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Another valuable person killed on Ireland's deadly roads
Eithne Vallely was walking when she was struck by a truck at 8:20 in the morning

https://www.thejournal.ie/eithne-vallely-dies-road-collision-7138997-Aug2026/
#EithneVallely #RoadDeath

Hm. Road deaths falling except in poor countries https://apnews.com/article/traffic-deaths-global-us-8ce2ee30e93a7ba2e7b94f45b33308a5
#RoadDeath

Here we are in 2025 with serious newspapers still using the term "car accident" and assigning agency to cars not their drivers. FFS. #RoadDeath
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/15/fauja-singh-worlds-oldest-marathon-runner-dies-road-accident-aged-114?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Biodiversity under the wheels near Repton

"ANGELA Wallace is one of many people upset about the number of koalas being killed on local roads....Little has been done to mitigate these deaths, with another koala recently killed near Repton. “No wonder our iconic koala (dunggirr) is endangered with our roads as ‘killing zones’, deforestation [causing a] loss of habitat, and them trying to survive extreme weather events such as fires and floods.”

"She pointed out that where the koala died, the wildlife fence nearby was thickly overgrown with lantana and a nearby underpass was almost impenetrable due to a mass of lantana."

If an injured, sick or orphaned native animal is found, WIRES can be contacted on 1300 094 737.
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https://coffscoast.newsofthearea.com.au/koala-deaths-spark-fresh-call-for-action
#biodiversity #koalas #roads #highway #signage #KillingZones #cars #speeding #RoadDeath #RoadTrauma #deforestation #weeds #Wildlife #Repton #Bonville #fencing #BongilBongil #governance #NSW #NSWKillingKoalas #thylacines

Road Death: The proliferation of larger vehicles ( SUVs or LTVs ) threatens to undermine all the road safety

“Around the world, we have seen a huge increase in the sale of ever-larger cars...Previous research has found that this trend is substantially undermining progress towards net zero goals."
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https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/supersize-suv-cars-fatal-injury-cyclists-pedestrians-research-b1224908.html
#cars #SUV #LTV #consumer #CarBloat #CarSpreading #RoadDeath #crashes #pedestrians #cyclists #children #ZeroRoadDeaths #violence #MobilityDesign

All these "community in shock after death in car crash" headlines should be consolidated into brief biographies with pictures of the dead, rolling on one by one after the 6pm News, in the way the 9/11 victims were named. It's the only way to bring the carnage home to people #RoadDeath #Crash #society #orphans

As road policing is cut and technology like traffic cameras faces Garda resistance, road deaths soar - especially in Donegal, the county with the largest cuts. (Paywalled, but the video isn't) https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/revealed-the-county-that-saw-a-surge-in-road-deaths-as-its-road-policing-numbers-fell-by-a-third/a578967132.html #RoadDeath #Ireland

Relentless
#road #transport #roadDeath #ireland