Road safety

Irish drivers seem incapable of using the outside lane to overtake

We live in a country where drivers tragically cause hundreds of deaths and thousands of life-altering injuries every year

Drop of 25 per cent in recorded homicide incidents due to decline in dangerous driving cases causing death

More than 1,200 people in last two weeks prevented from doing driving tests because they couldn’t provide proof of insurance

Last month 5,356 people were on list, an ‘extraordinary number’, says local TD

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Last year, one person died every 35 hours in a crash across the island

Gardaí appeal to witnesses of single-vehicle incident in Tyrrelstown on Saturday evening to come forward

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Single-vehicle crash took place on a local road at Laghtadawannagh near Ballina at 4.15am on Sunday

Family, teenage friends and wider community attend emotional funeral for girl hit by car

Daniel Cullen and Caoimhin Porter-McLoone, both 18, died after accident near St Johnston

Incident took place outside St Johnston village on Tuesday night

Vehicle was found at driver’s family home so badly damaged gardaí were surprised it could be driven from scene

Incident on Saturday involved three cars and left four other people injured

Garda provisional crime statistics show significant rise in fixed charge notices issued for motoring offences last year

Teenager one of seven killed on Irish roads over the weekend

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Concerns about uninsured vehicles being presented for driving tests

A woman in her 20s and the passenger in the vehicle were injured, as the driver left on foot

‘I am so happy my little girl did not die in vain’, says mother of Grace Lynch, after meeting Minister

Boy hospitalised with non-life-threatening injuries after being struck by car near where Grace Lynch was hit and killed by scrambler

Fórsa said RSA staff will engage in indefinite action if test candidates cannot produce valid insurance certificates

Wearing a fluorescent vest is hardly a big burden

In 1965 the Dominican College Muckross Park in Donnybrook introduced driving lessons

Department of Justice-funded Treo Port Láirge works with teens and young adults

Son of celebrity chef Rachel Allen charged with offence which took place in Co Cork last November

UK practice uses drones to track offenders and avoid ‘high speed chase dangers’, TD says

RSA criticised over growing death toll in crashes and long waits for NCTs and driving tests

Man (40s) arrested at scene of incident that left second pedestrian with non-life-threatening injuries

Vehicles to be banned in public places amid renewed push to remove bikes from roads following death of Grace Lynch

High numbers ‘deeply concerning and point to structural problems’, says Oireachtas transport committee chief

Road collision took place at about 5.25am in the Mylerstown area

Proposal to ban scramblers from public roads comes after death of teenager Grace Lynch

Grace Lynch (16) died after being hit by one of the bikes in Finglas, where locals feel ‘nobody is listening’ about use of vehicles

Irish Road Haulage Association wrote to every local authority suggesting they pass a motion of no confidence in the RSA

As autonomous driving vehicles spread across the Bay area, women are among their keenest users

Parc road-safety group warns monitoring of speeding on roads is in danger of being ‘spread too thin’

Ann Watters never regained consciousness after suffering head injuries when struck by a van driven by a delivery driver