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Road Deaths Fall Sharply!

 

Updated : Jul 22, 2009

Road deaths fell sharply last year according to figures out today.

Fatalities dropped 17.5% on Irish roads in 2008 – 2,645 recorded deaths last year compared with 3,059 in 2007.

The picture is similar elsewhere in Europe and across the world – road deaths down 13.5% in the UK, 13.6% in Belgium, 9.7% in America, and 8.5% in Australia.

The Paris-based International Transport Forum (ITF) says the figures reflect improved road safety measures and enforcement, but also lower traffic volumes:

“Certainly the economic downturn has had a significant short-term impact on traffic volumes in some countries, but the relative importance of traffic volume and (road safety) policy in reducing fatalities can not yet be disentangled with certainty.”

Taking into account fewer kilometres travelled, the percentage cut in road deaths last year in the Republic of Ireland was still 17%, according to the ITF figures.

In America, where there was a much bigger reduction in estimated “vehicle-kilometres” travelled, the net fall in road deaths is put at 6%.

The ITF says firm conclusions cannot yet be drawn from the 2008 figures on the effectiveness of recent road safety advances and tougher policing.

Instead, longer-term trends are more relevant to policy analysis, and these show smaller and variable falls in road death rates over the three decades up to 2000.

In 1970-80, the road deaths rate rose by 0.4% in Ireland, then fell by 1.6% (1980-90), 1.4% (1990-2000), and 4.8% (2000-2008).

 

 

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