Ireland has been ranked fourth in a league of EU holiday destinations with the most dangerous roads.
The UK's RAC Foundation admitted it was surprised Ireland had came out the fourth most dangerous in terms of accidents and fatalities per kilometre.
The study found Greece had the worst road safety record, followed by Portugal, Spain and Ireland. RAC Foundation director Edmund King said: "We would not have expected Ireland to be up there.
"I mean obviously in Greece the road infrastructure is not particularly well developed, whereas Ireland, certainly in the last few years, a lot of money, a lot of European money, has gone into the road infrastructure, and roads have been improved quite considerably.
"Hopefully in this year and the years to come the accident records will actually be reduced as a reflection of the improved infrastructure."
But the RAC found Irish drivers were among the least aggressive motorists in the EU. The study put French drivers at the top of road-rage league table, with 60 per cent admitting to behaving aggressively towards other road users.
Nonetheless, 82 per cent of Irish respondents said other drivers on the roads in Ireland annoyed them, the survey found.