Charleville residents warn traffic ‘experiments’ won’t stop pedestrian deaths

Residents warn proposed traffic changes could worsen safety as HGVs continue to dominate Charleville’s main street

More than 10 pedestrians have died in as many years crossing the main street which is on the Cork-Limerick road (N20) in Charleville. Picture: Dan Linehan

A community group in a north Cork town, which has witnessed unprecedented pedestrian fatalities in recent years, has expressed concern that traffic management solutions being proposed by the local authority may not prevent further deaths in the short term.

More than 10 pedestrians have died over the past decade while crossing the main street on the Cork–Limerick road (N20) in Charleville, most of them elderly people struck by HGVs whose drivers could not see them beneath their cabs.