Counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal each saw an increase in road deaths in 2022 compared to 2021 in figures published by the Road Safety Authority.
6 road deaths occurred in Sligo in 2022 compared to 1 the previous year.
While in Leitrim, saw an increase of 2 road deaths in comparison to 0 in 2021.
Elsewhere, in Donegal, there was one more road death in 2022 with 8 in total.
Figures published by the RSA show that there was a 13% increase in road deaths nationally. The provisional figures from the RSA found 155 people died in 149 road crashes in 2022 compared to 137 deaths in 124 crashes the previous year.
The figures show that 41 pedestrians were killed on Irish roads last year, nearly double the amount killed in 2021, when 21 pedestrians lost their lives.
Drivers accounted for the highest proportion of deaths at 39%, with 60 killed last year, down ten from the previous year. The number of passenger fatalities increased by 22% from 18 in 2021 and 22 last year. A total of seven cyclists were killed last year, the same as in 2021.
