{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/695ce754c592cd577db466bd?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Number of Crashes Increases on ‘Maxed Out’ M50 Motorway, as Transport Authority Issues Capacity Warning - 06/01/2026","description":"<p>The M50 that wraps around Dublin continues to be the motorway with the highest number of incidents, collisions and traffic levels in Ireland.</p><p><br></p><p>Indeed, the seriousness of the situation is borne out by data as there were more crashes in the first 10 months of last year than in all of 2024.</p><p><br></p><p>Everything from crashes and breakdowns to wandering pedestrians and animals has marked the M50 as a motorway of mayhem, often with multiple incidents daily.</p><p>There were 682 crashes on the motorway from January 1 to October 31 last compared to 676 in all of 2024.</p><p><br></p><p>Transport expert &amp; CEO of the Board of the Royal Irish Automobile Club, Conor Faughnan, joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this. </p>","author_name":"lmfm "}