'It's a vile thing to do': Public urged not to share footage of car crashes

Eva Osborne

A road safety group is appealing to people not to share videos or photos of car crashes.

So far this year, 93 people have died on the roads.

Gardaí regularly ask members of the public not to circulate images from incidents where people have died or have been seriously injured.

Vice-president of the Irish Road Victims Association, Leo Lieghio, said people should think of others.

"The first thing people do is pull out their phone and film it and then start sharing it on Facebook and not thinking.

"Not thinking about the people that are in the crash. It's a vile thing to be doing to be honest."

Out of the 93 road deaths that have occurred so far this year, 35 were drivers, 23 were pedestrians, and 17 were motorcyclists.

93 deaths is a decrease of 12 compared to the same time last year, while total collisions have also dropped from 96 to 88.