Sligo to Boyle N4 - Hopefully not what I think

lassykk

Was travelling home from Sligo today and was on the way to Boyle on the N4 and must have passed at least 30 white crosses on both sides of the road in random locations. Probably was only over a stretch of maybe 5 or so miles.

Has there been that many fatalities on that stretch of road?

It's shocking to see them all

I lived very near the N25 between New Ross and Waterford which has had a number of fatalities over the years but there haven't been so many in such a small space

Mycroft H

The older sections of the N4 were lethal. It was the same of the old section between Kinnegad and Kilcock, they even put a 50mph limit on it years back to try reduce the fatalities.

It's still a dangerous section of road as the motorway hasn't taken off much traffic. Busy morning and evening.

bobmalooka

lassykk wrote: »

Was travelling home from Sligo today and was on the way to Boyle on the N4 and must have passed at least 30 white crosses on both sides of the road in random locations. Probably was only over a stretch of maybe 5 or so miles.

Has there been that many fatalities on that stretch of road?

It's shocking to see them all

I lived very near the N25 between New Ross and Waterford which has had a number of fatalities over the years but there haven't been so many in such a small space

I'm afraid so, the stretch between colooney and castlebaldwin is very dangerous. The sooner its replaced the better.

paddydriver

Yep, know that stretch well as I am going Dub > Sligo a few times a year. I always hate driving that stretch as it has no hard shoulder, loads of side roads coming on/off with lots of blind corners and humps etc.

They have done some work on it in recent years to take some of the bends out but really does need replacing or bypassing altogether as there are good roads either side of it.

lassykk

Jesus that's absolutely shocking.

There are so many

It must be the most dangerous stretch of road in the country for fatalities?

I did notice a lack of hard shoulder where most of the crosses were alright.

Whilst I can see the dangers of the road in Sligo I could never understand the number of fatalities between New Ross and Waterford. Granted, not as many as the stretch in Sligo but still so many for what isn't a particularly dangerous stretch of road

*Kol*

I have driven that stretch of road many times. Terrible in the wet. They have electronic signs on some of the worst corners now.

Noccy_Mondy

Are you sure they are for deaths though. Remember a few years back, when the a&e dept. in Roscommon was going to close, some of the locals went overboard and started erecting crosses all over the county to symbolise that people will die etc etc. I know that there still are some around Ros town. If it's around Boyle you seen them, then that would make sense.

Mycroft H

IT'S THE most notorious stretch of road in the county, dotted with 29 white crosses that signifies the deaths that have taken place along its 12 kilometre stretch over the past 30 years

http://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/n4-group-slates-lack-of-funding-for-lethal-road-27593658.html

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly

There's a vampire along that stretch. In summer you'll smell garlic.

CatFromHue

It doesn't help that the locals drive like mad men up there.

I am of course basing this on my 1 return trip on it but I left thinking what's the point of wasting money on speed signs. Everyone just goes at whatever they want and there's no one to catch them.