FIVE per cent of road deaths and serious injuries of children aged 15 or under in Ireland in the past five years have been in Limerick.
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) published its Child Casualties Report 2020-2024 which highlights the risks faced by young road users.
The report stated that 34 children in Limerick lost their lives or were seriously injured on the roads during this period.
A further five per cent of pedestrian casualties (15) occurred in Limerick.
Dublin (31 per cent), Cork (nine per cent), and Galway all reported higher child casualties (six per cent) than Limerick.
The analyses in this report have been taken from the RSA collision database and are based on collision records transferred from An Garda SÃochána to the RSA.
The data for 2021 onwards is provisional and subject to change until such time as the validation of these collisions has been completed by the RSA.
