Two weekend road deaths in the North have raised the number of fatalities so far this year above the total for the whole of last year.
The latest deaths bring the number of people who have been killed on the roads in the North this year to 142, one more than last year's total.
Two men died on Saturday afternoon in separate accidents in Co Armagh. Mr Joseph Agnew (69) was killed when the tractor he was driving collided with a car at the Jerrettspass railway bridge on the Poyntzpass road between Tandragee and Newry. The victim was from the Tandragee road in Jerrettspass.
Mr Agnew was rushed to Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry but died soon after arrival.
Four other people, three men and a woman, who had been travelling in the car, were also taken to Daisy Hill Hospital after the crash. The woman was admitted with a hip injury, while the remaining three were discharged after treatment for minor injuries.
In a separate incident, in Waringstown a 66-year-old cyclist died after a collision with a car on the Banbridge road at about 3.30 p.m. He was taken to hospital but later died. His name has not been released.
Meanwhile, a man was released pending further inquiries by police after a 17-yearold girl was critically injured in a hit-and-run accident in Co Antrim. It happened in the Parkway area of Ballymena about 8 p.m. on Saturday.
The Government should clarify the legal position of Northern Ireland drivers who are caught speeding in the Republic, Fine Gael's spokesman on Northern Ireland said at the weekend.
Mr Brian Hayes said he had asked the Minister for Justice to state the number of drivers from the North who had been prosecuted for speeding on Southern roads.
The Minister was unable to give him the details. However, Mr Hayes said the information he had received indicated "that it is virtually impossible to pursue people from Northern Ireland who are in breach of the road traffic Acts".
It was also clear that those who did not pay on-the-spot fines were not being pursued through the courts.
He stressed that the situation must change and urged the Government to establish a new protocol to enable law enforcement authorities on both sides of the Border to exchange information on the driving records of motorists.