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Belfast Live
Belfast Live
National
Connor Lynch

Northern Ireland has the highest rate of child casualties on the road in the UK

Around 15 children are killed or injured on Northern Irish roads according to the latest police figures.

Road safety charity Brake is calling for 20mph speed limits to be implemented around all schools as parents say their children are not safe walking to school.

The latest PSNI figures show in 2021, 656 children under the age of 16 were killed or injured on the roads, including 135 pedestrians and 50 pedal cyclists.

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