Bath & North East Somerset Council supported Brake’s national Road Safety Week campaign with school workshops and a road safety day at St Martin’s Garden Primary School.
The council took part in the road safety charity’s largest annual campaign which sees thousands of schools, organisations and communities involved, highlighting important road safety messages and raising awareness.
Pupils at St Martin’s Garden Primary School were given a close up look at highway equipment including a gritting lorry, road planer, traffic lights and mobile elevating work platform. An all-school road safety assembly was held with special guest Kerby the Cone and the council provided the school with educational resources to help pupils further their learning. The road safety day was delivered with the council’s partner, VolkerHighways.
A road safety workshop was also held at Power of Play Nursery in Bath, where children were taught important road safety information from members of the council’s Road Safety team. Elsewhere School Crossing Patrols handed out stickers to children throughout the week and road safety messages were shown on the council’s variable messaging signs.
Councillor Manda Rigby, Cabinet Member for Highways, said: “We’re working to reach a point where no road users are killed or seriously injured on our network. Supporting road safety campaigns like this one and providing road safety education for thousands of school children each year is extremely important.”
More than 13,000 children in Bath & North East Somerset received some form of road safety education in the previous financial year as the Road Safety team at the council work closely with its partner organisations and schools to deliver various initiatives.
