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03/01/2019
55 Lives Lost In NI Road Collisions In 2018
A total of 55 people tragically lost their life on Northern Ireland's roads in 2018, it has emerged in the Provisional PSNI Road Death Statistics.
The figure is down eight, from 63 in 2017, but the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) is appealing to drivers to 'Share the Road to Zero'.
The service attended 776 road traffic collisions last year and rescued 50 people, but Group Commander Gerry Lennon condemned the amount of road deaths and appealed for greater safety awareness in a bid to prevent the suffering of any more families in 2019.
"Tragically 55 people died on our roads last year. One death on our roads is one too many.
"Unfortunately in 2018 our Firefighters, along with our colleagues in the Emergency Services, witnessed all too often the carnage on our roads and the lives completely destroyed by irresponsible road user behaviour.
"Throughout 2018 we have worked hard with our road safety partners; Department for Infrastructure, the Police and Ambulance Service to improve road user behaviour to help reduce the number of road traffic collisions and the number of people killed and seriously injured as a result.
"We must do all we can to ease the pain, loss and suffering to individuals, families and communities caused by road traffic collisions. We are all responsible for road safety – we all have a responsibility to 'Share the Road to Zero' and we simply must all aspire towards Zero road deaths in the year ahead."
(JG/CM)
The figure is down eight, from 63 in 2017, but the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) is appealing to drivers to 'Share the Road to Zero'.
The service attended 776 road traffic collisions last year and rescued 50 people, but Group Commander Gerry Lennon condemned the amount of road deaths and appealed for greater safety awareness in a bid to prevent the suffering of any more families in 2019.
"Tragically 55 people died on our roads last year. One death on our roads is one too many.
"Unfortunately in 2018 our Firefighters, along with our colleagues in the Emergency Services, witnessed all too often the carnage on our roads and the lives completely destroyed by irresponsible road user behaviour.
"Throughout 2018 we have worked hard with our road safety partners; Department for Infrastructure, the Police and Ambulance Service to improve road user behaviour to help reduce the number of road traffic collisions and the number of people killed and seriously injured as a result.
"We must do all we can to ease the pain, loss and suffering to individuals, families and communities caused by road traffic collisions. We are all responsible for road safety – we all have a responsibility to 'Share the Road to Zero' and we simply must all aspire towards Zero road deaths in the year ahead."
(JG/CM)
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