Safe to learn: safe journeys to school are a child's right

Every day more than 500 children lose their lives on the world’s roads. Many are killed on the journey to or from school - losing their lives while walking to their daily lessons, hit by speeding traffic while attempting to cross a four lane highway, falling from the family motorcycle, or becoming a casualty while sitting unrestrained on the school bus. And for every child that dies, another four are permanently disabled. Ten more are seriously injured. Thousands of children, every day, cut down while playing, shopping or getting an education. The equivalent of two large secondary schools are emptied of children in this way every day. All tragedies; all preventable. Because we know how to prevent child deaths, disabilities and injuries on the road. By implementing a ‘Safe System’ approach beginning with effective institutions and rule of law; with measures to improve infrastructure safety; to make vehicles safer and more pedestrian-friendly; to reduce speed limits wherever and whenever children and vehicles are likely to meet; by promoting walking and cycling and providing proper facilities and equitably sharing the road to enable them; by investing in safe public transport; and by supporting sustained and fair enforcement of the laws: by implementing these approaches many countries, in every income bracket, have managed to drive down road traffic casualties.

• Record URL:
  http://www.fiafoundation.org/media/45780/safe-to-learn-report.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Unicef

  New York, NY  United States 
• Authors:
  • Silverman, A
  • BILLINGSLEY, S
• Publication Date: 2015

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 44p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Children; Developing countries; Highway safety; Schools; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safe systems (road users)
• ATRI Terms: Child; Crash countermeasure; Developing countries; Injury prevention; Road safety; School
• Subject Areas: Education and Training;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01566439
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 15 2015 1:09PM