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Back to school road safety warning

New research from the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has revealed that one child (0-14 years old) was killed and 10 children were seriously injured on Clare roads in the period 2006 to 2012. The report was published as the RSA and Electric Ireland teamed up for the fifth year running to distribute 85,500 high visibility vests to every child starting school this year. The vests will be included in the RSA’s ‘Back to School’ road safety packs, which will be sent to primary schools nationwide over the coming months. The RSA and Electric Ireland are urging parents, guardians and teachers to make road safety a priority, as 13 children under the age of 14 have died in the first eight months of the year on Irish roads. In 2013, six children lost their lives, meaning the number of child casualties so far this year has already exceeded the total number of child deaths in 2013. Six of the children who died …

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