Gardai will be operating checkpoints throughout the festive period.
Motorists in the midlands are being urged to take extra caution this Christmas.
Eight people lost their lives on roads in Offaly and Westmeath in 2020, with no deaths in Laois.
Sergeant Andrew Haran says there will be check points over the festive period:
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