The mother of a 12-year-old girl who was nearly killed by a hit-and-run driver in south London is calling for urgent action to make roads safer for children, as new research shows that more than 400 pupils are injured on their journeys to and from school each year.
Aaishah Mohammed, now 14, had been walking her younger sister, then 8, home from school and had turned back to attend football practice on Black Prince Road in Kennington when the crash happened, her mother Farhia said.
