Fewer people died on our roads in 2015 than almost any other year since records began.
There were 165 fatalities last year - including an average of one a day over Christmas.
The safest year was 2012, but there's been an upward trend since then - in 2014 193 people died.
The recent bad weather is posing a particular risk at the moment and Brian Farrell from the Road Safety Authority says extra care is needed;