Issue Date: 4th September 2023
In the first 10 hours of National Slow Down Day, GoSafe checked the speed of 103,607 vehicles and detected 250 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit.
Examples of high speeds include:
- 73km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the Church Street Ballinasloe Galway •
- 99km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the R267 Magheracar Bundoran Donegal
- 121km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the N2 Drumcaw Monaghan Monaghan
- 161km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N53 Philipstown Dundalk Louth
- 155km/h in a 120km/h Zone on the M6 Killavally Tyrrellspass Westmeath
- 134km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N11 Timmore Newcastle Wicklow
- 130km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N21 Dooneen Castleisland Kerry
- 142km/h in a 120km/h Zone on the M7 Meelick Portlaoise Laois
- 141km/h in a 120km/h Zone on the M6 An Carn Mór Thiar Órán Mór Gaillimh
- 151km/h in a 120km/h Zone on the M8 Ballinglanna North Kilworth Cork
- 115km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N17 Lisduff Claremorris Mayo
- 138km/h in a 120km/h Zone on the M4 Kilmore Enfield Kildare
- 135km/h in a 120km/h Zone on the M1 Lusk Dublin
- 108km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R513 Herbertstown Herbertstown Limerick
- 129km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N4 Clongawny Mullingar Westmeath
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.
Further updates will follow.
