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NI faces 'road safety emergency' after five deaths | NI faces 'road safety emergency' after five deaths |
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Northern Ireland is facing a "road safety emergency" after five deaths in the past 10 days, according to a senior police officer. | Northern Ireland is facing a "road safety emergency" after five deaths in the past 10 days, according to a senior police officer. |
The number of fatalities is already the same as for the whole of January 2013. | The number of fatalities is already the same as for the whole of January 2013. |
Supt David Moore said: "We've had someone dying on our roads every 48 hours in the early days of 2014. | Supt David Moore said: "We've had someone dying on our roads every 48 hours in the early days of 2014. |
"That's a month's worth of carnage in a little over a week and five families torn apart." | "That's a month's worth of carnage in a little over a week and five families torn apart." |
In the latest incident, a 58-year-old man died in a collision with a car in south Armagh on Friday. | In the latest incident, a 58-year-old man died in a collision with a car in south Armagh on Friday. |
On the same day, a 22-year-old Dunmurry man was killed after the stolen car he was driving was involved in a collision with a van on the outskirts of south Belfast. | On the same day, a 22-year-old Dunmurry man was killed after the stolen car he was driving was involved in a collision with a van on the outskirts of south Belfast. |
'Collective efforts' | 'Collective efforts' |
Supt Moore said that Northern Ireland's road safety new year resolution was "broken already". | Supt Moore said that Northern Ireland's road safety new year resolution was "broken already". |
He said the police would re-double its focus on road safety adding: "This road safety emergency is the responsibility of everybody who enters a road way, whether on four wheels, on two wheels or on foot. | He said the police would re-double its focus on road safety adding: "This road safety emergency is the responsibility of everybody who enters a road way, whether on four wheels, on two wheels or on foot. |
"Five deaths already is far too much and we need the collective efforts of everyone in Northern Ireland to bring this to an end now." | "Five deaths already is far too much and we need the collective efforts of everyone in Northern Ireland to bring this to an end now." |
In Armagh, Catholic Archbishop Eamon Martin has used Masses to urge parishioners to take extra care on the roads. | |
"We all have a responsibility to exercise care and attention on the roads," he said. | |
"If all of us made a late new year's resolution to improve our use of the roads, whether that be as drivers, pedestrians or cyclists, then some families will be spared the terrible anguish of losing a loved one this year." |