New research has found that 95% of deaths and serious injuries in road crashes in Ireland happen on single carriageway roads.
The study, which was carried out by the European Road Assessment Programme, shows that while progress is being made improving our road infrastructure, long stretches continue to be a major hazard.
The Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey, says there is still a lot of work to be done and he will be making funding of €500m a year available for road improvements.
This report finds that single carriageway roads are six times more dangerous than motorways and twice as dangerous as dual carriageways.
Since the last report in 2005 all 96km classified as High Risk have been treated.
However, 350km of Medium to High Risk sections of road have been identified.
They include parts of the N53 in Louth, the N2 in Monaghan and the N14 in Donegal.
Mr Dempsey said he was concerned by some of the report's findings and said he intends to continue providing funding of more than €500m a year to improve non-national roads.
Conor Faughnan of the AA said that while improvements have been made, we still have serious challenges to face.
