Official traffic collision statistics in the Republic of Ireland are compiled by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) using data supplied by the Garda Síochána (police).Short 2017 p.6 While related data is collected by other organisations, including the National Roads Authority, local authorities, and the Health Service Executive, these are not factored into RSA statistics. The RSA defines a road traffic fatality as "one where death occurs within 30 days of the date of the collision and is not the result of a medical cause or that of a deliberate act (e.g. suicide)."

Road traffic collision deaths and injuries

+ Road traffic collision deaths and injuriesYear Deaths Injuries Serious Injuries Ref 1911 69 UK Parliamentary Papers, HC 1912-3 xlviii (80) 997 (29 March 1912) pp. 13-15 1912 75 UK Parliamentary Papers, HC 1912-3 xlviii (516) 1013 (13 Feb 1913) pp. 13-15 1922 51 583 1923 75 701 1924 64 725 1925 96 973 1926 130 1,148 1929 106 1931 184 2,870 1932 202 2,934 1933 185 2,747 1934 199 2,934 Gárda Síochána 1939, p.4 ["During the seven years 1931 to 1937 there were 1,407 persons killed"; the sum of the other six years' fatalities is 1,208.] 1935 222 3,388 Gárda Síochána 1939, p.4 1936 201 3,534 1937 214 4,247 Gárda Síochána 1939, p.38 Table (A) 1938 227 5,516 1939 192 4,989 1940 204 3,929 1941 156 2,609 1942 176 1,881 1943 110 1,455 1944 130 1,408 1945 115 1,679 1946 166 2,861 1947 195 3,294 1948 201 3,836 1949 213 3,941 1950 213 4,452 1951 251 4,471 1952 222 4,208 1953 257 4,476 1954 267 4,769 1955 282 5,200 1956 313 5,027 1957 274 4,328 1958 269 4,442 1959 306 4,489 1960 302 5,451 1961 332 5,092 1962 340 5,160 1963 335 4,422 1964 341 4,864 1965 356 5,311 1966 382 5,030 1967 416 5,694 1968 447 9,716 1969 462 9,566 1970 540 9,269 1971 576 9,629 1972 640 8,955 1973 592 8,762 1974 594 8,288 1975 586 7,198 1976 525 7,798 1977 583 8,515 1978 628 9,313 1979 614 8,250 1980 564 8,509 1981 572 8,283 1982 533 8,006 1983 535 7,946 1984 465 8,210 "Figure 4: Number of Serious Injury Collisions, 1984-2012" (RSA 2016 p.4) graphs a related number (collisions rather than persons) 1985 410 7,818 1986 387 8,329 1987 462 8,409 1988 463 8,437 1989 460 8,803 1990 478 9,429 1991 445 9,874 1992 415 10,188 1993 431 9,831 1994 404 10,229 1995 437 12,673 1996 453 13,319 1997 472 13,115 2,182 RSA 2013 p.43 fig.7 1998 458 12,773 1,916 1999 413 12,340 1,867 2000 415 12,043 1,640 2001 411 10,222 1,417 2002 376 9,206 1,150 2003 335 8,262 1,009 2004 374 7,867 877 2005 396 9,318 1,021 RSA Research Department 2016, p.5 "Table 2 Persons Killed and Injured, 2005–2014"RSA Road Safety, Research and Driver Education 2017 p.5 Table 1 2006 365 8,575 907 2007 338 7,806 860 2008 279 9,758 835 / 610 2009 238 9,742 640 / 453 2010 212 8,270 561 / 388 2011 186 7,235 472 / 333 2012 161 7,942 474 / 300 2013 190 6,880 508 / 318 RSA Road Safety, Research and Driver Education 2017 p.6 Table 2 2014 193 8,079 758 RSA Research Department 2016, p.15 "Table 18: All Casualties Classified by Road User Type" 2015 165 7,840 825 2016 185 7,773 965 2017 156 7,800 1,052 2018 138 8,004 1,359 2019 140 8,149 1,506 2020 146 5,745 1,145 2021 130 6,198 1,360 2022 155 7,302 1,424 https://data.cso.ie/table/ROA14 2023 184 6,949 1,458 2024 174 2025 188 2026 123

Footnotes

See also Mary Ward (1827–1869), the first person known to have been killed by a motor vehicle, in Parsonstown (current day Birr), County Offaly, Ireland

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