	195	196	3.5	1	260	261	3.2
Kilkenny	95	54	3	116	119	2.1	3	176	179	2.2
Laois	81	39	0	85	85	1.5	0	118	118	1.5
Longford	39	20	4	56	60	1.1	5	100	105	1.3
Louth	123	55	7	210	217	3.9	7	343	350	4.3
Meath	184	94	14	192	206	3.7	14	296	310	3.8
Offaly	77	40	4	76	80	1.4	7	128	135	1.7
Westmeath	86	47	4	100	104	1.9	5	138	143	1.8
Wexford	145	85	9	175	184	3.3	9	283	292	3.6
Wicklow	137	74	3	175	178	3.2	3	264	267	3.3

Munster
Clare	117	67	2	136	138	2.5	2	194	196	2.4
Cork	519	301	20	531	551	9.8	21	742	763	9.4
Kerry	146	85	7	156	163	2.9	7	239	246	3.0
Limerick	192	104	5	258	263	4.7	5	385	390	4.8
Tipperary North	70	44	1	69	70	1.2	1	96	97	1.2
Tipperary South	88	49	2	106	108	1.9	3	141	144	1.8
Waterford	114	63	3	130	133	2.4	3	201	204	2.5

Connacht
Galway	251	131	18	318	336	6.0	19	505	524	6.5
Leitrim	32	17	0	46	46	0.8	0	71	71	0.9
Mayo	131	73	6	160	166	3.0	7	269	276	3.4
Roscommon	64	37	3	86	89	1.6	3	146	149	1.8
Sligo	65	36	4	86	90	1.6	4	133	137	1.7

Ulster (part of)
Cavan	73	37	10	106	116	2.1	10	161	171	2.1
Donegal	161	82	7	244	251	4.5	7	390	397	4.9
Monaghan	60	32	2	78	80	1.4	2	122	124	1.5

Total	4,588	2,403	152	5,458	5,610	100.0	162	7,942	8,104	100.0

Source: Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.12 Number of drivers of cars Involved in fatal and injury collisions classified by age and gender, 2012
									Number and rate
Age group	Male				Female				Overall total	% of Total
Age group	Killed	Injured	Uninjured	Total	Killed	Injured	Uninjured	Total	Overall total	% of Total

0-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
6-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
10-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
15-17	2	26	20	48	0	16	6	22	70	1.1
18-20	4	157	157	318	2	97	65	164	482	7.6
21-24	10	189	197	396	3	148	78	229	625	9.9
25-34	8	377	509	894	8	384	277	669	1,563	24.7
35-44	3	351	453	807	3	335	263	601	1,408	22.3
45-54	2	213	310	525	4	240	160	404	929	14.7
55-64	2	135	223	360	1	165	85	251	611	9.7
65 and over	5	177	215	397	7	117	83	207	604	9.5
Unknown	0	15	8	23	0	6	5	11	34	0.5

Total	36	1,640	2,092	3,768	28	1,508	1,022	2,558	6,326	100.0

Source: Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.13 Number of cars and goods vehicles involved in fatal and injury collisions classified by driver's country
of residence, 2012
				Number and rate
	Fatal	Injury	Total	%

Cars
Ireland	83	5,027	5,110	96.7
N. Ireland	2	58	60	1.1
Britain	3	40	43	0.8
Other	0	70	70	1.3

Total cars	88	5,195	5,283	100.0

Goods vehicles
Ireland	29	625	654	96.7
N. Ireland	0	13	13	1.9
Britain	0	2	2	0.3
Other	0	7	7	1.0

Total goods vehicles	29	647	676	100.0

Source: Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.14 Number of users of cars involved in fatal and injury collisions classified by seat belt usage, 2012
				Number and rate
Seat belt usage	Killed	Injured	Uninjured	Total	%
Car drivers
Seat belt in use	22	1,699	1,568	3,289	50.6
Seat belt not in use	14	88	29	131	2.0
Unknown	24	1,193	1,323	2,540	39.1
Not stated	4	280	251	535	8.2

Total	64	3,260	3,171	6,495	100.0


Passengers (front seat)
Seat belt in Use	4	653	*	657	57.1
Seat belt not in Use	0	30	*	30	2.6
Unknown	9	401	*	410	35.6
Not stated	2	52	*	54	4.7

Total	15	1,136	*	1,151	100.0

* Not available
Source: Road Safety Authority

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Table 4.15 National road length in kilometres by carriageway type, 2010 - 2013
								Kilometres and rate
Carriageway type	2009		2010		2011		2012		2013

	km	%	km	%	km	%	km	%	km	%
Motorway	663	12.2	900	16.6	900	16.6	900	17.0	897	16.6
Dual carriageway/two plus one	299	5.5	324	6.0	324	6.0	324	6.1	298	6.0
Single	4482	82.3	4,189	77.4	4,189	77.4	4,189	79.0	4,110	77.4

Total	5444	100	5,413	100.0	5,413	100.0	5,413	102.0	5,305	100.0

Source: National Roads Authority

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Table 4.16 National route length in kilometres by carriageway type and local authority, 2013
				Kilometres
Local Authority	Motorway	Dual carriageway	Single	Total

Carlow	24	-	54	78
Cavan	-	-	125	125
Clare	32	20	181	232
Cork City	-	13	6	20
Cork County	49	49	395	493
Donegal	-	6	298	304
Dublin City	6	0	-	6
Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown	17	9	6	32
Fingal	43	9	1	53
Galway City	-	9	8	17
Galway County	62	3	371	436
Kerry	-	11	413	424
Kildare	108	8	18	134
Kilkenny	68	17	112	197
Laois	67	-	102	168
Leitrim	-	7	49	56
Limerick City	-	1	-	1
Limerick County	27	8	156	191
Longford	-	0	97	97
Louth	40	9	49	98
Mayo	-	-	397	397
Meath	88	12	104	204
Monaghan	-	15	88	104
Offaly	15	-	101	116
Roscommon	21	1	226	248
Sligo	-	13	141	153
South Dublin	15	24	9	48
Tipperary North	73	-	104	177
Tipperary South	49	3	106	158
Waterford City	-	3	-	3
Waterford County	-	7	97	103
Westmeath	56	18	102	175
Wexford	22	-	142	164
Wicklow	16	22	53	92

Total	897	298	4,110	5,305

Source: National Roads Authority