Constraints Report - South - 6. Trafic and Road Accidents - N9 N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Motorway Scheme - Kildare National Roads Design Office

N9-N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Road Scheme

Constraints Report - South > 6. Traffic and Road Accidents

6. Traffic and Road Accidents

Accident statistics for the existing road networks within the southern section of the study area was compiled from database records maintained by the NRA for the four-year period from 1996 to 1999 inclusive. This information is presented graphically on Figures 4A and 4B indicating the location and type (classified as minor, serious and fatal) of traffic accidents.

Table 6.1 shows the 1999 AADT traffic flows for the following National Roads in the study area (north and south):

N9	Waterford to Kilcullen
N10	Ballyhale – Kilkenny – Paulstown
N76	Callan to Kilkenny
N77	Kilkenny to Durrow
N78	Kilkenny (junction with N77) – Athy – Kilcullen
N80	Ballon to Stradbally

Data has also been obtained from the NRA National Accident database for the four years 1996 to 1999 inclusive. The results are shown diagrammatically on Figures 4A and 4B for the following categories of accident:

fatal;
serious injury;
injury.

Table 6.1 – Daily Traffic Flows (1999 AADT)

0ROAD SECTN	LOCAL AUTHORITY	SECTN LENTH MILES	MILES UP TO THIS	DESCRIPTION OF THE STARTING POINT OF THE SECTION	ESTIMATE 1999	% AADT HCV	AGE
ROUTE N9
WATERFORD - THOMASTOWN - CARLOW - JN N7 GREATCONNELL
START OF ROUTE IN WATERFORD
1A	*WATBO	0.36	0.00	JN @ RLY STATN.MEET N25	13913	16%	3
1B	*KILKN	0.62	0.36	CO/CITY BOUNDARY	15170	14%
END WTERFORD
2/1	KILKN	0.60	0.98	END SL N OF WATERFORD	16241	16%	3
3/1	KILKN	6.41	1.58	YJN WITH N24	7105	15%
ENTER MULLINAVAT
4/1	*KILKN	7.80	7.99	YJN LHS	5431	20%	2
END MULLINAVAT
5/1	KILKN	4.54	15.79	JN WITH N10 S OF KTOPHER	3662	14%	1
ENTER THOMASTOWN
6/1	*KILKN	0.41	20.33	30 SL W OF THOMASTOWN	5094	12%	2
7/1A	*KILKN	0.31	20.74	TJN TO KILKENNY WITH T20	4061	13%	2
END THOMASTOWN
8/1A	KILKN	8.25	21.05	30 SL E OF THOMASTOWN	3221	15%	2
9/1A	KILKN	4.09	29.30	30 SL NE OF GOWRAN	2879	13%
10/1	KILKN	2.18	33.39	JN N10 FROM KILKENNY	9264	15%
11/1A	CARLO	2.55	35.57	TJN TO MUINEBEAG L33	8943	18%
12/1	CARLO	6.70	38.12	JN R705 TO LEIGHLINBR	11419	16%
ENTER CARLOW
13/1	*CARLO	0.99	44.82	40 SL S OF CARLOW	11951	16%
14/1	*CARLO	1.11	45.81	JN WITH N80 & TULLOW ST	10547	20%
END CARLOW
15/1A	CARLO	5.54	46.92	END SL N CARLOW	10378	20%	2
ENTER CASTLEDERMOT
16/1	*KILDA	5.79	52.46	YJN RHS	9140	21%
END CASTLEDERMOT
17/1	KILDA	2.45	58.25	TJN RHS	10183	19%	1
18/1	KILDA	7.58	60.70	CROOKSTOWN R416 TO KILD	9581	21%	1
19/1	KILDA	4.12	68.28	DI N78 ATHY & KILCULLEN	9540	22%
END OF ROUTE : INTERCH M7 NEAR LEWISTWN

0ROAD SECTN	LOCAL AUTHORITY	SECTN LENTH MILES	MILES UP TO THIS	DESCRIPTION OF THE STARTING POINT OF THE SECTION	ESTIMATE 1999	% AADT HCV	AGE
ROUTE N 10 BALLYHALE - KILKENNY - PAULSTOWN
START OF ROUTE : ROUTE STARTS JN WITH N9
1/1	KILKN	4.56	0.00	Y JN RHS N9	3122	20%
2/1	KILKN	7.60	4.56	ST 40 SL S STONYFORD	4441	15%	1
ENTER KILKENNY BYPASS
3/	*KILKU	0.91	12.16	RO @ SMITHSLAND,END N76	11377	14%
2 4/	*KILKU	0.35	13.07	RO @ GALLOWSHILL (T20)	12759	15%	2
END KILKENNY BYPASS
5/1A	KILKN	4.16	13.42	RO @ DUBLIN RD,MEET N77	10073	15%	1
6/1A	KILKN	5.40	17.58	Y JN RHS TO GOWRAN R702	6603	20%	1
ENTER PAULSTOWN END OF ROUTE : ROUTE ENDS AT JN WITH N9

