Yet 70 per cent of accidents occur within 200 metres of an intersection. About 12 per cent of rush-hour traffic in cities consists of parents in private cars escorting their children to school. Estimates of driver responsibility for accidents involving children range from 20 to 50 per cent. In older children, the pattern is reversed. Almost one in five deaths in both age groups are cyclists.
Parents routinely have unrealistic expectations of their children's ability to negotiate traffic.
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