http://busrage.com/forum/ BUSRAGE Discussions » Topic: EU report details Ireland's traffic carnage en Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:44:19 +0000 http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5149#post-5151 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 06:23:18 +0000 davenz 5151@http://busrage.com/forum/ pube http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5149#post-5150 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:00:34 +0000 davenz 5150@http://busrage.com/forum/ thats coz they are all fannies at that age trying to show off http://busrage.com/forum/topic/5149#post-5149 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:57:36 +0000 Al 5149@http://busrage.com/forum/ <p align=justify>Quite sad, these statistics. To think that if we had more mass transportation, some of these deaths could have been avoided...<br><br><a href=http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0427/roads.html>RTE News</a><blockquote><hr><h3>EU report highlights road fatalities</h3><p align=justify>Friday, 27 April 2007 08:31<br><br>A European Commission report out today shows that Ireland has the worst road death figures in Europe, when it comes to young people.<br><br>The figures show that over one third of those killed on Irish roads are under 25.<br><br>The European Union Transport Commissioner, Jacques Barrot, is to present a study comparing EU averages with statistics from the 27 individual member states.<br><br>The report from the European Commission shows that while road deaths in Ireland have decreased over the past ten years - with 368 people dying in 2006 - we are still far above the European average.<br><br>Ireland also has the highest percentage of young people killed in road accidents.<br><br>The report showed that 38% of all those killed in crashes are under 25, while 30% are between 18 and 25.<br><br>The report also showed that 75% of people killed on the EU&#39;s roads in 2005 were men.<br><br>A second report, out today, found that Ireland is also behind when it comes to seat belt usage.<br><br>Only 86% of us wear our belts while in the front seat of the car, compared to 97% per cent of French drivers.<br><br>Our use of safety belts in the back seats of cars is even worse. Ireland has one of the worst records in Europe, with only 46% of back seat passengers wearing their belts. <br></p><hr></blockquote>