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CSO: Traffic Yet To Return To Pre-Pandemic Levels.

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Its averaging at 90% of levels pre-March 2020.

There was a drop of 7 per cent in the number of deaths on the country's roads in the first seven months of the year, compared to the same period last year.

75 people died so far this year, down from 81, according to the CSO.

Car traffic volumes on the country's roads have still not returned to pre-pandemic levels.

Figures for July show it's now at 87 per cent in the Dublin area and 90 per cent in regional locations, when compared to 2019.

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