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Child Road Safety Risk – report identifies variations by areas

An analysis into child road casualty risk by the areas in which they live has now been published.

The report published by Road Safety Analysis, titled “Child Casualties 2010; A study into resident risk of children on roads in Great Britain 2004-08”, examines the level of risk children are exposed to is compared across 408 local authority areas and shows that children living in some areas have almost a one in 200 chance of being injured each year.

For more information go to the Preventing Accidents page