P6/7’s Blog on Road Safety

Over the past few weeks, P6/7 has been focusing on launching a campaign to promote the use of seat belts on school buses and general road safety awareness for Road Safety Week. They have been doing and making lots of things, this blog one of them. Why don’t you have a look at it and tell us what you think?

At this assembly, we’re going to be talking about staying safe on the road and school buses. When you get on the bus, the first thing you need to do after you’ve had your ticket stamped is to find a seat, sit down and put on your seatbelt. There is no point in taking off your seatbelts the moment the bus starts moving, as this is one of the most dangerous things you could do on a school bus. Most of the fatal casualties in vehicle crashes can be avoided, if only the people involved had put on their seatbelts.

In 2007, there were approximately 2,682 road related casualties:

873 were pedestrian casualties
632 were people in car crashes
174 were people on bicycles
75 were people on buses and coaches that crashed
55 accidents were on other vehicles

All in all, about:

155 were seriously injured
And 9 were killed

All in one year.

Of course no one wants to be one of those people that were injured and even killed, but there are lots of simple things that you can do to reduce your chance of being hurt if the bus had a collision or braked suddenly. The most simple, easiest way to stay safe in vehicles is to wear your seatbelt, something that is already expected of everyone. A lot of people don’t, and they are normally the people fatally injured.

On a more cheery note, we have jingles, a play and posters for you to look at.

You can also log on to www.roadsafetyweek.org.uk or www.brake.org.uk to find out more.

If you are interested in becoming a junior road safety officer speak to Mrs Lindsay.

We hope you understand the importance of staying safe.

(The blog was written by Aisling O’Sullivan, Jay Skivington, Jason Canning, Fergus Hughes)