It found that seven in 10 don't walk or cycle to school because the traffic is too fast, while more than four in 10 say they fear being hit by a vehicle more than being attacked or robbed by a stranger. The same number (42 per cent) know someone in their area who has been killed or hurt in a road crash, and slightly more (43 per cent) have been hit or nearly hit themselves while walking or cycling.
In London, 4,200 under-18s were killed or injured on the roads in 2004, according to the London Accident Analysis Unit. The Greater London Authority estimates that this represents 7.1 out of every 1,000 17-year-olds in the capital and 6.6 of every 1,000 16-year-olds, using population estimates from the Office for National Statistics. The figures appear in its recent tome Health in London, which focuses on the health of children and young people.
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