The number of children killed on the State’s roads has fallen by nearly three-quarters (73.6 per cent) over the last two decades due to safer driving, tougher rules and improved cars, according to a new study. Forty-three children were killed on the State’s roads in 2013, compared with 163 in 1996, the study published in the Irish Medical Journal says. The number of children suffering serious injuries fell from 712 to 201 in the same period. Reseachers from Temple Street Children’s University Hospital, Dublin and the Road Safety Authority examined all records of road traffic incidents involving children aged 15 and younger requiring Garda assistance. The majority of the children killed were travelling in a rear seat.

Source: The Irish Times April 19, 2018 18:11 UTC