Operation Slow Down - An Garda Síochána (Ireland's National Police) conducted Operation Slow Down supported by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and other stakeholders over a 24 hour period – 07:00hrs 23 December until 07:00hrs on Christmas Eve.

Initiative details

Operation Slow Down - An Garda Síochána (Ireland's National Police) conducted Operation Slow Down supported by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and other stakeholders over a 24 hour period – 07:00hrs 23 December until 07:00hrs on Christmas Eve.
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Organisation details

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Ireland
Mayo

Contact name

Christine Hegarty

Telephone number

003539625206

Project activities

If you work together with external partners, list the most important partners and briefly describe their role.

An Garda Síochána (Ireland's National Police and Security Service)

Evaluation

Please briefly explain why your initiative is a good example of improving road safety.

Excessive and inappropriate speed is a major contributory factor in fatal and serious road traffic collisions, and therefore the higher the speed, the greater the likelihood of a collision causing serious injury or fatality.