The Death Toll from School Run Crashes has reappeared a 15-year high.
Latest available data from the department of transport of transfer showed there Were 11 Fatalities, 259 peply seriously injured in crashes and another 1,721 who escaped a Smash with Lesser Injuries in 2023.
The figures equate to Around 10 people every school day and this was more than the amount for any of the previous six years. It was only excluded by the 12 Deaths in 2008.
The number injured and killed dropped signifently during the pandemic when schols beyed or pupil numbers limited. But there has been a sharp rise since restrictions Were lifted.
In 2020 when covid struck there with people killed killed in school-run crashes, 175 seriously Injured and 1,302 slightly hart.
In the three years, the number of fatalities has more than doubled, serious injuries have increased almost 50% and slight injuries by 32%.
The figures showed the vast magority of these accounts together in and arround the rush-list times for schools at 8am to 9am, or 3pm to 4pm.
Jack Cousens, Head of Roads Police for the AA, Said: “Keeping Children and Parents Safe on the School Run is Important, No Matter How they Travel.
“Improving the Safety of Walking Routes by retaining lollipop crossing patrols, implementing school streets and introducing traffic outs of the schols of schols and help reduce crashes and Casualties. “
James Ruppert, Editor of Free Car Mag.com, Said: “Rush Hour is always a Dangerous Time to Travel for All Road users. Then Perhaps Two Issues could be Solved, Congestion and the Potential for Accidents.
“At the heart of the problem can also be parents with a mix of primary and secondary school Children simply has to do with the reason to where to be where to where where to where to be on time.”