Provisional figures published by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and An Garda Síochána show a concerning increase in road fatalities during 2025.
An Garda Síochána recorded 179 fatal collisions in 2025, resulting in 190 fatalities on Irish public roads and in public places, including car parks and other non-public roads.
An RSA report, covering public roads only, in line with historic trends, found 185 deaths in 174 fatal collisions on public roads during 2025. This compares with 171 deaths in 157 fatal collisions in 2024, an 8% increase year-on-year.
Key findings (RSA public-road figures, 2025)
Road user breakdown:
- 76 drivers, 41 pedestrians, 30 motorcyclists, 21 passengers, 14 pedal cyclists, 3 e-scooter users.
- The RSA highlighted increases among drivers and vulnerable road users (pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists).
- Cyclist deaths were the highest recorded since 2017, while motorcyclist fatalities were the highest since 2007.
- Approximately three-quarters of those killed were male, with one-quarter female.
- February and June recorded the fewest fatalities (11 each), while November (21) and December (24) recorded the highest.
- The average number of deaths per month in 2025 was 15, compared with 14 per month in 2024.
County Tipperary: confirmed context figures:
While the RSA end-of-year release does not set out a full county-by-county total in its news statement, published RSA research provides verified longer-term context for County Tipperary.
An RSA “County Briefing on Tipperary” reports that between 2018 and 2022 there were 47 fatalities in County Tipperary, representing 7% of total fatalities during that period.
In a Garda Roads Policing review covering January to June 2025, a county table listed Tipperary with 2 fatalities at that point in the year (part of a national total of 82 to end-June).
An Garda Síochána Assistant Commissioner Ms Catharina Gunne described 2025 as “a devastating year” for families and communities impacted, and said Gardaí will continue targeted enforcement in 2026 focusing on the most dangerous behaviours.
