Nearly 400 new speed cameras to be operational across Ireland from January

390 new safety camera zones will become operational from January 1, 2026, bringing the total number of safety camera zones across Ireland to 1,901.

The primary purpose of safety cameras is to reduce speed-related collisions, lessen injuries and save lives.

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To date in 2025, there have been 186 road deaths. Tragically, this is the highest level of road deaths on Irish roads in over a decade.

Safety cameras operate in areas where there is a history of speed-related collisions known as speed enforcement zones.

All zones are available on the Garda website and available for GPS navigation providers to download here.

Assistant Commissioner Catharina Gunne, Roads Policing and Community Engagement said:

"The majority of drivers on Irish roads obey the speed limits, keeping themselves, their passengers and other road users safer.

"There is a small persistent cohort of selfish, dangerous drivers who choose to drive in excess of the posted speed limit. These drivers put themselves and members of their community at risk, particularly children, older people, cyclists and other motorists.

"An Garda Síochána’s priority is to ensure that the vast majority of people who use the roads responsibly are not put in danger by this minority of reckless drivers who continue to drive at excessive speed.

"GoSafe vans operate in areas that have a speed-related collision history where fatal, serious injury and minor injury collisions occur. In addition, locations which have been highlighted by members of the community as being areas of concern, have been included in the new zones.

"By identifying and targeting these high-risk areas, the aim is to reduce the number of fatal and serious injury collisions."

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Background:

Road deaths decreased from a high of 415 in 2000 to 132 in 2021. This shows a dramatic reduction in terms of risk and a huge increase in terms of road safety.

However in recent years the trend has tragically changed upwards, with 2025 recording the highest number of road deaths in over a decade.

Safety camera zones are identified high-risk locations and can include school safety zones, community engagement request zones and road works safety zones.

Locations are selected following an analysis of collated Garda data acquired from fatal, serious and minor road traffic collisions and from further consideration given to locations of concern highlighted by local communities through local Garda community engagement.

The data analysis included type of collision (fatal, serious and minor) and the coordinates of where each of these took place. Each type of collision is assigned a weighted value (fatal, serious and minor).

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The objective is to take a proactive approach in the prevention of fatalities and life-changing injuries by identifying new speed enforcement zones not currently monitored as part of the current project.

Since 2010, An Garda Síochána has contributed to making our roads safer through the use of mobile safety cameras, using a service provider GoSafe to operate them on its behalf. The enforcement cameras are operated using a fleet of marked vehicles.