Irish road safety improving faster than rest of the EU

Ireland’s road safety record improved more than that of any other EU country last year, with a 15% drop in fatal accident rates.

Preliminary figures on road deaths published by the European Commission show Ireland had the sixth best road safety performance last year, with 36 road fatalities per 1m inhabitants.

The road fatality rate in the Republic was 47 per million in 2010 and 42 per million in 2014. The EU average last year was 51.5 road fatalities per million.