The beneficial organization urges adults to “assume the responsibility” of children’s road safety

Adults are urged to “assume responsibility for keeping children safe” after a new analysis found that an average of almost 50 boys and girls are killed or seriously injured on the roads of Great Britain every month.

The beneficial safety organization on the Brake road, which issued the statement, said that 17 children aged seven and less died and 574 suffered serious injuries in accidents in 2023.

During the previous year, 20 children in that age range were killed and 552 were seriously injured.

The figures are based on the analysis of the data of the Department of Transportation (DFT).

Brake also revealed that children’s deaths are involved in about 7% of cases in which the road victims support service is used.

The beneficial organization directs an initiative on Wednesday called Beep Beep! Day that will see more than 90,000 children between two and seven road safety messages given by schools, nurseries and children’s rental.

Ross Moorlock, executive director of Brake, said: “As adults, we must always assume the responsibility of keeping children safe on our roads, but this is a great opportunity to begin conversations about the danger of the road and help them understand why road safety is so important.

“We see, every day, the devastating effects of road accidents on families, through the work of our National Road Victims Service, which this month supports 60 families after the death of a child in a road accident.

“It is shocking that the number of children who have been killed or seriously injured in traffic accidents have increased in recent years.

“In Brake, we are doing everything possible to prevent the death of the road and injuries, and we will continue campaigning for the solutions that we know will make our trips safer, who are and how we travel.

“We call on the government that issues its long -awaited road safety strategy, with evidence -based measures to end death and road injuries.”

A DFT spokesman said: “Keeping children safe is a priority and it is vital that we make sure they know how to travel safely on our roads.

“Our thinking campaign for a long time has a series of road safety resources for schools and help for parents to teach children on how to use roads safely.”

The department added that it will establish details of its road safety strategy in due time.