Issue Date: 30 December 2024
An Garda Síochána is conducting a dedicated road traffic enforcement operation throughout the Christmas period which began on Friday, 29th November 2024 and will continue until Monday, 6th January 2025.
During the period Friday 20th December 2024 to Sunday 29th December 2024, there were 8 fatalities on our roads and 18 serious collisions which resulted in 20 people receiving serious and life-threatening injuries.
Over this period, An Garda Síochána carried out over 2,500 checkpoints, both statutory Mandatory Intoxicant Testing (MIT) and regular, high-visibility policing checkpoints.
268 people were arrested during this period for driving under the influence of an intoxicant (alcohol and drugs), 74 over the weekend period alone.
Over 3,750 drivers were detected for speeding offences by An Garda Síochána and mobile safety camera vans by our road safety partners, GoSafe.
Over 550 vehicles were seized by Gardaí for a range of offences under the Road Traffic Act, 1961.
This New Year period will be extremely busy on Irish roads. It will also be one of the periods during which road users are at the highest risk of being involved in a fatal or serious road traffic collision.
To date, 178 people have lost their lives in road traffic collisions on Irish roads.
An Garda Síochána is appealing to all those who will be taking to the roads over the New Year period and as people return to home and to work at the end of the week and early next week to slow down, take extra care and to give your driving your full attention.
