New RSA map highlights worrying rate of Kildare road deaths and injuries
The feature collects road traffic collision data from 2016 to 2024
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has just announced the launch of a new interactive map identifying the location of road traffic injury collisions in County Kildare and other counties.
According to the RSA, the map is meant to serve as an important tool for members of the public, researchers, local authorities and others with an interest in road safety and collision data.
Specifically, the new map contains data collected by An Garda Síochána on fatal, serious and minor injury collisions that occurred on public roads between 2016 and 2024.
Users will be able to filter the information by county, local authority area, year and collision severity, via a user-friendly map, allowing for visual analysis of road traffic collision locations nationwide.
KILDARE
The new map shows that a total of 47 fatal road traffic collisions occurred in Kildare between 2016 and 2024, with 502 serious injuries and 1,631 non-serious injuries also recorded.
One concerning discovery was that the year that recorded the highest number of fatal road traffic collisions (9) was 2024.
In comparison, the previous year recorded 3 deaths, the lowest of all the of years.
As for serious injuries, the year with the highest amount was 2023 (77), while the year with the least amount was 2020 (44).
And for non-serious road injuries, 2016 was ranked the highest (231), while 2020 was the lowest (129).
TRANSPARENCY
Michael Rowland, the director of the RSA, said that the new map ‘represents an important step in making collision location data more accessible and transparent’ to the public and stakeholders.
“It will be a valuable tool for researchers, road safety advocates and local authorities,” Mr Rowland asserted.
Moreover, the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Sean Canney TD (Independent), said that access to reliable location data is ‘essential’ in helping Irish society to better understand collision trends, and to also identify areas where further road safety measures may be required.
“Ultimately, this resource will support evidence-based decision making as we continue working to reduce deaths and serious injuries on our roads,’ Minister Canney added.
The new map can be viewed on rsa.ie/road-safety/statistics/collisions.
The RSA emphasised that it will update the map annually whenever new data becomes available.