Three lives lost on Offaly public roads during 2025

The total number of road fatalities on public roads across Offaly in 2025 was three, compared to four in 2024 and seven in 2023, according to data released by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) this week.

The figures released by the RSA in their annual Provisional Review of Fatalities show a concerning increase in the number of fatalities on Irish roads during 2025, with An Garda Siochana recording 185 deaths in 174 fatal collisions. This figures represents an 8% increase on 2024 figures when 174 people died in 160 fatal collisions., and means that there were 17 more fatal collisions and 14 more deaths compared to provisional data for 2024.

Most of those killed on Irish roads (76) were drivers, 41 were pedestrians, 30 were motorcyclists, 21 were passengers, 14 were pedal cyclists, and three were e-scooter users.

The RSA report highlighted a rise in deaths among drivers, as well as among vulnerable road users, including pedestrians, pedal cyclists and motorcyclists.

The number of cyclists killed in 2025 was the highest since 2017, while the number of motorcyclist fatalities was the highest recorded since 2007.

The average number of deaths per month in 2025 was 15, compared with 14 per month in 2024.

Meanwhile, in neighbouring Westmeath and Roscommon, there was a total of ten deaths on public roads during 2025, with five people losing their lives in road traffic collisions in each county, compared to three people in Westmeath and four in Roscommon during 2024. The corresponding road data for 2023 reveal that 13 people lost their lives on roads in the two counties, seven on Westmeath roads, and six in Roscommon.

Minister of State with responsibility for Road Safety, Seán Canney TD, described 2025 as “an incredibly difficult year on Irish roads” during which too many families had “faced heartbreak” and too many communities had been “left grieving.”

“My absolute priority as Minister for Road Safety is to make Irish roads safer for everyone, and I will continue to work closely with all road safety stakeholders in the New Year to achieve this” said the Minister.