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One man was being treated for serious injuries in Portiuncula Hospital yesterday following an early morning crash near the town.

On Saturday May 11, a ‘Long Short Walk’ will take place in Mullingar in memory of road traffic victims.

Clerics in Co Mayo blessed the county’s roads in a novel ceremony aimed at reducing the number of people who die in traffic accidents each year over the Easter weekend. The campaign comes after Gardaí expressed serious concern over a rise in road deaths in the west over the past two years which runs contrary to the downward trend nationally. Single vehicle crashes involving male drivers in random locations constituted the largest number of fatalities in the region last year, while overall deaths in the region had risen from a low in 2010. Speeding in 80km/h and 100km/h zones had been identified as a major factor in fatalities in the west.

Clerics in Co Mayo will bless the county’s roads in a novel ceremony aimed at reducing the number of people who die in traffic accidents each year over the Easter weekend.

A man who cancelled his insurance policy and who was then involved in a road traffic accident was before Ballina District Court on Tuesday.

A 26-year-old Athenry man who violently smashed up up his own car with an iron bar when told by a gardai that it was going to be seized, has been sentenced to a total of four months in jail.

Official figures released yesterday (Thursday, January 3) by the Health and Safety Authority show that there was a 13 per cent reduction in the number of workplace deaths during 2012. There were 47 people killed in workplace accidents last year compared to 54 in 2011 with just one occurring in County Mayo.

A 31-year-old motorist will appear in Cloverhill court tomorrow (Friday) in connection with last Sunday’s collision on the Barna Road in which a 21-year-old man was seriously injured.

A World Day of Remembrance for road traffic victims will be celebrated with a remembrance service in Belvedere House and Gardens, Mullingar on Sunday November 18.

The number of fatal accidents involving drink drivers last year rose by 18 per cent, from 220 in 2010 to 260 in 2011 according to figures published by the Department for Transport.