Killarney

<h3>An Garda Síochána announced details of a new national road safety enforcement operation that will target driver behaviour for the remainder of 2021.</h3>
Operation ‘Teorainn’ will be mounted nationwide and focus on the four Lifesaver Offences; speeding, driving whilst intoxicated, non-seatbelt wearing and mobile phones, as well as unaccompanied driving by learner drivers, plus road transport offences.
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) will support Operation ‘Teorainn’ with a programme of road safety awareness campaigns.
The joint road safety drive comes after a bad summer for road safety this year, particularly August which recorded the highest number of monthly fatalities &#8211; 24 &#8211; since June 2012 (26).
The number of deaths overall this year at 110 is a cause for concern, but particularly the number of driver deaths. There has been a 19% increase in the number of drivers killed (57) this year compared to the number of drivers killed (48) up to the same period in 2020.
In 2021 78% of fatalities have occurred on rural roads with a speed limit of 80km/h or above which will be a particular focus of Operation ‘Teorainn’.
&#8220;Every fatal or serious injury collision has a devastating impact on the family, friends and communities of the people involved,&#8221;&nbsp;said Chief Superintendent Michael Hennebry, of the Garda National Roads Policing Bureau.
&#8220;Our focus for the remainder of 2021 will be to reduce these collisions through this road safety enforcement campaign. Our roads are shared spaces, and we all have a duty of care, to ourselves and to others, to keep each and every road user safe. I am urging every road user to play their part by complying with the road traffic legislation and assist An Garda Síochána to make our roads safer places for all.&#8221;
With just two and a half months remaining in 2021 An Garda Síochána and the Road Safety Authority are calling on road users, and particularly drivers, to make a greater effort to stay safe on the road. 33 people were killed in the final three months of last year.
To date in 2021, a total of 111 lives have been lost on the road in 100 fatal collisions.

Gardai launch road safety enforcement campaign

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