“Among the most vulnerable road users are our children who should not have to run the gauntlet of dangerous roads to get to school.'
The number of pedestrians killed on Northern Ireland roads in the first four months of this year, is just one less than 2021 and 2022 combined.
Sustrans Northern Ireland Director, Caroline Bloomfield said: “We are very concerned at the high level of pedestrian fatalities on our roads. “We have been calling on government to implement a programme of Safe Routes to Schools and pilot a School Streets project where streets are closed to traffic around school run times.
“One of the most effective programmes Belfast Healthy Cities has been involved in is the Walking Bus project. More than half of school children in Belfast live within walking distance of their school, but too often are driven to the school gates. Working with schools we have helped them to develop programmes where staff walk groups of children from locations near the school.
They hope teaching children about safety basics like holding adults’ hands near roads and on crossings and using a secure car seat – even on very short journeys will help reduce those figures.
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