Irish drivers urged to slow down as 61 new 'speed…

Irish drivers urged to slow down as 61 new 'speed trap' locations introduced this week

Irish road users have been urged to slow down after gardai announced that 61 new safety camera zones would be added across the country this week.

The additional camera locations will bring the total number of zones to 1,373.

Drivers will notice the new speed zones in operations from 6am on Tuesday.

The new locations were selected following an analysis of collated Garda data acquired from fatal, serious, and minor traffic collisions.

Other consideration was given to areas that were highlighted by local communities as areas of concern.

A mobile speed camera van parked in Dublin city center. (gettyimages.ie)

To date, in 2022, there have been 90 road deaths in Ireland, an increase of 29 over 2021.

Here are the 61 locations of the new speed camera zones. Where there are more than one speed zones on a single road, the longitude and latitude will be provided:

R702, Wexford
R772, Wicklow

L2032, Kildare
R420, Laois / Offaly
R772, Wicklow
R212, Cavan / Monaghan
R772, Wexford
N69, Limerick
R403, Kildare
M4, Kildare
M1, Dublin
M11, Wexford
M6 (53.358812, -7.502059), Westmeath
M6 (53.39934, -7.829015), Westmeath
M8, Laois / Offaly
N11, Wexford
R772, Wexford
N15 (54.359784, -8.522433), Sligo / Leitrim
N15 (54.490398, -8.203269), Donegal
N15 (54.678167, -8.042266), Donegal
N21 (52.471404, -9.020695), Limerick
N21 (52.551305, -8.812588), Limerick
N24 (52.365333, -7.624309), Tipperary
N24 (52.361152, -7.499734), Tipperary
N25, Cork North
N25, Kilkenny / Carlow
N3 (53.986428, -7.31751), Cavan / Monaghan
N3 (54.039974, -7.378137), Cavan/Monaghan
N4, Sligo / Leitrim
N56, Donegal
N59, Mayo
N62 (52.900554, -7.797818), Tipperary
N62 (53.348583, -7.845681 ), Laois / Offaly
R108, Dublin
N1, Dublin
R163, Meath
R179,Cavan / Monaghan
R362, Roscommon / Longford
R364, Galway
R441, Laois/ Offaly
R405, Kildare
R409, Kildare
R418, Kildare
R445, Tipperary
R446, Galway
R418, Kildare
R610, Cork City
R630, Cork North
R680, Waterford
R700, Kilkenny / Carlow
R702, Kilkenny / Carlow
R725, Kilkenny / Carlow
R730, Wexford
R736, Wexford
R106/R809, Dublin
R415, Kildare
R138, Dublin
Gap Road, Kerry
Raheen Moor, Wexford
Ballybin Road, Meath
Station Road, Kerry

Announcing the new locations Superintendent Thomas Murphy, Garda National Roads Policing Bureau, said: "When someone decides to speed they put themselves and members of their community at risk, particularly children, older people, cyclists and other motorists.

"Our priority is to ensure that the vast majority of people who use the roads responsibly are not put in danger by a minority of reckless drivers who continue to drive at excessive speed.

"GoSafe vans operate in areas that have a speed-related collision history where fatal, serious injury and minor injury collisions occur. In addition, locations which have been highlighted by members of the community as being areas of concern, have been included in the new zones. By identifying and targeting these high-risk areas, the aim is to reduce the number of fatal and serious injury collisions."

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