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Child Safety   LTT854   3 October 2022

Road collisions caused 6,000 child deaths in 10 years, Europe-wide study finds

More than 6,000 children aged up to 14 died between 2011 and 2020 in road collisions in the European Union, reveals a new report by the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC). 

Roads around childcare facilities and in urban areas with lots of cyclists and pedestrians should be designed for 30 km/h (20mph) and low volume traffic, says the report. The default speed limit on these roads should be 30km/h even where these design criteria are not yet achieved and ETSC is calling on the EU to make this a formal recommendation.

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