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Back to MonmouthshireCrucial Crew 2009 - Shedding Light on Winter Safety Issues
The clue is in the title really, crucial information for children given by a crew of safety experts.
Crucial Crew offers Year 7 children in Monmouthshire a personal safety experience and highlights the consequences of risks they may take.
The Road Safety work station examines and investigates the use of high visibility materials which can play a big part in reducing the risks facing children as daylight hours get shorter.
RoSPA says,
“One of the consequences of the UK’s system is that more people are killed and injured on the road because of darker evenings in the autumn and winter than would be if we adopted Single/Double British Summertime (SDST)…
…In 2008, pedestrian deaths rose from 38 in September, to 55 in October, 62 in November and 56 in December. Child road deaths rose from 7 in September to 18 in October, 12 in November and 9 in December.”
Nearly 800 children took part in workshops in scientifically controlled conditions (cardboard on the windows (!?) and an ultra violet light).
Children gasped as they were enlightened about how different materials react under different light conditions.