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Gardai investigating a serious road traffic collision involving a motorcyclist at the weekend are continuing their appeal for witnesses.

Gardai and the Road Safety Authority along with AA Roadwatch are stepping up their life-saving campaigns this weekend in a bid to halt the trend of deaths on the country’s roads during Bank Holiday breaks. In a concerted effort between the parties to ensure it is a weekend to remember for all the right reasons, pedestrians and cyclists using roads around Mayo are also to be issued with complimentary high-visibility vests by gardai who are to carry a supply in their vehicles.

A Brazilian national who was involved in a traffic collision in Castlebar was disqualified from driving at Castlebar District Court this week, as the defendant did not have insurance.

The annual report from the Injuries Board shows that 26 children from Mayo received compensation awards throughout 2009. The board is the independent Government body which assesses the amount of compensation due to a person who has suffered a personal injury as victims of motor, workplace, and public place accidents.

Mayor of Castlebar and Fine Gael town councillor Ger Deere has welcomed the news that temporay resurfacing work will take place on an accident blackspot on the Newport road, but he is calling for a more permant soloution to the problem.

Mayor of Castlebar and Fine Gael town councillor Ger Deere is calling on Mayo County Council to repair a section of Newport Road which has seen numerous traffic accidents in the recent past. The section of road in question is quite close to the entrance to the new cemetery where vehicles appear to lose control. A number of road traffic collisions have taken place at the location over the past number of months, with the most recent occurring last weekend. Local residents confirmed to Cllr Deere that a number of other accidents had occurred at the location in recent months.

The driver of a car who crashed into a stationary vehicle at traffic lights appeared before Claremorris Court on Tuesday.

Gardai are investigating a fatal road traffic collision on the Athlone to Roscommon road (N61) shortly after midnight, outside Knockcroghery on Thursday, July 15.

An Garda Síochána is appealing to all road users to slow down, be vigilant, wear a seatbelt, and never drive while under the influence of alcohol or drugs this June bank holiday. Tragically, 89 people have lost their lives on Irish roads so far this year and six people have died in road traffic collisions during the last seven days (to May 31).

A Balla man who when he drove without insurance, tax, or driving licence, crashed into the back of a stationary car stopped at traffic lights and causing more than €4,000 worth of damage, was this week convicted of careless driving.