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A MESSAGE FROM MRS DYER

As a staff we have become increasingly concerned about the number of our children travelling to school without

correct child seats. We are especially worried about the toddlers who travel standing up between the front seats
giving them no protection should there be an accident.

Federal Road Safety Commission – The Facts

Public health experts worldwide concede that there is a global epidemic of road traffic accidents (RTA).
Globally, RTA is the leading cause of injury-related deaths. In Nigeria, injuries and deaths resulting from RTA are on
the rise and are Nigeria's third-leading cause of overall deaths, the leading cause of trauma-related deaths and the
most common cause of disability. The unsafe state of road traffic environment in Nigeria ren-

ders children the most helpless, vulnerable and endangered class of road users in the country.
What to do when travelling with children:

• Child Seats: This is a special safety seat for a child that is fitted into a car. Make sure that
the child is correctly placed in a child safety seat. This reduces the possibility of an injury
or death in the event of a crash.

• Children between the ages of 0-12 months should not ride in the front of the vehicle. This is for their safety.

Where children of given age groups are however carried on the front seat, they should ride facing the rear
using child restraint. The child restraint should be attached, such that the child will face the rear of the seat.
• Children from ages 1 to 7 should ride facing the front of the car in a child seat, strapped properly to the back

seat.
• Do not carry a child on your laps as he or she may be crushed between your body and the dash board if there
is a crash.
• Do not allow children to play with the handle of the doors or locks, use child lock where available.
• Do not allow children to ride in the luggage area of hatchbacks, station wagons or vans.
• Do not leave a hatchback open when a child is riding in the back seat.
• It is against the law to trans port children under age 16 at the back of a pickup van.

Stay safe.

Dominique Dyer
Head of School

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