Increase in collisions involving children
THE number of serious road collisions involving children in Halton increased in 2020 against the backdrop of an overall downward trend in the borough.
A report published by Halton Borough Council ahead of this month’s environment and urban policy board said there were four minors killed or seriously injured (KSI) on the roads in 2020, up 100% from the year before – indicating there were two in 2019.
The document’s author described the rise as “unwelcome” but urged caution against overstating how to interpret the data due to the figure being small and therefore more “prone to wild statistical fluctuations”.
It also remains a massive reduction from 2000, when 25 children were killed or seriously injury in collisions in the borough.
In addition, there was a 29% reduction in children slightly injured in Halton.
Overall, there was a “sharp decline” in the number of crashes resulting in injury involving all ages from 2019 following an increase the previous year.
The report said there were 159 road traffic collisions (RTCs) with injury in 2020, down by 24 from 2019.
The number of casualties also dropped, by 27%, to 181.
There were 22 KSI casualties in 2020, down from 31 the year before, which the report said