RSA warns pedestrians of drink dangers

THE Road Safety Authority (RSA) has warned that too many drink-fuelled pedestrians are losing their lives by staggering in front of vehicles.

The chief executive of the RSA Noel Brett made his comments as a new Europe-wide report into the death rate among vulnerable road users showed Ireland had performed better than most other countries in the EU.

The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) report, published yesterday, showed at least 15,300 pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists were killed in the EU in 2009, including 169,000 since 2001.