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WorldCross-border police effort seeks to address increase in traffic fatalities in Ireland

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Cross-border police effort seeks to address increase in traffic fatalities in Ireland

Police from different areas are working together to stop more people from dying in car crashes in Ireland.

In 2023, 166 people died in car crashes in the Republic of Ireland and 57 people died in Northern Ireland.

That’s higher than the 132 and 45 deaths in the same time last year.

The police from Northern Ireland and Ireland worked together to check vehicles at the border between Derry and Donegal.

The Gardaí (Irish police) and another police force worked together for the first time on an operation in Bridgend, County Donegal.

Ch Insp Graham Dodds, who is in charge of PSNI road policing, told BBC News NI that the joint operation was focused on stopping and catching people who are driving too fast.

He said it was really sad and scary that there have been 57 road deaths in Northern Ireland this year.

“Fifty-seven houses were destroyed, and it has affected fifty-seven communities. Workplaces and schools will never be the same. ”

So far, 33 people have died on roads in counties near the border like Cavan/Monaghan (12), Donegal (nine), Sligo/Leitrim (five) and Louth (seven).

The plan is part of a day to make people drive slower and to remind them that speeding is dangerous.

Garda Supt David Kelly said both the PSNI and An Garda Síochána working together was the first time it had happened in Ireland.

“We are working as a team to save lives on the roads,” he said.

“Too many people have been getting hurt or killed in car crashes this year. We’re working to make the roads safer. ”

“We believe that by working together as one group, we can accomplish more. This is the first time both organizations are working together. “

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