Between 2020 and 2024, an average of 21 motorcyclist fatalities and 177 serious injuries occurred annually, writes Brian Byrne.
According to the RSA's Motorcyclist Spotlight Report: Fatalities and Serious Injuries, 2020 to 2024, half of all fatalities happened on weekends, and 74% occurred on rural roads, with Dublin and Cork reporting the highest numbers of both fatalities and serious injuries. Junctions were the locations of 27% of deaths, and 63% involved collisions with other vehicles, mostly cars (59%) and light goods vehicles (13%).
Serious injuries peaked between May and September. Failure to observe was the most common cause of serious injuries in multi-vehicle collisions.
