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New research from the Road Safety Authority into child fatalities and serious injuries has revealed that 1,259 children up to 14 years of age were killed or seriously injured on Irish roads between 1997 and 2009. A further 9,139 received minor injuries as a result of a collision. In Mayo 344 children were killed or injured between 1997 and 2009. However the number of children killed on Irish roads has almost halved since 1997 with a 45.6 per cent reduction in fatalities under 14 years of age.

The Road Safety Authority recently release a detailed county by county report on road casualties between 1997 and 2006. The report, released in advance of Irish Road Safety Week which begins on Monday, shows some unsettling figures for the country.