Building safer routes for school children

Following the death of a 5-year-old boy knocked down outside a school, Patrick McDonnell considers current thinking on crossing patrols, camera enforcement and guardrails

The crossing on St Georges Road, Elephant & Castle, where Hichame Bouadimi was knocked down and killed

The crossing on St Georges Road, Elephant & Castle, where Hichame Bouadimi was knocked down and killed

The tragic death of a 5-year-old boy on a busy road in Elephant & Castle, south London, has thrown into sharp relief concerns about road safety outside schools. Hichame Bouadimi was knocked down by a lorry on the crossing outside his school while on his way home with his mother on 3 October.

The victim’s father Hamid Bouadimi says that a camera and a flashing sign showing children coming out of school should be installed on the busy crossing, near the Charlotte Sharman Primary...

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