Gardaí are appealing for everyone to take care on the roads over the bank holiday weekend.
Speed, drink-driving and tiredness are the biggest causes of road deaths and collisions.
Seven people were killed on the roads on the last June bank holiday, but garda figures show that so far this year the number of road deaths is down by 20 on last year.
Speed is the single biggest killer on the roads and gardaí are warning that speed limits are not a target to be reached and drivers should drive at a safe and comfortable speed.
A total of 4,500 people were caught drink-driving in the first three months of the year, and gardaí say they will be out in force this weekend.
Separately, the Minister for the Environment, Dick Roche, has said investing money in the country's main road networks will save up to 50 lives a year.
He said motorways and high quality dual carriageways were seven times safer than the roads they replaced.
Meanwhile, the Chief Executive of Irish Water Safety, John Leech, is appealing to the public to wear life jackets and swim at guarded bathing places this weekend.
He said the June Bank Holiday weekend has seen some of the most heart wrenching drowning tragedies.
He said the public needs to be aware that a full moon will mean we have higher than normal tides, which will give very strong tidal streams and currents in coastal areas.
There will also be very low tides, which will mean there is a greater risk of walkers and mussel pickers becoming stranded.
