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Here in Ireland, this is visible in road deaths, which have risen significantly this year, reversing a trend of low road deaths as a result of an enormously suc

Here in Ireland, this is visible in road deaths, which have risen significantly this year, reversing a trend of low road deaths as a result of an enormously successful road safety campaign over the previous 30 years. There's noticeably more serious accidents too, although the data won't be available until mid-2024 to confirm. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_road_traffic_accidents_deaths_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland_by_year https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_road_traffic_acciden...

CalRobert 3y ago
Notably, Ireland achieved a lot of their reductions in road deaths by taking all the people walking and biking and putting them in a car instead. For instance, compared to the mid-80's about 250% as many kids are driven to school, half as many take public transport, and half as many walk or bike. Certainly, when I lived there Ireland was a terrible place to bike or walk. https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cp6ci/p6cii/p6stp/ https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cp6ci/p6c...