Cork Road Safety Working Together Group Local Road Safety Plan
Studies have shown that the groups most at risk from driver fatigue are:
Young men
1. 2.
People working night shifts.
3. Those who drive for a living such as commercial drivers 4. People with sleep disorders, such as sleep apnoea.
Initiatives to help drivers combat the effects of fatigue include the RSA and Applegreen teaming up to provide free cups of coffee to drivers at participating Service Stations.
Speeding
Speed is the biggest contributory factor in road deaths in Ireland. The Road Safety Authority Driver Attitude and Behaviour Study 2020 shows there has been a significant increase in the perceived acceptability of speeding compared to previous
years.
Between 2014 and 2019, approximately 24% of drivers thought it was acceptable to exceed 50 km/h speed limits by more than 10 km/h. In 2020 this rose to 34%. Between 2014 and 2019, approximately 18% of drivers through it were acceptable to exceed 100 km/h speed limits by more than 10 km/h. In 2020 this rose to 34%. The 2018 Free Speed Survey 4 carried out by the Road Safety Authority found that: 23% of car drivers broke the speed limits on motorways. 27% of car drivers broke the speed limit on rural roads. 44% of car drivers broke the speed limits on dual carriageways. 52% of car drivers broke the speed limit on urban roads. The National Drug Related Deaths Index (NDRDI) report 2013-2017 found that 74% of drivers arrested for speeding were men, whilst 9 out of 10 driver fatalities which involved speeding were men.
4 https://www.rsa.ie/docs/default-source/default-document- library/rrd_res_20190204_freespeedsurvey2018final.pdf?sfvrsn=55642d55_3
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