Witches may fly through the air on Halloween, but children enjoying trick or treating have to walk rather closer to the rest of the traffic.
The next few days will see children out door-knocking in a variety of scary costumes.
And so council road safety bosses are asking them and their parent supervisors to make sure they are safe on the streets as the nights draw in.
Road safety manager Julie Dagnall says:
“Dark outfits and costumes are great fun on the doorsteps for many, but parents - please make sure your tiny terrors can be seen.
“This is very important when excited children are crossing roads with other things on their minds besides looking for cars. Parents should always be with them, and ideally in a high visibility top for safety.”
Julie adds that drivers should take extra care as well.
“The schools are mostly on holiday as the clocks change, so when they are back, many children may not be prepared for the darker evenings. Please pay extra attention around schools.”
Whilst accident rates in the borough are generally falling, road safety bosses say the coming of winter and the change to the clocks tends to increase the risk of collisions.
Simple measures such as high visibility jackets are strongly recommended by the council’s road safety team as a low cost essential. A recent initiative with local firms including JJB Sports and schools, has seen hundreds of the yellow jackets given to children, with moves to make it a part of their official uniform.
