An Garda Síochána, in partnership with the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and other stakeholders, will carry out a 24-hour nationwide speed enforcement operation on Tuesday, 23rd December 2025 as part of National #SlowDown Day. An Garda Síochána calls on all drivers to support National Slow Down Day on Tuesday 25th December 2025.
The initiative will run from 12:01am to 11:59pm on Tuesday, 23rd December 2025, aiming to promote safer driving and reduce speed-related collisions nationwide, coinciding with increased road use for Christmas holidays. As highlighted earlier today during Week 3 of An Garda Síochána Christmas Road Safety Campaign, Monday 15th December 2025 to Sunday 21st December 2025, nearly 5,400 drivers were detected for speeding offences by An Garda Síochána, along with Static Safety Cameras and Mobile Safety Camera Vans, by our Road Safety Partners, GoSafe.
Notable top speeds detected include:
95km/h in a 50km/h zone on Ballymount Road Upper, Dublin 24
122km/h in a 60km/h zone on the N15 in Oola, Co. Limerick
144km/h in an 80km/h zone on the R239 in Fahan, Co. Donegal
192km/h in a 100km/h zone on the N25 in Kilmeaden, Co. Waterford
137km/h in a 120km/h zone on the M1 in Dundalk, Co. Louth
An Garda Síochána conducts several high-profile National #SlowDown Days each year, aimed at raising awareness about the dangers of speeding. These operations serve to remind motorists of the serious risks associated with excessive or inappropriate speed, promote greater compliance with speed limits and support efforts to deter and detect dangerous driving behaviours.
Driving above the legal speed limit – or at a speed unsuitable for current road, weather or traffic conditions – not only endangers the driver but also puts other road users at significant risk. Excessive speed reduces a driver’s ability to respond to unexpected hazards and increases the likelihood of losing control, which can result in serious or fatal collisions.
Speeding can have devastating consequences – not just for the driver, but for other innocent road users. The faster a vehicle is travelling, the more severe the impact in the event of a collision.
An Garda Síochána continues to actively work with relevant partners as per the Government’s Road Safety Strategy 2021–2030 ‘a strategic, co-ordinated and multi-sectoral approach to road safety across government and key stakeholders will be critical to achieving a safer, better Ireland for all’. This involves approximately 180 measures for delivery by all partners to the Strategy across areas such as education, technology, information sharing, legislation, roads infrastructure and enforcement.
National Slow Down Day is supported by and supports the Road Safety Authority’s campaigns such as: Speed Fallacy (rsa.ie), Male drivers (rsa.ie) and Anti-speeding campaign by the Road Safety Authority (RSA)
