Issue Date: 23/12/2025 • 390 new safety camera zones from 1st January 2026 • Total of 1,901 safety camera zones nationwide • 55 community request safety camera zones • Safety cameras save lives • All safety camera zones available on Garda website 390 new safety camera zones will become operational from 1st January 2026, bringing the total number of safety camera zones nationwide to 1,901. The primary purpose of safety cameras is to reduce speed-related collisions, lessen injuries and save lives. 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." 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). 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. GoSafe monitoring commenced operation on a phased basis in November 2010 and reached full operational capacity in March 2011. GoSafe remains contracted to provide speed enforcement activity as directed by An Garda Síochána. GoSafe is also set key performance indicators to ensure enforcement is targeted at key days and times. New Safety Camera Zones Carlow 9 Cavan 8 Clare 12 Cork 30 Donegal 26 Dublin 36 Galway 17 Kerry 17 Kildare 21 Kilkenny 12 Laois 9 Leitrim 6 Limerick 14 Longford 3 Louth 16 Mayo 12 Meath 19 Monaghan 12 Offaly 12 Roscommon 15 Sligo 7 Tipperary 23 Waterford 13 Westmeath 8 Wexford 21 Wicklow 12 Community Request Safety Camera Zones Cork 12 Donegal 1 Dublin 1 Galway 3 Kerry 6 Kildare 6 Laois 2 Limerick 3 Longford 1 Mayo 3 Meath 5 Monaghan 2 Westmeath 7 Wexford 2 Wicklow 1 Community requests are locations, which have been highlighted by Garda Divisions arising from concerns held by the community or observations of local Gardaí in relation to speeding activity on certain roads. The requests are sent by Community Engagement Superintendents/ Roads Policing Inspectors to the Office of Safety Camera Management who review the request in line with current enforcement locations and if appropriate forward it to the relevant area manager of GoSafe, the service provider for safety cameras. The GoSafe area manager will visit the scene to determine if there are any locations in the area concerned that are suitable for the safe deployment of a mobile safety camera van. If such a location exists, a speed survey will be conducted which will inform the decision on whether or not the location will be included. In locations where the deployment of a safety camera van is unsuitable this information is returned to the requesting Superintendent and local enforcement. Members of the public who have concerns in relation to speeding in their area can make contact with their local Garda Station. | 