An Garda Síochána will be deploying a static speed camera on the N59 in Galway which is expected to be operational by the end of the year.
The speed camera will be located on the major road between Moycullen and Galway City.
The Gardaí have announced nine new static speed camera locations as part of an effort to curb speeding and road deaths.
The cameras will be located on the N59 (Galway), N25 (Waterford), R772 (Wicklow), N14 (Donegal), N80 (Carlow), Dublin (Dolphin’s Barn), N17 (Mayo), N22 (Cork), and N69 (Limerick).
The locations were selected based on fatal and serious injury collision data from the last seven years and speed data, as well as feedback from stakeholders.
The nine static speed cameras are being funded from the Garda budget at a cost of approximately €2.4 million over the next 18 months.
These cameras will join the average speed cameras for the N3 (Butler’s Bridge), N5 (Swinford), and N2 (Slane), which are expected to be operational in early Q4 2024.
There are also 55 safety cameras currently operated via GoSafe vans; this will increase to 58 in the coming weeks.
Speaking today Assistant Commissioner Paula Hilman said, “Static speed safety cameras have been proven in other countries to be highly effective in changing driver behaviour and reducing speed, which is a key contributor to road deaths.”
“Speed cameras slow drivers down. The lower speeds people drive at, the lower the number of road deaths.”
According to the Institute of Transport Economics, Norway, there were statistically significant reductions in collisions within 1 km downstream and 100 metres upstream of a static speed camera location.
Gardaí say that the average speed cameras on the M7 and Port Tunnel have already proven effective in reducing speed.
As with GoSafe vans, drivers detected by static speed cameras breaking the speed limit on that road will be automatically issued a fixed charge penalty notice.
