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Sixteen deaths in calendar 2023
The RSA release dated 1 January 2024 lists sixteen road deaths in Tipperary during the full year 2023.

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Read the same table
In that release, Dublin and Cork each recorded fifteen. Tipperary’s sixteen was the highest county count.

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The scope of the county table
Table 2 covers the Republic’s 26 counties. It is not an all-island ranking or a table of rural local roads alone.

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A dated provisional snapshot
The release labels its figures provisional. This episode uses that 1 January 2024 release, not a later revision.

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Count is not rate
Sixteen is a number of deaths, not a population-adjusted rate or an explanation of why any collision happened.

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From county data to local review
How should county-level figures inform assessments of particular roads?

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Bronagh English — The Record
Factual record. No finding of causation or responsibility is made here.