'An appalling start to the year' - Country on track for most road deaths in a decade

Of the deaths reported so far this year, 26 involved the driver of a vehicle and six involved the passenger. Ten motorcyclists were killed and eight pedestrians also lost their lives. File Picture

Fifty people have been killed on Irish roads so far in 2022 and the country is now in danger of reporting its highest number of road deaths in a decade.

According to new figures from An Garda Síochána, an average of 15 people were killed on Irish roads during each of the first three months of this year. Over the same period in 2021, just 29 deaths occurred.