Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 486: To ask the Minister for Transport if the National Roads Authority will continue to compile the annual road traffic collision data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10052/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Statistics on road accidents, based on information provided by the Garda Síochána, are currently published by the National Roads Authority — NRA — in its annual road accident facts reports. The most recent report, now entitled Road Collision Facts, relates to 2004 and is available in the Oireachtas Library and on the NRA website.

As I outlined recently on the Committee Stage debate of the Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill, the Road Safety Authority, as it will now be called, will take on responsibility for road safety research and statistical collection. This will result in a more integrated approach to road safety policy generally, with one agency responsible for road safety research, statistical data, advertising, education and recommendations regarding road safety policy.