Why Ireland’s Road Deaths Are Rising Again — and Why Lower Speed Limits Alone Are Not Enough
By 3 September 2026, provisional Garda figures showed 127 road deaths, 15 more than at the same point last year. The reversal reflects no…
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Road Weather & Safety Conditions
Real-time road-weather observations from TII monitoring stations.
OFFICIAL DATATransport Infrastructure Ireland (TII)
100current values detected in TII feed
Airtemperature
Dewpointtemperature: 4.4 · Precipitationtype: rain · Maximumwindspeed: 13.7
Winddirectionbearing
Winddirectioncompass: north · Windspeed: 5.4 · Roadsurfacetemperature: 5.1
Airtemperature
Dewpointtemperature: 3.7 · Precipitationtype: rain · Maximumwindspeed: 33.8
Winddirectionbearing
Winddirectioncompass: northEast · Windspeed: 17.6 · Roadsurfacetemperature: 4.9
Airtemperature
Dewpointtemperature: 2.8 · Precipitationtype: rain · Maximumwindspeed: 32.4
Winddirectionbearing
Winddirectioncompass: eastSouthEast · Windspeed: 9.7 · Roadsurfacetemperature: 4.4
Airtemperature
Dewpointtemperature: 3.5 · Precipitationtype: rain · Maximumwindspeed: 52.9
Winddirectionbearing
Winddirectioncompass: eastNorthEast · Windspeed: 29.5 · Roadsurfacetemperature: 2.6
Airtemperature
Dewpointtemperature: 0.7 · Maximumwindspeed: 13.3 · Winddirectionbearing: 233
Winddirectioncompass
Windspeed: 6.5 · Roadsurfacetemperature: 1.2 · Airtemperature: 4.3
Dewpointtemperature
Precipitationtype: rain · Maximumwindspeed: 40 · Winddirectionbearing: 75
Winddirectioncompass
Windspeed: 19.1 · Roadsurfacetemperature: 4.5 · Airtemperature: 5.7
Dewpointtemperature
Maximumwindspeed: 29.5 · Winddirectionbearing: 55 · Winddirectioncompass: northEast
Windspeed
Roadsurfacetemperature: 5.3 · Airtemperature: 5.5 · Dewpointtemperature: 5.1
Maximumwindspeed
Winddirectionbearing: 63 · Winddirectioncompass: eastNorthEast · Windspeed: 18