A majority of car crashes happened between J5 Finglas and J9 Red Cow on the M50, the latest accident statistics has revealed.
Analysis by the Irish Independent reveals that there were 1,088 incidents on the M50 from January 1 to August 31 this year. 399 of these incidents were crashes meaning there are on average 50 collisions every month.
60% of collisions happen between J5 Finglas and J9 Red Cow, followed by J3 M1/M50 and J5 Finglas at 20%, and J9 Red Cow and J13 Sandyford at 15%. On the other hand, the least number of crashes happen between J13 Dundrum to J16 Cherrywood at just 2%.
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The highest number of collisions happened between 4pm and 5pm, following which were 3pm and 4pm.
This was followed by 8am and 9am during the morning rush hour traffic when people go to work and 5pm and 6pm when people return home. Additionally, lunchtime between 1pm and 2pm was also deemed as a most likely time for collisions to happen.
Sean O’Neill of Transport Infrastructure Ireland, said: "The overall impact of a traffic accident which causes traffic delays is varied due to the severity of the incident and seasonality of the traffic levels, day of the week or the time of day."
He added that a serious accident could close the M50 as the emergency services deal with the incident and "and an alternative emergency bypass through local road network may be required to get traffic around that section of the M50".
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