0ROAD SECTN	LOCAL AUTHORITY	SECTN LENTH MILES	MILES UP TO THIS	DESCRIPTION OF THE STARTING POINT OF THE SECTION	ESTIMATE 1999	% AADT HCV	AGE
ROUTE N 76 (Part of Route) CALLAN - KILKENNY ENTER CALLAN
6/1	*KILKN	0.35	17.17	T JN RHS CARRICK ON SUIR	6005	17%	2
7/1	*KILKN	3.40	17.52	CR WATERFORD L111	5231	19%	2
END CALLAN
8/1	KILKN	5.69	20.92	BALLYMACK CROSSROADS	5652	16%	1
ENTER KILKENNY BYPASS
9/	*KILKU	0.70	26.61	RO @ WETLAND ENTER BYPAS	7848	14% 2	2
END OF ROUTE : RO HITH N10 @ SMITHSLAND

0ROAD SECTN	LOCAL AUTHORITY	SECTN LENTH MILES	MILES UP TO THIS	DESCRIPTION OF THE STARTING POINT OF THE SECTION	ESTIMATE 1999	% AADT HCV	AGE
ROUTE N 77
KILKENNY - DURROW
START OF ROUTE IN KILKENNY
1A	*KILKU	0.90	0.00	RO WITH N10 ON DUBLIN RD	17771	10%	2
END KILKENNY
1B	KILKU	1.14	0.90	JN JOHN ST/DUBLIN RD	14363	11%	1
2/1	KILKN	2.67	2.04	END 40 SL N KILKENNY	8211	16%	2
3/1	KILKN	6.83	4.71	JN WITH N78	3479	23%
ENTER BALLYRAGGET
4/1	*KILKN	0.34	11.54	T JN RHS BALLINAKILL T14	4552	22%	4
END BALLYRAGGET
5/1A	KILKN	4.99	11.88	T JN TO FRESHFORD L110	3097	19%	1
ENTER DURROW
END OF ROUTE : ROUTE ENDS AT JN WITH N8

0ROAD SECTN	LOCAL AUTHORITY	SECTN LENTH MILES	MILES UP TO THIS	DESCRIPTION OF THE STARTING POINT OF THE SECTION	ESTIMATE 1999	% AADT HCV	AGE
ROUTE N 78
KILKENNY(JN WITH N77) - ATHY - KILCULLEN
START OF ROUTE : ROUTE STARTS JN WITH N77
1/1	KILKN	7.36	0.00	JN TO BALLYRAGGET N77	4169	12%
ENTER CASTLECOMER
2/1	*KILKN	0.54	7.36	ST 40 SL S CASTLECOMER	3660	17%	3
3/1	*KILKN	0.29	7.90	JN TO BALLYRAGGET L110	4523	10%	1
END CASTLECOMER
4/1	KILKN	4.08	8.19	END 30 SL NE CASTLECOMER	3294	13%	1
5/1	LAOIS	1.75	12.27	Y JN CARLOW L110	1290	15%	4
6/1A	LAOIS	5.64	14.02	COMPLEX JN L31	1917	19%
7/1	LAOIS	0.03	19.66	T JN RHS CARLOW N80	2076	12%	1
8/1	LAOIS	4.86	19.69	T JN LHS ABBEYLEIX N80	2935	13%
ENTER ATHY
9/1	*KILDA	0.70	24.55	ST 30 SL SW ATHY	4563	11%	2
10/1	*KILDA	0.61	25.25	CR WITH L18 CARLOW	9926	11%	1
END ATHY
11/1A	KILDA	5.35	25.86	END 40 SL NE ATHY	5138	13%	1
12/1A	KILDA	5.73	31.21	T JN LHS KILDARE L180	4581	15%
13/1	KILDA	2.11	36.94	Y JN RHS TO CALVERSTOWN	5333	12%
END OF ROUTE : ROUTE ENDS JN WITH M9

0ROAD SECTN	LOCAL AUTHORITY	SECTN LENTH MILES	MILES UP TO THIS	DESCRIPTION OF THE STARTING POINT OF THE SECTION	ESTIMATE 1999	% AADT HCV	AGE
ROUTE N 80 (Part of Route)
ENTER CARLOW
7/1	*CARLO	0.68	27.25	JN TO TULLOW L31	10628	12%	2
8/1	*CARLO	0.62	27.93	ST 30 SL SE CARLOW	9259	11%
8/4	*CARLO	0.00	28.55	ROUTE FOLLOWS N9-13/3	0	11%
8/5	*CARLO	0.26	28.55	JN N9 & KENNEDY AV	9259	11%
9/1	*CARLO	0.69	28.81	JN KENEDY AV & KENEDY ST	10603	7%
END CARLOW
10/1	LAOIS	8.30	29.50	END 30 SL NW CARLOW	2349	12%
12/1A	LAOIS	6.93	37.80	JN WITH N78	2678	13%	1
ENTER STRADBALLY
13/1	*LAOIS	5.26	44.73	JN TO ATHY L109	4861	13%	2
END STRADBALLY

Source: National Roads and Traffic Flow 1999, RT 580, NRA

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