23 Children killed or seriously injured on Tipperary roads in five years

A child casualties report published by the Road Safety Authority recently revealed that 23 children were killed or seriously injured on Tipperary roads between 2021 and 2025.

The report looked at the amount of road users aged between 0-15 years between the years 2021-2025, who were killed and seriously injured in each county at that time.

In total, in just four years there were 658 children killed or seriously injured; almost half (48%) were pedestrians, over a quarter (26%) were passengers, a sixth (17%) were cyclists, 5% were escooter users, 2% were motorcyclists and 2% were drivers.

More startingly, 72% of these casualties happened on lower speed roads, where the limit was 60kph or less.

More male children have been injured or killed than girls. Slightly over half of the children killed were aged between 10 and 15, and the highest proportion of child casualties happened on a Friday