Alcohol a factor in 33% of Irish road deaths, study finds

ONE in three deaths on Irish roads are alcohol related compared to an average of one in four throughout the European Union.

A major EU report on road safety, published yesterday, also suggests that Irish drivers believe drink-driving laws are much more effective than they actually are.

Just under two thirds of Irish drivers questioned said that they believed alcohol was a major threat to road safety, as compared to 80% in the rest of the EU.