Notably, Ireland achieved a lot of their reductions in road deaths by taking all the people walking and biking and putting them in a car instead. For instance, compared to the mid-80's about 250% as many kids are driven to school, half as many take public transport, and half as many walk or bike.

Certainly, when I lived there Ireland was a terrible place to bike or walk.

https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cp6ci/p6c...