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Thu 02 Feb 2007Alcohol a factor in pedestrian road deathsFive of the 63 pedestrians who were killed on the State's roads in 2003 were over the alcohol limit and lying on the road when they were struck by a vehicle, the chief executive of the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has said.Noel Brett said yesterday that alcohol was one factor behind the relatively high number of pedestrians who have been killed on the roads so far this year, with men over 50 among those most likely to be killed in this way.