Topic: #roadsafetychildren

Global call to cut urban road speed limits

A global road safety alliance has called on countries to impose mandatory 20mph limits in urban areas to help cut deaths and injuries to pedestrians, including many children. The ‘Stockholm Declaration’, which was announced at the...Read more

17-03-2020|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

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Helsinki and Oslo cut child pedestrian deaths to ZERO

Not a single child was killed on the roads of two Scandinavian capital cities, Oslo and Helsinki, in 2019. Such welcome news is the culmination of steady decline in road-related deaths in recent years, thanks not...Read more

19-02-2020|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

The socioeconomic impact of road accidents with child victims

A study of the socioeconomic impact of life years lost from road traffic accidents involving child victims shows there is a grave public health issue facing developing countries. The London School of Economics and Political Science...Read more

10-01-2020|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

‘Every child has the right to walk or cycle without fear of traffic’

Thousands of UK children have helped to highlight the stark fact that around 18 youngsters are killed or injured every day while walking and cycling. As part of UK Road Safety Week, road safety campaign organisation...Read more

28-11-2019|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

UK city roads ‘unsafe for children’, say drivers

The streets of British cities are too dangerous for children to safely walk down – so say car drivers themselves. With the number of road deaths rising, safety campaigners are supporting drivers’ calls for the transformation...Read more

03-10-2019|Comment|author: Simon Weedy