ULSTER GAA: The Road to Zero

2024 has seen Ulster GAA reignite their involvement in the Department for Infrastructure Share the Road to Zero campaign. This campaign aligns perfectly with Ulster GAA’s Live to Play road safety awareness campaign.

Earlier this year, Ulster GAA representatives met with DfI Minister O’Dowd, along with Armagh’s Rory Grugan, to launch the Share the Road to Zero campaign. It aims to re-emphasise the five main causes of serious injury and death on our roads.

1. SLOW DOWN! Remember – You Can Never Control the Consequences if You Speed!

2. Never Ever Drink And Drive!

3. Always pay attention and stay alert – One Lapse Can Last a Lifetime!

4. Always wear your seatbelt, front and rear – No Seatbelt, No Excuse!

5. Follow the rules of The Highway Code every time you use the road. The Highway Code could keep you out of prison and save you from killing others or being killed whether you are a driver, a motorcyclist, a pedestrian or any other type of road user.

Make your pledge to Share the Road to Zero today.

Take the ‘Road Safety Pledge’ to be as safe as possible on the road. ‘Share the Road to Zero’ is a road safety community engagement programme that encourages all road users to take personal responsibility for their own safety and by doing so also the safety of others on our roads.

Did you know that more than 9 out 10 (over 95 per cent) of crashes are due to human error? That being the case, road deaths are not inevitable but rather the majority are preventable if we as road users make better choices.

By signing up to the Share the Road to Zero pledge, you are committing to be the best road user than you can be – whether as a driver, passenger, pedestrian, cyclist, motorcyclist or horse rider, and adopt positive road user behaviours.

Pledging is quick, easy and free at www.sharetheroadtozero.com and receive regular advice on how to stay safe as you use the road. On the website, there are road safety tips and links to the TV advertising campaigns, many of which you’ll be familiar with sharetheroadtozero.com/TV.

Follow our road safety social media channels @ShareTheRoadToZero on Facebook and @roadtozero for Twitter.

Every road death is one too many. We all share the road, so we should all share the responsibility.

Ulster GAA are partnering with emergency services to roll-out road safety awareness events in clubs. These are particularly focused on young people, and can be booked by contacting Ulster GAA’s community & health manager maura.mcmenamin.ulster@gaa.ie.