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Tue 07 Jul 2008'Girl power' to drive new campaign
MOST WOMEN killed or seriously injured on Irish roads received their injuries in crashes caused by male drivers, the chief executive of the Road Safety Authority, Noel Brett, said yesterday.
Speaking at the launch of "He Drives, She Dies", a new road safety initiative, Mr Brett said young women in particular should be aware that in more than one-third of the cases where women were killed in cars driven by men, the men were between 17 and 24 years of age.
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