This week, running from 21 \u2013 27 June, is Child Safety Week. The campaign comes from the Child Accident Prevention Trust who are aiming to raise awareness of the number of accidents that seriously injure or kill children and how parents can take measures to avoid them happening.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Friday \u2013 road safety<\/strong> And why not build in a little extra time when you\u2019re out walking with your children, so you can teach them what you are doing and why. This will help them develop good road safety skills, so they can keep themselves safe when they\u2019re older.\u00a0<\/p>\n Remember children find it difficult to judge the speed or distance of traffic until they\u2019re at least eight.\u00a0\u00a0 So make sure they are never left to cross roads on their own.<\/p>\n Join parents throughout the country and pledge your time with the Child Safety Week Time Pledge and find out how to protect your child from serious accidents.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.childsafetyweek.org.uk\/child-safety-week\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week, running from 21 \u2013 27 June, is Child Safety Week. The campaign comes from the Child Accident Prevention<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bristol-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nIf a child is hit by a car travelling at 40 mph, there\u2019s an 80% chance they will die.\u00a0 If the car is travelling at 30 mph, there\u2019s an 80% chance they will live.\u00a0 By allowing a little extra time for your journey you can reduce your risk of hurting a child.<\/p>\n