RSA Initiative: ‘Drivers, leave us kids alone’

THE Road Safety Authority has launched a campaign aimed directly at schoolchildren in light of statistics that show that 141 children under 14 died on the nation’s roads between 1998 and 2005.

The statistics compiled by the RSA show that a further 5,732 were injured in accidents during the same period.

Of the fatalities 48.9% were pedestrians and 35% were car passengers.