"If you knew you were driving to your death - would you still drive so fast?"
Hi everyone! The Road Safety Authority and Kildare County Council held a 'Road Safety Roadshow' in Punchestown, Co.Kildare on Thursday afternoon. The event was arranged to raise awareness of road safety in Ireland...specifically in Kildare.
I would love to use this blogpost as an opportunity to create more awareness of road safety in Ireland.
It is very clear that road safety is becoming a more topical issue in Ireland and unfortunately throughout the world. Every year due to unsafe driving, drink driving, speeding, distractions such as mobile phones and other factors are leading to the increase of road injuries and fatalities across the world.
It is very clear that road safety is becoming a more topical issue in Ireland and unfortunately throughout the world. Every year due to unsafe driving, drink driving, speeding, distractions such as mobile phones and other factors are leading to the increase of road injuries and fatalities across the world.
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Here are just a few statistics on road accidents in Ireland...
Yearly Comparison 2012- 2013
- This year alone there have been a total of 175 deaths on Irish roads, compared to 152 deaths last year.
- There have been a total of 166 collisions this year, compared to 142 collisions last year.
- 2 in 5 of those who died on our roads over the period 2007 —2012 were vulnerable road users.
- 1 in 5 were pedestrians.
- 1 in 10 were motorcyclists.
- 1 in 3 pedestrians killed was aged 65 and over.
- 1 in 25 was a pedal cyclists.
Source: www.youtube.com
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