177 people have lost their lives on our roads so far this year.
There have been, on average, over 100 crashes on our roads every day over the past two weeks.
Gardaí say 1,600 collisions have occurred since they began their Christmas Road Safety message at the beginning of the month.
177 people have lost their lives on our roads so far this year, which is a rise of 30 deaths compared with 2022.
Speaking at a briefing in Kilcock, Inspector Ronan McDonald says drivers need to slow down:

                                        
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