A total of 56 children have died on Irish roads since 2014 

RSA chief executive Sam Waide and chairwoman Liz O’Donnell launching the Vision Zero campaign in September aiming for zero road deaths. File picture: Keith Arkins 

There have been 56 deaths on the country’s roads involving children aged from birth up to 15 years, a new report has found.

The study on child casualties compiled by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) was published on Friday. It found that, between 2014 and 2022, there were 56 child fatalities while 852 children were seriously injured road users.