The report published today by the Brussels based European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) based its findings on Ireland’s road safety performance in 2008 when 279 people died on Irish roads.
The announcement sees Ireland improve its standing in the table of best performing EU countries from 9th position in 2007.
Some 39,000 people were killed in road collisions in 2008 in the EU27 countries, 15,400 fewer fatalities than in 2001
The safety performance of a country is measured by the number of deaths that occur for every million people in the population. In 2008 Ireland recorded 63 road deaths per million population. This represents an improvement of 41 percent from 107 people killed per million inhabitants in 2001.
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