Calls for more 20mph limits on Sussex roads as crashes harm 76 local children in just a year
It's hoped the limits would reduce the amount of children killed or injured on our roads
Last updated 24th Mar 2025
There are calls for 20 mph limits in residential areas to help reduce the number of children being killed or injured on our roads.
Figures from road safety charity Brake reveal almost 600 children under 7 years old were harmed in crashes in 2023 - including 76 in Sussex.
During the previous year, 20 children in that age range were killed and 552 were seriously injured.
The figures are based on analysis of Department for Transport (DfT) data - with the charity now urging adults to take more responsibility over children's safety on our roads.
Ross Moorlock, chief executive of Brake, said: "As grown ups, we must always take responsibility for keeping children safe on our roads but this is a great opportunity to start conversations about road danger and help them understand why road safety is so important.
"We see, every day, the devastating effects of road crashes on families, through the work of our national road victim service, which this month is supporting 60 families following the death of a child in a road crash.
"It's shocking that the number of children who have been killed or seriously injured in road crashes has risen in recent years.
"At Brake, we are doing everything we can to prevent road death and injury, and we will continue to campaign for the solutions that we know will make our journeys safer, whoever we are and however we travel.
"We call on the Government to issue its long-awaited road safety strategy with urgency, with evidence-based measures to end road death and injury."
The DfT was approached for a comment.