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Global Road Safety Week winners celebrate their success

THE winners of a United Nation's Global Road Safety Week competition have been congratulated by the chairman of Lancashire County Council.

Pupils from Coppull Parish Church of England Primary and St Chad's Catholic Primary school, Chorley, Skerton High School, Lancaster, Ashton Primary and Brindle Gregson Lane Primary school, Preston and Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School, Skelmersdale were amongst the VIP guests to celebrate their achievements at the Lancashire County Council Road Safety Group event.

The winners received money for their school and a goodie bag filled with prizes from the Road Safety Group, Camelot Theme Park, Odeon Cinema, The National Football Museum and the United Co-operative.

County Councillor Wendy Dwyer, chairman of Lancashire County Council, showed the winners the Council Chamber and congratulated them on their success. County councillors Sean Serridge and Tony Martin were also there on the day to meet the winners.

Primary and secondary schools in Lancashire were asked to submit a creative piece on the theme `Road Safety Is No Accident'. The Road Safety Group received hundreds of entries from schools across Lancashire which ranged from posters, paintings, animations and even songs.
Wendy Dwyer said: "We were overwhelmed by the quality and variety of responses we received. The submissions really showed that the children and young people involved had taken on board the various road safety messages. By holding this presentation we are celebrating the hard work of the pupils and school staff involved and thanking them for their contribution to road safety".

"The United Nations Global Road Safety Week was extremely important as 500 children are killed by road traffic crashes each day. Through our ongoing projects the Road Safety Group aims to help reduce these figures".

As part of the week schools were also encouraged to forge links with pupils in other countries, with equally successful results. Schools across the county are now talking about road safety issues with their peers in Nigeria.

If you would like to find out more about the Road Safety Group or have any ideas for activities or events for next years Global Road Safety Week call 01772 532960 or email roadsafety@env.lancscc.gov.uk