Midlands Driver Clocked Speeding Over Bank Holiday

There were two fatalities over the weekend.

3,500 motorists were detected speeding over the St. Brigid’s Bank Holiday Weekend, the highest volume of detections was on Bank Holiday Monday, with over 800 detections.
 
In Westmeath, a driver was clocked at 140kph in a 100kph zone on the N4, in Multyfarnham. 

Figures released by the Gardai reveal 193 drivers were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of an intoxicant, nearly 400  were detected for driving while using a mobile phone and more than 660 vehicles were seized.
 
There were two fatalities, and fourteen serious injury collisions resulting in 15 serious injuries over the weekend.

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