Nearly one in seven children in road crash

NEARLY one in seven children have been injured in a road accident, half of whom needed hospital treatment, according to a new survey on road safety.

Worryingly, the survey also found more than four in 10 don't wear cycle helmets and two in 10 children don't always wear a seatbelt when travelling in a car.

Over 13,000 children across 21 European countries were asked about their road safety behaviour as part of the European Red Cross Societies Road Safety Campaign 2005.