{"id":8765,"date":"2019-06-14T11:19:46","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T11:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/?p=8765"},"modified":"2019-06-14T11:19:46","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T11:19:46","slug":"ireland-reports-68-percent-reduction-in-road-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/ireland-reports-68-percent-reduction-in-road-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland reports 68 percent reduction in road deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsa.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Road Safety Authority (RSA)<\/a> has revealed that there has been a 68 percent reduction in fatalities on Irish roads since the introduction of Ireland\u2019s first road safety strategy in 1998.<\/p>\n<p>The finding was made at the RSA Annual International Road Safety Conference which will inform the development of the next Government road safety strategy, which will run from 2021 to 2030.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Government\u2019s current Road Safety Strategy 2013 to 2020 identifies a number of critical success factors which remain relevant to this day. One in particular \u2013 stakeholder collaboration is key,\u201d said Shane Ross, Minister for Transport Tourism and Sport.\u00a0\u201cThe development of a new road safety strategy will require considerable engagement with stakeholders at national, regional and local level. The development of the new strategy will also crucially involve analysis of international experience and best practice. That is why I am glad to see this process is well under way with today\u2019s conference and the examination of important insights from leading road safety experts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ross and the RSA announced that the process of developing the next strategy will involve consultation with key stakeholders and analysis of international experience and best practice. The strategy is expected to address current and new road safety challenges including the impact of new technology, vulnerable road users, serious injuries and killer behaviours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe next national road safety strategy will have new elements to take account of a changing society, environment and lifestyles. Technology will transform our capabilities,\u201d said Liz O\u2019Donnell, Chairperson, RSA. \u201cThe climate change agenda too will influence our endeavours. How citizens want to live their lives too; and a huge interest in healthy cities and public transportation modes must be accommodated. Cycling and walking must ascend the pecking order in terms of priority.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has revealed that there has been a 68 percent reduction in fatalities on Irish roads since the introduction of Ireland\u2019s first road safety strategy in 1998. The finding was made at the RSA Annual International Road Safety Conference which will inform the development of the next Government road safety strategy, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":8766,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}