1. Beckwithshaw CP School Safety and Safeguarding Road Safety (with an emphasis on pedestrian safety around our school) Parent Presentation and Discussion Forum 12 th December 2014

2. The Facts Road accidents cause life-changing injuries including loss of limbs, spinal injuries and head injuries. Road accidents are a leading cause of acquired brain injury among older children and young people. Road accidents remain the leading cause of accidental death for children. (Child Accident Prevention Trust 2013)

3. The Statistics - Injuries In 2011, 2,352 under 16s sustained serious injuries on Britain’s roads – that’s around 45 each week. Road accidents led to 6,372 emergency hospital admissions among 0-15 year olds in 2011. This is equivalent to around 123 admissions every week. (Child Accident Prevention Trust 2013)

4. The Statistics - Deaths 60 children aged 0-15 years were killed in road accidents in Britain in 2011. Of these 60 fatalities in 2011, half were pedestrians. (Child Accident Prevention Trust 2013)

5. The Impact of Speed A recent analysis of the role of vehicle speed in pedestrian fatalities in Great Britain found that 85% of pedestrians killed when struck by cars died in collisions that occurred at impact speeds below 40mph 45% of pedestrians died at impact speeds of less than 30 mph and 5% at speeds below 20 mph. (RoSPA)

6. The Impact of Speed A pedestrian who is hit by a car travelling at between 30 mph and 40 mph is between 3.5 and 5.5 times more likely to be killed than if hit by a car travelling at below 30 mph. However, about half of pedestrian fatalities occur at impact speeds of 30 mph or below. (RoSPA)

7. The Location of Our School What are our hazards? … ?