An EU report has ranked Ireland as one of the worst countries for reducing road deaths.
The data does not take mandatory breath testing into account, but the European Transport Safety Council said the incoming Government will still need to put the issue at the top of its agenda.
The report's author, Francisca Achterberg, says Ireland can learn from the French example where road deaths have dropped by 35%.
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This seems to a classic case of bad statistics. The rate of decline of road death is not of itself interesting:its the level. Say the French level fell from 20 (something) to 16 while Ireland's fell by less: from 8 to 6. Who has the better track record?
If you look over the period since the 70s road deaths (in absolute numbers) have fallen significantly & as a proportion of road users or miles traveled by even more. But you never hear anyone talk about this.
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