Static Speed Safety Camera to be installed at Donegal location

A static speed safety camera will be installed on the N14 in Donegal.

The specific location of the camera will be located on the N14 east of Letterkenny. 

An Garda Síochána announced the installation of nine static speed cameras which will be located on the N59 (Galway), N25 (Waterford), R772 (Wicklow), N14 (Donegal), N80 (Carlow), Dublin (Dolphin’s Barn), N17 (Mayo), N22 (Cork), and N69 (Limerick).

The locations were selected based on fatal and serious injury collision data from the last seven years and speed data, as well as feedback from stakeholders. Static-speed safety cameras have been proven internationally to reduce speeding which is one of the main contributors to road deaths, according to An Garda Síochána. As with GoSafe vans, drivers detected by static speed cameras breaking the speed limit on that road will be automatically issued a fixed charge penalty notice. 

"Static speed safety cameras have been proven in other countries to be highly effective in changing driver behavior and reducing speed, which is a key contributor to road deaths,” Assistant Commissioner Roads Policing and Community Engagement, Paula Hilman, said. “Speed cameras slow drivers down. The lower speeds people drive, the lower the number of road deaths.”

Site visits and partnership engagement are ongoing to progress the engineering for the installation of the cameras and motorists will be advised of the location of static speed safety cameras through road signage.