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Schools Gallery Special: Donegal students attending special Road Safety Road Show

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Gallery: Donegal schools students attend special Road Safety Road Show

The importance of road safety and the dangers that exist on a daily basis on our roads was highlighted to Donegal students at the Road Safe Show in the Aura Leisure Centre Letterkenny on Tuesday with a further show this morning The Road Safe Road ...

05 Oct 2022 at 17:33

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Kildare County Council throws support behind Road Safety Week 2022

Kildare County Council (KCC) has announced its support for Road Safety Week, which will run from Monday, October 3 to Sunday, October 9. The aim of the campaign is to promote road safety awareness and encouraging positive road user behaviour. It ...

03 Oct 2022 at 12:33

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Kildare County Council throws support behind Road Safety Week 2022

03 Oct 2022 at 12:33

Three smart motorway safety targets have been met but fourth is missed

Three targets to boost smart motorway safety by the end of September have been met but a fourth continues to be missed. National Highways told the PA news agency that stopped vehicle detection (SVD) technology has been retrofitted to all ...

03 Oct 2022 at 15:58

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20mph zones ‘reduced casualties and collisions by 2% in Belfast’

A 20mph speed limit on Belfast city centre streets led to a 2% reduction in crashes and casualties, a study found. Researchers from the Queen’s University Belfast took part in the study, which also examined the impact of 20mph zones in ...

29 Sept 2022 at 13:14

Road fatalities rise 7% in 2021 with more than 1,500 deaths

Road fatalities rise 7% in 2021 with more than than 1,500 deaths

There was a 7% increase in the number of people killed on Britain’s roads in 2021, figures show. The Department for Transport (DfT) said an estimated 1,558 died in crashes last year. That was up from 1,460 in 2020, when traffic levels ...

29 Sept 2022 at 12:13

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West Donegal crash prompts call for swift action

Unless major infrastructural work was carried out immediately at a bridge in the heart of west Donegal lives will be lost. That was the claim from independent councillor Micheál Choilm Mac Giolla Easbuig following a near-fatal crash ...

28 Jul 2022 at 21:33

Nearly one in four people killed in cars not wearing seatbelt, figures show

Nearly a quarter of car occupants killed in crashes were not wearing a seatbelt, figures show. The Department for Transport (DfT) said 24% of car occupant fatalities in Britain between 2016 and 2020 were not belted up. Some 28% of ...

28 Jul 2022 at 13:55

Call on road users to drive safely this summer as the peak holiday season begins

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Call on road users to ‘Summer Safely’ as the peak holiday season begins

Fines for speeding are to increase from €80 to €160 and the fine for using a mobile phone while driving or for not wearing a seatbelt will double to €120. Fines will be doubled for other offences that put the safety of vulnerable ...

26 Jul 2022 at 12:33

Drivers filmed to catch mobile phone and seatbelt offences

Drivers are being filmed to catch those holding a mobile phone or not wearing a seatbelt. National Highways has deployed a van with multiple cameras to film passing vehicles on motorways and major A roads. The footage is ...

29 Jul 2022 at 13:53

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Gardai conduct number of commercial vehicle inspections in Inishowen

Gardaí from Buncrana Roads Policing Unit were assisted by Enforcement Officials from Road Safety Authority Ireland in conducting a number of commercial vehicle inspections in the areas of Burt and Muff this week. A ...

29 Jul 2022 at 11:33

Scotland

Road safety spending boosted by £17m

A £17 million boost to spending on road safety will help Scotland become a world leader by the end of this decade, the transport minister Jenny Gilruth has said. The Scottish Government has confirmed the ...

23 Mar 2022 at 16:25

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