Housebuilder lights the way for Oxfordshire school this Road Safety Week
Pupils at Millbrook Primary School in Grove have received a donation of hi-vis vests from David Wilson Homes to help them shine bright following Road Safety Week (17th to 23rd November).
The school, located nearby the homebuilder’s Brookside Meadows development on Denchworth Road, has received 33 of the vests for its pupils to wear whilst walking to and from school, in order to ensure they can be easily seen on the roads as the darker nights draw in.
Led by charity, Brake, Road Safety Week inspires thousands of schools, organisations and communities to share important messages about road safety and remember people affected by road death and injury.
The awareness week is also designed to raise funds for Brake to help the charity care for more road victims and campaign for safer roads for everyone.
Faye Charlton, Head of Millbrook Primary School, said: “We are so grateful to David Wilson Homes for kindly donating these hi-vis vests to our pupils.
“At Millbrook Primary School, we regularly go out on school trips, so these are perfect for our children to wear to help keep them safe. Plus, some of our children can also wear them if they cycle or walk to school.”
Findings from the Department for Transport, following the National Travel Survey, identified that 49% of children between the ages of five and 10-years-old walked to school in 2023.
The theme for this year’s Road Safety Week campaign is ‘After the Crash – every road victim counts’, highlighting the real cost of road crashes and calling for the very highest standard of care for every road victim.
As highlighted by Brake, someone is killed or seriously injured on the UK roads every 17 minutes, so making sure children can safely walk to and from school is a priority for David Wilson Homes.
Campbell Gregg, Managing Director at David Wilson Homes Southern, said: “Now the darker nights are here, we want to ensure local pupils are safe and seen on their route to and from school.
“Road Safety Week is a campaign we support each year as we endeavour to help pupils in their efforts to walk to school, and the hi-vis vests will hopefully allow the children at Millbrook Primary School to do just that.”
David Wilson Homes’ donation has been made to encourage pupils to stay active whilst making certain they remain visible during the darker nights and mornings.
The hi-vis vests will be particularly useful during Road Safety Week, whilst being certain to benefit the pupils in their future journeys to school throughout the winter months.