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Garda Síochána. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022. "Roads Policing fatalities to date for 2021". Roads Policing Statistics. Garda Síochána. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022. Wilson, Jade (1 January 2022). "Road deaths in Ireland drop to record low in 2021". The Irish Times.
The Creeslough explosion occurred on 7 October 2022 at an apartment above Applegreen petrol station in Creeslough, a village in north County Donegal, Ireland. It killed ten people and left eight hospitalised; the highest number of civilian casualties in the county in decades. [1] [2] Investigators suspected an accidental gas leak.
April 27 – Philippines – A jeep smashed into an oncoming bus on a mountain road in Tagkawayan, Quezon causing the bus to plunge into a ravine, killing 11 people and injuring 31. [ 22] May 1 – South Africa – Sol Plaatje Dam bus crash. The driver of a coach took a wrong turn and drove into a dam at night, killing 51.
A bus in Northland Region leaves the road after brake failure and rolls down a valley, killing 15 people, and becomes the worst road crash in New Zealand history up to that time. [26] April 7 – Kenya – A bus returning from a church meeting plunged into the Tiva River, Mitaboni, Machakos, killing at least 72 people. [27]
UPDATE (5:18 p.m.): The crash scene on I-5 northbound near the Old Fairhaven Parkway has been partially cleared, though the on-ramp from Old Fairhaven Parkway is partially blocked, according to ...
On a population-adjusted basis, Spain had 86% fewer car crash fatalities in 2021 compared to 1991. [4] There are large disparities in road traffic death rates between regions. The risk of dying as a result of a road traffic injury is highest in the African Region (26.6 per 100 000 population), and lowest in the European Region (9.3 per 100 000 ...
The number of people killed in road accidents reported to the police fell by 16% from 2,222 in 2009 to 1,857 in 2010. This the lowest figure since national records began in 1926. A total of 22,660 people were reported killed or seriously injured in 2010, 8% less than in 2009. There were 208,655 casualties (slight injuries, serious injuries and ...
The Flagstaff Hill incident was an international incident between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom.It took place on the night of 5/6 May 1976 near Cornamucklagh, a townland just inside the Cooley Peninsula in the north of County Louth in the Republic of Ireland, when the Irish Army and Garda Síochána arrested eight British Special Air Service soldiers who had illegally crossed ...