Democratic Unionist Party
DUP MLA Deborah Erskine, who chairs the Assembly Infrastructure Committee, calls for more action on road safety in 2025 after the number of road deaths in Northern Ireland in 2024. She urges DfI to fund and implement the road safety strategy to 2030, asks PSNI to keep enforcing laws on speeding…
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Sinn Féin MLA Declan Kearney urges road users to take care, especially on rural roads, after meeting Department for Infrastructure officials about hazards near the Nutts Corner junction and Moira Road in South Antrim. He calls for traffic arrangements to be kept under review and cites rising…
Infrastructure and transport Original release: We all have a responsibility to promote safety on our roads – Kearney (opens in a new tab)
Alliance MLA Peter McReynolds, Chair of the Assembly All-Party Group for Active Travel, calls for road safety improvements to encourage more cycling and ease congestion, following publication of a cycling inquiry with Cycling UK Northern Ireland. He says the inquiry has been shared with the…
Infrastructure and transport Issue: Assembly All-Party Group for Active Travel cycling inquiry publication Original release: McReynolds calls for improved road safety to boost active travel, following publication of inquiry (opens in a new tab)
SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan calls the £2.2m underspend by the Northern Ireland Road Safety Partnership over three years unforgivable, arguing the funds went unused as serious road injuries and deaths rose. He questions how the newly launched road safety strategy to 2030 will be delivered and funded.
Infrastructure and transport Public finance and taxation Issue: NIRSP £2.2m road safety underspend and Road Safety Strategy launch Original release: Durkan: £2.2M road safety underspend ‘unforgivable’ (opens in a new tab)
Alliance Transport spokesperson David Honeyford MLA calls on road users to curb dangerous driving after 58 road deaths so far this year, against 55 for all of 2022. He urges prioritising A1 and A5 road improvements and a multi-agency approach.
Infrastructure and transport Original release: Honeyford says time to see the human tragedy behind the rise in road deaths (opens in a new tab)
Alliance Councillor Jamie Harpur calls on the Department for Infrastructure to act urgently on road safety in Carryduff, citing new PSNI figures showing 25 people injured in collisions from 2023 to 2025 and over 1,700 speeding offences.
Infrastructure and transport Local government Issue: PSNI Carryduff road traffic collision and speeding figures 2023-2025 Original release: Harpur calls out delays as collision and speeding data raises fresh safety concerns in Carryduff (opens in a new tab)
Sinn Féin's Declan Kearney, South Antrim MLA, welcomes the PSNI's 'Operation Season's Greetings' festive safety campaign and its Project Vigilant nightlife operation, and appeals for extra caution on roads, citing 47 road deaths in the north this year.
Justice and policing Infrastructure and transport Issue: PSNI Operation Season's Greetings Christmas safety campaign launch Original release: Kearney appeals for extra care in the run up to Christmas (opens in a new tab)