Cyclists in Kerry experienced the sixth most serious injuries since 2021 of any county.
That’s according to a new RSA report, published on fatalities and serious injuries among cyclists in the five years to 2025.
In that time, 49 cyclists were killed and 1,324 cyclists were seriously injured on Irish roads.
45 cyclists have been seriously injured on Kerry roads between 2021 to 2025 inclusive.
Only counties with cities, or commuter counties, had more seriously injured cyclists: namely Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Wicklow.
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) study was based on the Irish Road Traffic Collision Database, which is maintained by An Garda Síochána.
Nationally, cyclists represent 6% of all fatalities and seventeen per cent (17%) of all serious injuries on the nation’s roads.
Men accounted for 78% serious injuries, while 55% of seriously injured cyclists were aged between 26 and 55.
79% of cyclists were seriously injured during daylight hours between 8am and 8pm, with the highest proportion of injuries happening between four and 8pm (31%).
The highest numbers of serious injuries also occurred between May and September.
11% were injured in hit-and-run collisions.
International research suggests that police data tends to understate the true number of serious injuries, compared to hospital admission data; the report says this also seems to be the case in Ireland.
