Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 28 May 2026
427. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of road traffic incidents involving motorised bicycles, including e-bikes and electric scooters, reported to An Garda Síochána in 2024, in 2025 and to date in 2026; whether any fatalities or serious injuries have resulted from such incidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41296/26]
View answerRoad traffic legislation is enforced as part of the day-to-day duties of members of An Garda Síochána, as well as through a programme of high-visibility road safety and enforcement operations carried out in partnership with other state agencies, in order to make our roads safer for all.
The Road Safety Authority is the statutory body with responsibility for reporting on fatal, serious and minor injury collisions on public roads. They receive collision data from An Garda Síochána and produce official statistics to help develop evidence based road safety interventions. Road traffic collision data can be found at the following address:
Road traffic collision data from the Road Safety Authority: www.rsa.ie/road-safety/statistics/road-traffic-collision-data
For the Deputy’s information, the Road Safety Authority publishes a road collision map which is searchable by vehicle type and lists all fatal and serious collisions by year. Collision data from 2016 to 2024 is publicly available and can be found at the following link: www.rsa.ie/road-safety/statistics/collisions
