Wheel Well, a non-profit organisation dedicated to road safety for children in South Africa, is using this Transport Month to urge South Africans to take road safety for children more seriously. Peggie Mars, Founder of Wheel Well, says that child deaths in road accidents declined again in 2021, which proves that activism really does work.
“According to figures from the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RMTC), 3879 children were killed on our roads in 2019, dropping to 3 389 in 2020, and 2 257 in 2021. Even allowing for the impact of the lockdowns in 2020, a downward trend does seem to be emerging—but we cannot rest on our laurels,” she says. “Having shown we can make a difference, we owe it to our children to step up our efforts.”
Wheel Well is a non-governmental organisation that focuses on road safety for children, providing professionally reconditioned used car seats to families who can’t afford to buy new ones. Wheel Well has partnered with…
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