OECD report confirms improved road safety record

IRELAND’S improving road safety record has been recognised internationally as a major study has ranked the Republic as 10th out of 27 developed countries.

OECD report confirms improved road safety record
Mon, 08 Feb, 2010 - 00:00
Sean McCarthaigh

The OECD’s annual International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group report for 2008 showed Ireland was the fifth most improved country with a road fatality rate in 2008 of 6.3 per 100,000 population.

A total of 279 road deaths were recorded in the Republic during 2008 compared to a peak of 640 in 1972.

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