MEC Donald Grant: Unveiling of Child Pedestrian Safety poster series

Oscar Thomas
29 October 2014

Western Cape MEC of Transport and Public Works Donald Grant on Tuesday unveiled the Child Pedestrain Safety poster series at Itsitsa Primary School. 

In a statement MEC Grant said children particularly small children continue to bear the brunt of irresponsible and reckless behaviour seen on the roads, with no fewer than 59 children being either knocked down or killed in the province. 

Ministerial Spokesperson Siphesihle Dube said children, particularly small children, continue to bear the brunt of irresponsible and reckless behaviour seen on our roads, with no fewer than 59 having been either knocked down or killed in the Western Cape this year alone.

Dube said according to StatSA’s 2013 National Household Travel Survey, 50.4% of the Western Cape’s 1,676 million population that attend an educational institution walk to and from those institutions, with the remainder being transported by either private or public transport.

Dube said all of them are, in one way or the other, vulnerable for serious injury or death at the hands of reckless and irresponsible motorists.

“We must do all we can to change behaviours and attitudes on our roads and protect children from the senseless injury or death that far too many are victim of Dube added.