Ireland remains on target to reduce road fatalities by half by 2020

Ireland is on course to meet an EU target of cutting annual road deaths in half by 2020.

Figures published by the European Commission show Ireland achieved better-than-average results last year as the EU recorded the lowest ever number of road fatalities in 2012.

However, an average of 75 people still die on roads every day across the EU’s 27 member states.