Children and road safety: a guide
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What are the facts?
- The number of children aged up to 19 years who are
killed or seriously injured each year on Britain's roads has
halved since 1990. Nevertheless, the road toll remains high:
around
550 young people will lose their lives this year. About 400 of
them will be in the most vulnerable 16 to 19-year age group,
where casualties have hardly reduced since 1994.
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- Five times as many children aged 5 to 14 die in a road accident
than are killed by criminal assault.
- 10 per cent of the deaths of 5 to 9-year-old boys are
in road crashes; 34 per cent of the deaths of 15 to 19-year-olds
are on the roads, mostly in cars.
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What can parents do?
- Take control: be responsible for your children’s safety,
from their birth to when they become young adults.
- Teach by example: act responsibly when you drive, walk or
cycle and your children will learn from your behaviour.
- Be effective: know where, when and why your children are
most at risk.
- Want more information? Click on the relevant age group of
your children
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