332. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the total number of road traffic accidents that were recorded in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form, by the causes of these accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59987/26]
Topics / Road Traffic Accidents
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsRoad Traffic Accidents
106 questions from 32 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 7 September 2026.
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333. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the total number of road traffic accidents recorded in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, which were deemed to have been caused by defective vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59988/26]
335. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the total number of road traffic accidents recorded in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, which were deemed to have been caused by defective vehicles; if in those cases, the number of these vehicles that had a valid NCT certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59989/26]
336. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the total number of road traffic accidents recorded in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 that involved vehicles that did not have a valid NCT certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59993/26]
419. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding local authority access to collision location data in advance of the enactment of the National Vehicle and Driver File Bill 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61748/26]
407. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport the number of fatal and serious road collisions recorded in 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026 in County Cork; the number involving motorists, pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and goods vehicles; the road interventions funded in County Cork for these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55656/26]
477. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport the number of fatal, serious injury and minor injury collisions recorded on the N22 between Macroom and Ballincollig in each of the years 2020 to 2025 inclusive and year to date 2026, broken down by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56650/26]
478. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport whether the N22 between Macroom and Ballincollig has been designated by Transport Infrastructure Ireland as a priority safety intervention route; if not, the criteria used in determining such designations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56651/26]
479. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport for a commitment for a dedicated package of urgent safety measures for the N22 east of Macroom route in 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56652/26]
137. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport the number of road traffic collisions resulting in fatalities and serious injuries in County Clare during each of the past five years, broken down by road type. [53026/26]
139. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport the number of road traffic collisions involving tractors or agricultural machinery in County Clare during each of the past ten years. [53028/26]
162. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport if his Department retains statistics on the number of collisions involving drivers holding category W learner permits from the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53394/26]
443. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport to provide a list of high collision locations in County Galway; the number of collisions that have taken place at each; and whether they were fatal or caused any injury, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42404/26]
31. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Transport for a record of all reported accidents, collisions, or safety incidents that have occurred at or in the vicinity of the unmarked traffic islands in Ballindine, County Mayo, on the N17, over the past 20 years; if road safety audits or assessments have been carried out at this location; and if there are plans to install appropriate road markings or safety measure…
395. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of road fatalities in each of the years 2016 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39394/26]
397. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide the number of motorcycle related fatalities recorded in 2025 and to date 2026; if incidents involving pedestrians where motorcycles were a contributing factor are recorded separately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39497/26]
398. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport the proportion of motorcycle related fatalities relative to other categories of road users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39498/26]
59. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the number of road fatalities in which alcohol was identified as a contributory factor in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38437/26]
60. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the number of road fatalities in which drugs or controlled substances were identified as a contributory factor in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38438/26]
61. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the number of road fatalities on rural roads in which excessive speed or speeding was identified as a contributory factor in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38439/26]
62. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the number of road fatalities involving male drivers aged between 16 and 25 in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38440/26]
63. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the number of road fatalities occurring during night-time hours and at weekends in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38441/26]
124. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport if any assessment has been carried out into the number of the 190 people killed on Irish roads in 2025 that were driving for work; whether he considers the current reporting framework adequate, given that not all such deaths are reported to the Health and Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31875/26]
125. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the issue that not all road collisions involving a person in the course of work are reported to the Health and Safety Authority; his views on whether this is a deficit in existing reporting requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31876/26]
338. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport for a timeline in which collision data from the RSA will be shared with planning units and local authorities to prevent further escalation in road injuries and fatalities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29616/26]