M50 sees 4,400 accidents in 2 years

More than 4,400 accidents and incidents were reported on the country’s busiest motorway, in a period of less than two years.

Crashes and breakdowns on Dublin’s M50 motorway regularly bring traffic to a standstill with lengthy queues a daily fact of life for commuters.

The scale of the problem on the ring road is revealed in a database of incidents which show more than 200 reports of accidents, debris, tyre blow-outs, and other potentially lethal incidents every single month.