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Road safety for kids
Last year, 11,614 children aged between four and 11 years old received some form of injury or died as a result of a road accident in Britain. So teaching your child about road safety is vital
Teach your child road safety
Young children are most at risk as pedestrians. Eighteen children aged between four and 11 were killed or seriously injured weekly while walking in Britain in 2006. So it is really important to teach children about sensible and safe pedestrian behaviour. Walking with your child to and from school is an excellent way to teach your child about road safety at an early age.
Road safety year by year
The Department for Transport's new THINK! CopyCat campaign encourages parents to show children by example how to behave on the roads. Telling our children to behave a certain way on the roads and then breaking those rules ourselves sends mixed messages and children will tend to copy what we do.
Talking about road safety from a young age will teach good habits. Here's how to approach the issue with different age groups:
One to four-year-olds
Start the learning process as early as possible by explaining what traffic is and how they should interact with it.
When you are out together, make sure your child walks on the side of the pavement away from the traffic and either holds you hand, is on reins or is in a buggy or pushchair.
Five to six-year-olds
Now is the time to start teaching your child the basics of the Green Cross Code.
Practice on quiet roads, firstly crossing together, then letting your child lead you, and finally letting them cross while you wait behind, watching carefully.
Always cross the road at the safest place and explain why you are crossing there.
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