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The highly active national campaign to reduce road fatalities in Ireland has proved very effective in Westmeath over the last five years with a 65 per cent reduction in deaths, it was revealed this week.

Road fatality figures released by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) have revealed that there was a 43 per cent reduction in road deaths in Mayo during the Government Road Safety Strategy 2007 to 2012 when compared to the period of the previous strategy which ran from 2004 to 2006. These figures were announced as the RSA prepares to finalise the next Road Safety Strategy which will span an eight year period from 2013 to 2020.

Provisional road casualty figures for 2012 show a total of 161 people tragically lost their lives on Irish roads in 2012.

The Road Safety Authority (RSA), An Garda Siochana, the Department of Transport, and road safety officers the country wide should be commended for their successful efforts in reducing the number of road fatalities in Ireland. The results have been staggering and far beyond the targets set.

A total of 36 awards were presented at this year’s Road Safety Authority (RSA) Leading Lights in Road Safety Awards which were held in Farmleigh, Phoenix Park, on Wednesday.

The Western Region Drugs Task Force has joined forces with the Road Safety Authority and An Garda Síochána to put out a warning to drivers this Christmas to stay off the roads if they are under the influence of either drugs or alcohol.

Twenty deaths as a result of farm accidents have been recorded in the last 19 months in Northern Ireland alone. Drowning in a slurry was once identified as the second most common cause of farm death. In the year 2011 there was a massive increase in farm-related fatalities which represented one of the worst years in a decade for accidents involving loss of life on Irish farms. This year it is estimated that farm accidents have increased yet again - by 35 per cent. According to the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Shane McEntee, there were 6,673 non-fatal accidents reported on farms, in addition to 22 fatalities.

New research from the Road Safety Authority has revealed there was a 77.8 per cent reduction in the number of children (under 14 years old) killed on Irish roads in the period 1997 to 2010. This was announced as the RSA and Electric Ireland teamed up for the third year running to distribute 85,500 high visibility vests to every child starting school this year. The vests will be included in the RSA’s ‘Back to School’ road safety packs which will be distributed to primary schools nationwide over the coming months.

According to shocking new figures released by the Road Safety Authority (RSA), in the first six months of 2012, 23 per cent of drivers killed and 29 per cent of passengers killed were not wearing seatbelts at the time of the collision. The information is based on preliminary data supplied by An Garda Síochána. A worrying feature is the number of people who were not wearing a seatbelt and who were ejected from the vehicle.