Devastating Toll: Speeding Drivers Claim Nearly 300 Lives in Northern Ireland

Speeding Deaths and Injuries

Almost 300 people have been killed or seriously injured by speeding drivers across Northern Ireland in recent years. From 2019 to 2023, 30 people were killed and 267 people were seriously hurt in collisions caused by speeding. According to the figures from the Department for Infrastructure, young people, aged between 16 and 24, accounted for 41% of those killed or seriously injured due to speeding in that time, while males accounted for 64%. They also show 70% of serious speeding collisions happened on rural roads, and that males were responsible for over three-quarters (77%). The Newry, Mourne and Down local government district had the highest annual rate (6.5) of speeding casualties per 100,000 resident population, while Belfast had the lowest (1). Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins described the figures as a “sad and stark reminder to us all of the human cost of speeding” and urged a change in behaviour on the roads.