Issue Date: 24/12/2022
During the 24 hour period of National Slow Down Day (7am-7am), GoSafe checked the speed of 225,685 vehicles and detected 592 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit.
Notable speeds around the country include:
- 92km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the N80 Killeigh Tullamore Offaly
- 97km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the N4 Drishoge Carrick-On-Shannon Roscommon
- 135km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the N4 Ballydowd Lucan Dublin
- 146km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N71 Ballinvrinsig Waterfall Cork
- 147km/h in a 120km/h Zone on the M6 Kilcurley Moate Offaly
- 88km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the Coolock Lane Dublin17 Dublin
- 88km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the N3 Stramatt Virginia Cavan
- 77km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the Limerick Road Mallow Cork
- 76km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the N6 Baile An Phoill Gaillimh Gaillimh
- 88km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the N11 Ferrycarrig Wexford Wexford
- 72km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the Leopardstown Road Dublin18 Dublin
- 72km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the R212 Legarhill Clones Monaghan
- 144km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N7 Castlewarden South Kill Kildare
- 71km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the N15 Ballinphull Cliffoney Sligo
- 84km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the N52 Boharnamoe Ardee Louth
- 83km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the R139 Belcamp Dublin17 Dublin
- 69km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the Limerick Road Tipperary Tipperary
- 68km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the R188 Drumbear Monaghan Monaghan
- 67km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the Church Street Ballinasloe Galway
- 67km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the R510 Dock Road Limerick Limerick
- 80km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the Callan Road Kilkenny Kilkenny
- 133km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N24 Belline or Rogerstown Piltown Kilkenny
- 132km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N4 Greatdown The Downs Westmeath
- 105km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the N2 Drumcaw Monaghan Monaghan
- 131km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N25 Begerin (Loftus) New Ross Wexford
- 129km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N25 Garrahylish Kilmacthomas Waterford
- 77km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the R147 Piercetown Dunboyne Meath
- 126km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N25 Ballyadam Cork Cork
- 124km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N18 Ballinacurra (Weston) Limerick Limerick
- 123km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N20 Creggane Charleville Limerick
- 123km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N21 Rineroe Adare Limerick
- 122km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N56 Coolboy Big Letterkenny Donegal
- 121km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N2 Annamarran Carrickmacross Monaghan
- 119km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N18 Clonmoney West Bunratty Clare
- 142km/h in a 120km/h Zone on the M6 Killavally Tyrrellspass Westmeath
- 142km/h in a 120km/h Zone on the M3 Cooksland Dunshaughlin Meath
- 141km/h in a 120km/h Zone on the M1 Balgatheran Drogheda Louth
- 140km/h in a 120km/h Zone on the M18 Pollataggle Gort Galway
- 137km/h in a 120km/h Zone on the M11 Ballynattin Arklow Wicklow
- 136km/h in a 120km/h Zone on the M6 Killavally Tyrrellspass Westmeath
- 135km/h in a 120km/h Zone on the M1 Lusk Dublin
An Garda Síochána continues to appeal to drivers to comply with speed limits in order to reduce the number of speed related collisions, save lives and reduce injuries on our roads.
