Gardaí are out in force today conducting speed checks for another National #SlowDown Day supported by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and other stakeholders.
The aim of National #SlowDown Days is to remind motorists of the dangers of speeding, encourage a national conversation on the impact of speeding, to increase overall compliance with speed limits in place nationwide and to deter and detect those that are intent on driving at excessive or inappropriate speed.
A number of high profile National #SlowDown Days are held every year.
To date in 2025 there have unfortunately been 24 fatalities on Irish roads in 23 Fatal Road Traffic Collisons. This is a reduction of 12 deaths on the same period in 2024.
During 2024, An Garda Síochána, with the support of GoSafe, issued over 145,000+ Fixed Charge Notices to drivers driving in excess of the speed limit, which is nearly 400 detections every day (Garda and GoSafe detections).
