Wheel Well releases 2025 Child Road Safety Report as progress stalls at 1,000 child deaths
New report shows an almost 80% reduction in child road deaths since 2012, but pedestrians continue to account for two-thirds of fatalities
Wheel Well, South African non-profit organisation has released its Status of Child Road Safety: 2025 Report, highlighting significant progress in reducing child road deaths over the past 13 years, while warning that South Africa is reaching a plateau in protecting its youngest road users.
The report records 1,034 child road deaths in 2025, compared with 5,087 in 2012. While the almost 80% reduction demonstrates the impact that sustained road-safety interventions can have, Wheel Well says the country cannot become complacent while more than 1,000 children continue to die on the roads each year.
“The progress we have made since 2012 is important, but the figure we need to focus on now is the 1,034 children who did not make it home in 2025,”…
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