HGVs represented 11 per cent of vehicles involved in fatal road collisions.

Chief Superintendent Jane Humphries said it was ‘dreadful’ that three people had already been killed on Irish roads in 2024

A total of 184 people died in road traffic collisions in the Republic during 2023

It is understood the car had hit speeds of 175km/h prior to it going down the M8 the wrong way and colliding with the car driven by the woman.