#road-safety

#road-safety

Kirubananthan drove recklessly and at high speeds leading up to the crash, reaching a speed of 136 km/h and driving in the wrong lane, which ultimately resulted in the fatal collision.

Gardaí and emergency services were alerted to a collision involving a pedestrian and a car at Killallon Road on the L6821, Clonmellon, Co Westmeath.

More than 18,000 vehicles are being used in the UK without proper records of where their owners live, part of an increasing problem of ghost owners who cannot be held accountable for their driving.

The real problem is infrastructure, not vehicle safety. Roadways are open systems with infinite variables—weather, pedestrians, distracted drivers, and aging infrastructure. Communication between vehicles is minimal, and infrastructure is largely silent—and in that gap lies the potential for deadly collisions.

The overcrowded passenger bus skidded off the road and rolled down a steep, rocky slope into a gorge in Indian-controlled Kashmir, resulting in at least 21 deaths.

The pedestrian was taken from the scene to Cork University Hospital where he has since died. Forensic Collision investigators attended the scene of the incident and an examination took place.

During the operation, Gardaí reported that over 290 drivers were caught using mobile phones while driving, and more than 95 were found to not be wearing a seatbelt.

Gardaí caught a driver travelling 138kmh in a 50kmh zone on Cashel Road in Cahir in Tipperary, highlighting extreme speeding violations during the operation.

The collision occurred Monday night on I-95 northbound in Veazie, Maine, when an 18-year-old woman from Bangor lost control of her car due to snowy road conditions and crashed into the highway's median.

Mayor Muriel Bowser pointed to the city's expanded speed and red light camera system as one reason traffic fatalities fell by 52 percent here last year.

Successive punches of snow, wind and severe weather are "going to impact the eastern half of the United States," AccuWeather senior meteorologist Tyler Roys said in an interview. Beyond the threat to lives and property, "whether it's wind gusts from a squall line, blizzard or snow, or just wind because of the storm, you're looking at several major airports being impacted."

Oversized models, such as large SUVs, make it harder for drivers to see people walking and cycling nearby. SUVs are 14 per cent more likely to kill people walking and cycling than other passenger cars, and 77 per cent more likely to kill children up to the age of 18 in England.

At least 16 people, including eight women and children, have been killed in a collision between a bus and a truck in southern Yemen, according to local authorities. The accident occurred in the Lahmar area of the Al-Mahfad district, on a key transit route linking the provinces of Abyan and Shabwa.

The motion also originally asked councillors to declare that the local authority had "no confidence in the RSA", and to demand that recommendations from the 2024 Indecon report be implemented immediately. Cllr Curran told the Irish Independent that his "no confidence" wording related to concerns that the RSA's messaging amounted to "victim blaming". Reviews in the Indecon report suggest "radical changes in the responsibilities for aspects of road safety" as well as "significant changes in the funding".

All truckers and pass drivers will have to take their commercial driver's license tests in English as the Trump administration expands its aggressive campaign to improve safety in the industry and get unqualified drivers off the road. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the latest effort Friday to ensure that drivers understand English well enough to read road signs and communicate with law enforcement officers. Florida already started administering its tests in English.

The crash happened around 12:15 p.m. at Highway 1 and Terrance Avenue, the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office said in a new release. Medical personnel rushed the teen to an area hospital, where he later died from his injuries. An initial investigation indicated the teen was riding the motorcycle at a high rate of speed on the highway shoulder when he collided with the truck, the sheriff's office said.

This shift comes after a year of testing with four mobile radar units. In 2025 alone, those four devices monitored around 11 million vehicles and resulted in 585,000 fines, according to figures from the Catalan Traffic Service. What's striking is how quickly driver behaviour changed. In the first days after a radar was installed, about 5% of vehicles were caught speeding. Within a couple of weeks, that figure dropped to around 2%.

Official evaluations from National Highways, some of which had been held back by the Department for Transport (DfT) since completion in 2023, showed that a slew of big projects to convert the hard shoulder on the M1, M4, M6 and M25 were rated as poor or very poor value. The AA said the long-awaited reports revealed smart motorways had been a catastrophic waste of time, money and effort, although the government said they showed the project could allow more vehicles to travel safely.

LATEST: More homes and businesses at risk as flood threat to peak this morning Series of Status Orange and Yellow warnings in place Coast Guard has asked public to stay away from waterways and exposed coastal areas Some schools may close today as flooding may affect transport The threat of flooding is set to peak this morning, with road networks expected to bear the brunt of the deluge. However, damage to residential and commercial properties is also likely, emergency services have warned.

Monitor Met Éireann forecasts as conditions can change quickly. Monitor local authority websites and social media channels for notices on road closures, flooding updates and community alerts. Allow for disruption when travelling and plan extra travel time. Flooding may impact public transport and the public is encouraged to check with operators in advance of travelling. Stay vigilant while driving, reduce speed, expect surface water, debris and poor visibility.