North road deaths at 60-year low

The number of people killed on Northern Ireland's roads last year reached a 60-year low.

A total of 112 people died despite efforts to improve driver education, enforcement and road

Deaths on Northern Ireland's roads are at their lowest since 1947.

improvements. During the Christmas season there were 20 deaths.

"While 2007 has been an important milestone for road safety in Northern Ireland, it is also a very poignant one for families and friends who lost loved ones," Environment Minister Arlene Foster said. "They will derive little comfort from this news."

The figures mirror those for 1947, the lowest since records began in 1931.