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Update 4 - National Slow Down Day – 7am on Monday 2nd September 2024 to 7am on Tuesday 3rd September 2024

Issue Date: 2 September 2024

Between 7am and 9pm, GoSafe checked the speeds of 130,529 vehicles and detected 229 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit.

In addition to the GoSafe figures, Garda members have detected an additional 269 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit during the same timeframe.

Examples of high speeds detected include:

  • 90km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the N20 Baltydaniel West Mallow Cork
  • 141km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N4 Greatdown The Downs Westmeath
  • 103km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R731 Monamolin Rathnure Wexford
  • 115km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the R639 Longfordpass North Urlingford Tipperary
  • 140km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N3 Drumbarlom Belturbet Cavan

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.

Further updates will issue.