You can choose to run a Road Safety Week event on any road safety issue relevant to you. However, every year Brake chooses a theme we promote through the media. We choose topics that are the biggest killers on our roads. The theme for Road Safety Week 2010 is: KIDS SAY SLOW DOWN!

Every day in Britain at least 8 children and young people are killed or seriously injured while on foot and bicycles (5 young people aged 12-19 and 3 children aged 0-11). It’s a disgrace.

If we drive under 20mph in towns, villages and around schools, the more chance we have to react and avoid hitting a child.

Britain needs to introduce widespread 20mph limits, like on the continent and in Portsmouth and a few other cities in the UK. 30mph is just too fast.

Meanwhile, in Road Safety Week, kids will be telling drivers that ‘20’s Plenty’. You could save a life by slowing down.

To plan your event on this theme, surf this site for ideas and click here for lots more info on the theme KIDS SAY SLOW DOWN

Use the links below to find out about the themes of previous Road Safety Weeks:

RSW 2009 : Not a Drop, Not a Drag - time to end drink and drug driving (in partnership with 3M and Alcosense)

RSW 2008 : Family safety - Stop, Imagine, Change (in partnership with 3M, DHL, Kwikfit Insurance and MASS)

RSW 2007 : Child pedestrian and cyclist safety (in partnership with 3M, Direct Line and Green Flag Motoring Assistance)

RSW 2006 : Young drivers