One in three people killed on roads this year were aged between 16 and 25

Nearly one in three people killed on Irish roads since the start of the year were aged between 16 and 25, The Irish Mirror can reveal.

The Irish Mirror spoke to several experts including senior gardai, a hospital consultant, and the RSA CEO about the devastatingly high number of fatalities on our roads involving young people and what can be done to stop so many losing their lives. When asked specifically if excessive speed or drink and drug driving was to blame, she said: “Sometimes, it can be one or a combination of all.

He added: “Drivers carry precious cargo when they have friends or family in their car; fellow road users are precious to others; the guilt when something goes wrong that drivers live with afterward and the inability to reverse the clock is very cruel.” Prof Deasy said other crash victims end up with brain and spinal injuries which he explained “some would consider as a fate worse than death.”

“But for young people who don't have that experience year on year, the state of the roads can have a huge impact on their driving. When they're learning to drive, they will only hear about aquaplaning but then, when they experience it - it can have a detrimental impact.”

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