There's been an increase in the number of deaths on the roads over the past year.
The numbers are up 4% in 2019, compared to 2018.
New figures from the Road Safety Authority show up to 1pm on New Year's Eve, a total of 148 people died on Ireland's roads.
That's compared to 142 lives lost in 2018 - an increase of 4%.
There's been a rise in the number of drivers killed, up 45%, compared to 2018.
However, the statistics show there's been a sharp drop in pedestrian deaths in 2019, down 36%, while passenger deaths, have fallen by 20%.
There was one more motorcyclist death in 2019, but an overall analysis shows there was a 23% reduction in vulnerable road user deaths.
Addressing the statistics, Assistant Garda Commissioner Dave Sheehan said "an additional 180 Gardaí have been selected to be assigned to roads policing duties in early 2020."
He added, "the roll out of the new mobility app will be stepped up so that by the end of 2020 there will be in excess of 4,000 devices in the hands of front line Gardaí."
The force expects the app to improve the way roads policing is carried out.
The Assistant Commissioner said it will "increase enforcement activity and help in reversing this year's increase and achieving the road safety target."
Chairperson of the Road Safety Authority, Liz O'Donnell, said "after recording the safest year on our roads in 2018 it is deeply saddening that not only have we lost 148 lives on the road in 2019."
She added, "we must respond to this increase the same way we have responded to previous setbacks."
