Three road deaths over October bank holiday weekend

Throughout the October Bank Holiday Weekend, Gardaí carried out a roads policing operation between 7am Thursday, 24th October and 7am Tuesday, 29th October.

There were three fatalities on Irish roads during this period and 15 serious collisions took place that resulted in a number of people receiving serious and life-threatening injuries.

This brings to 146 the total number of people killed on Irish roads since the start of this year, 11 less than the same period last year.

Over this Bank Holiday period, An Garda Síochána carried out over 880 Mandatory Intoxicant Testing (MIT) checkpoints which led to over 218 arrests for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.

Sixty of those were detected between 7am on Monday, 28th October and 7am on Tuesday, 29th October.

Throughout the weekend, over 2,150 drivers were detected for speeding offences, including one motorist travelling at 167km/h in an 80km/h zone on the R162 in Leggagh, Castletown, Co. Meath

A total of 512 vehicles were seized by Gardaí for a range of offences under the Road Traffic Act, 1961.

More than 40 drivers were arrested for dangerous driving, while 75 Fixed Charge Notices were issued for failing to wear a seatbelt.