17 PERCENT DROP IN GALWAY ROAD DEATHS

Date Published: 30-Jan-2013

There's been a 17 percent drop in road deaths in Galway during the lifetime of the last Government road safety strategy which ran from 2007 to 2012.

Figures published by the Road Safety Authority today (Jan 30) show that car users made up the largest proportion of all lives lost on the city and county road network.

In the six year period from 2007 to 2012, 63 car users died on Galway roads.

This is followed by pedestrians who accounted for 24 deaths over the period with a peak in 2007 when seven were killed.

12 motorcycle users lost their lives in the period, three of these in 2012.

Six goods vehicle users were killed on Galway roads while one pedal cyclist died in 2012.

The Road Safety Authority is now finalising the next Road Safety Strategy which will span an eight year period from 2013 to 2020.