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.

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.