Motorists in Clare are being advised to be mindful of vulnerable road users amid a spike in pedestrian road fatalities.
An Garda Síochána’s Easter Bank Holiday Weekend Roads Policing Operation got underway at 7am on Thursday and will run until Tuesday.
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Gardaí have observed an increase in the number of road traffic collisions on Friday, Saturdays and Sundays of late, with roughly double the five-year average number of collisions on Fridays happening this year.
Head of the Clare/Tipperary Garda Division’s Roads Policing Unit, Superintendent Eddie Golden, has been telling Clare FM’s Seán Lyons the likes of pedestrians, passengers and cyclists are particularly at risk.
