Issue Date: 19 April 2024
In the first 10 hours of National Slow Down Day, GoSafe checked the speeds of 115,017 vehicles, and detected 174 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit.
During the same timeframe, Gardaí conducting high-visibility speed checks across the country intercepted 308 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit.
This brings the total number of speed detections between 07:00am and 17:00pm to 482.
Examples of high speeds include:
• 112km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the Main Street, Charleville, Cork
• 87km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the Swords Road, Dublin 9
• 78km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the N84 Castlequarter, Cloonboo, Galway
• 84km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the R139 Belcamp, Dublin 17
• 69km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the James Larkin Road, Dublin 5
• 109km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R314 Rathroeen, Ballina, Mayo
• 194km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N25 Loughaderry, Castlemartyr, Cork
• 81km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the N4 Drishoge, Carrick-On-Shannon, Roscommon
• 108km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R158 Readstown, Trim, Meath
• 132km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N13 Teevickmoy, Stranorlar, Donegal
• 77km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the Monaghan Road, Castleblayney, Monaghan
• 64km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Kilkenny
• 102km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R772 Moyne Lower, Enniscorthy, Wexford
• 127km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N13 Listellian, Letterkenny, Donegal
• 121km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N21 Rineroe, Adare, Limerick
An Garda Síochána would like to thank drivers for their compliance during National Slow Down Day, making Irish roads safer for all road users.
We continue 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.
