There have been 12 people killed on Galway’s roads so far this year, one of the highest figures in the country.
2023 has been a particularly bad year for road deaths so far, with 129 people killed in 119 separate collision.
The Galway Garda Division has seen the fourth highest number of people killed on the road, only exceeded by Clare/Tipperary (19), Mayo/Roscommon/Longford (16), and Meath/Westmeath (12).
In response to this, extra funding has been announced for increased use of mobile safety cameras, with a total of 4,265 additional Mobile Safety Camera Monitoring Hours until end of the year.
An Garda Síochána will be focusing the deployment of those cameras on a risk basis in the seven Garda Divisions which account for 67% of all road deaths so far this year.
The increased deployment follows the announcement earlier this week by the Minister for Justice and Garda Commissioner Drew Harris that an additional €1.2 million is to be allocated towards increasing the presence of Mobile Safety cameras.
The primary purpose of this additional deployment will be to reduce speed-related collisions, reduce injuries and above all save lives.
Assistant Commissioner Pauls Hilman, Roads Policing and Community Engagement said, “Mobile Road Safety Cameras are deployed within identified stretches of road with a known traffic collision history or the prevalence of vulnerable road users.”
“Mobile Safety Cameras are designed to change driver behaviour in these high-risk stretches of road. The additional hours are being targeted within the areas where the highest proportion of fatal road collisions are taking place.”
“However Mobile Safety Cameras will continue to operate as normal also throughout the rest of the country.”
