Britain’s annual road deaths tally is the lowest out of 33 countries surveyed by an international transport watchdog which has declared the last 10 years “a record decade for road safety”.

HIGH-RANKING gardaí have sprung to the defence of Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy amid claims that enforcement of the road traffic laws is inadequate.

An international road safety expert has reportedly blamed the lack of a visible garda presence for the continuing levels of speeding and drink-driving on Ireland’s roads.