The facts

• Young people aged between 11 and 16 are more at risk of being killed or seriously injured as a pedestrian or cyclist in a road accident than other age groups.
• 1,844 12 to 16-year-olds were killed or seriously injured as pedestrians, cyclists and car occupants in 2007.
• Traffic is the biggest cause of accidental death of 12 to 16-year-olds.
• Almost 1 in 5 teenagers report having been involved in a road accident or "near miss" on their way home from school. But only 4 per cent said that road safety was their main concern.