National Road Safety Week 2007

More information can be found at www.roadsafetyweek.org.uk.

The main theme of the 2007 week is child pedestrian and cyclist safety with Brake urging motorists to slow down near schools and homes in a bid to help prevent road accidents.

They are also calling on the government to take action to protect children on foot and bikes and help families to use roads safely. The event is being supported by the families and friends affected by child casualties across the country, with youngsters due to deliver a petition to 10 Downing Street calling for 20mph speed limits to be enforced around schools.

A survey has shown on average seven children are seriously injured or killed on UK roads every day. Department for Transport figures show children’s deaths on foot and bicycle and in vehicles are up 14 percent from 156 in 2005 to 178 in 2006. This is the fifth worst in a European league table of fifteen countries.