Road Safety
While Westmeath County Council plays a large part, the pursuit and promotion of road safety is also dependant on other agencies such as the Road Safety Authority, the Department of the Environment Heritage and Local Government, the National Roads Authority, An Garda Siochana, and school authorities. Also it is well recognised that road safety is critically dependent on public support and the attitudes and behaviour of individual road users.
The performance in respect of road safety can be measured by the accident records on the public roads. All accident types are of concern but in terms of road safety parameters the number of fatal injuries is most important.
Westmeath County Council carry out a range of improvements to safety of the road network by road safety engineering projects. In the case of new road projects, a safety audit is undertaken to identify potential hazards. In relation to existing roads, accident records and road safety expertise are utilised to identify hazardous location. These safety of these locations are then improved by various road safety engineering measures such as sight distance improvements, road delineation or signage, traffic control measures, etc...
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