Hi-vis vests initiative to cut children’s road deaths

Some 85,500 high visibility vests are being given to every child starting school this year to try to reduce the 36 child road deaths from 2010-14.

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) said three children under 14 have been killed in road accidents this year, a significant fall on previous years — but more needs to be done to protect youngsters.

Last year, 13 children lost their lives on the roads —while this year two of the children killed were pedestrians and one was a passenger in a car.