Roads Ireland News

All fatal crash sites will be investigated by an expert engineer within 72 hours to see if the road is dangerous under an initiative to be rolled out nationally in the near future by the National Roads Authority.  

A pilot project involving the NRA, Kilkenny County Council and the Kilkenny Garda Division has been in operation in the county for the past 12 months.  As part of this, a County Council engineer has met with the investigating Garda at the scene of all fatal or serious crashes within three days of the accident to discuss whether road engineering was a contributory factory.

Mr Harry Cullen, Head of Safety with the NRA, said the current system meant that it could take up to 18 months for a Garda report to be analysed.   “The benefit of the approach we are taking in Kilkenny is that the engineer visits the site and decides if there is a road-related issued.  If there is a problem, it can be remedied immediately rather than waiting 12 or 18 months for the data to be analysed.”

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