Free road safety packs for Kids Walk day

Organised by road safety charity Brake, the annual Kids Walk involves pupils taking part in a short, supervised walk in their community.

The event has two aims – to teach crucial road safety skills to children and to raise awareness of the need for safe spaces for children to walk to school.

An average of six children are killed or seriously injured on UK roads every day and all schools signing up for the Kids Walk will receive a free education pack aimed at 4 to 11-year-olds.

The packs include lesson and assembly plans as well as classroom activities and other resources, such as posters and campaign boards.

Brake also supports schools to lobby locally for important road safety measures, such as 20mph speed limits on roads near schools.

Ross Moorlock, chief executive at Brake, said: “Every day, we see first-hand the devastating effects of road crashes through the work of our National Road Victim Service, which last year supported more than 1,500 families affected by road death and injury.

“It’s every child’s right to be able to walk safely in their community without fear of traffic and pollution. This year we hope to inspire as many children, schools and families as possible to take part in our Kids Walk campaign.”

Brake was founded in 1995 and exists to stop deaths, serious injuries and pollution on roads, and to care for families bereaved and injured in road crashes.

Brake delivers Road Safety Week, which takes place this year from November 17 to 23 and is the UK’s biggest road safety campaign.

Brake is also the national provider of care and support to victims of road crashes and their families through the National Road Victim Service.

• Primary schools, youth groups and other educators can sign up for the Kids Walk at brake.org.uk/kidswalk
• For more information on the National Road Victim Service, visit brake.org.uk/how-we-help/get-help-if-a-crash-victim
• For details of this year’s Road Safety Week, visit brake.org.uk/road-safety-week