Daly praises Kildare Road Users Group and Road Safety officer

The fact that there are over thirty less deaths on Ireland’s roads must be welcomed according to Cllr Richard Daly of Fine Gael

“In 2005 we had nearly 400 deaths on our roads annually which was more than one per day. Thankfully this has been dropping to a current level of 240 which is 20 per month or two thirds of the 2005 figure. This figure is still not acceptable but it is a dramatic improvement on previous years.
Kildare is fortunate that it has a full time Road Safety officer who has been constantly delivering the message of responsible road use through the media and at all major events in the county and this in no small way has raised people’s awareness of road safety.” Said Cllr Daly
“Kildare was also nationally praised for the work of the Kildare Road Users Group which has constantly lobbied for improvement in Education, Engineering and Enforcement.
We sometimes forget that the figures for those killed on the roads also indicate a probable figure for those who are injured and this is probably ten times the fatality figure. There are many homes who are starting a new year with a family member killed or injured through avoidable circumstances.
We need the introduction of more speed cameras and more advances in the detection of drug driving but for the moment the message is a positive one as our fatality figure is dropping”