Leitrim, Laois, Kildare, Monaghan and Clare show biggest road-deaths reductions

Leitrim, Laois, Kildare, Monaghan and Clare showed the biggest reduction in road deaths in the five years that saw the country set new safety records.

Cavan was the only county to record an increase in the level of fatalities from 2007 to 2012, according to the Road Safety Authority (RSA).