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The award-winning open-air event this year expands from three to four days as `Live and Dangerous’ highlights the potential dangers on the roads at a time when youngsters are preparing to move on from primary to secondary school in September.

This year, a series of exciting road safety scenarios will feature:
· Evacuating a coach – hands-on tips on what to do in an emergency
· How to keep safe whilst cycling to school
· The need to be safe and environmentally friendly when walking to school
· The importance of wearing a seatbelt and not distracting the driver
· Planning a safer route to school on unfamiliar roads

The event gets underway on Tuesday and continues through until Friday and each day it will conclude with an innovative road safety finale. This has been written and directed, and will be performed, by drama students from Stratford on Avon College.

Cllr Martin Heatley, Warwickshire County Council’s Cabinet member for Environmental Services, said: “Many of these children will have to face new and sometimes dangerous journeys on their way to a new school.  Live and Dangerous will provide them with a safe and controlled environment to learn about road safety situations they may not have had to deal with before.”

67 Schools from across Warwickshire will be taking part in this year’s event.
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For interview, please contact Stan Milewski, Senior Road Safety Officer on 01926 412449

In 2004, the event received a commendation from the prestigious Prince Michael of Kent International Road Safety Awards.

The following schools will be taking part in this year’s event:

Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Bidford
St. Oswalds, Rugby
Priorsfield, Kenilworth
Clapham Terrace, Leamington
Whitnash
Long Lawford
Shipston on Stour
St. Gregorys, Stratford
Binley Woods, Rugby
Chetwynd,
Abbots Farm
Great Alne
Claverdon
Boughton Leigh, Rugby
Shottery
Kineton
Our Lady, Princethorpe
Austrey
Newbold Riverside
Nursery Hill, Nuneaton
Northlands
Milby, Nuneaton
Cawston Grange, Rugby
Cubbington Primary
Telford, Leamington
Herbert Fowler,
Alveston
Our Lady & St. Teresa, Cubbington
Camp Hill, Nuneaton
Water Orton
St. Michael’s,
Eastlands, Rugby
Burton Green
Wolvey
St. Margarets, Wolston
St. Nicholas, Nuneaton
Knightlow
St. Josephs, Nuneaton
Coten End, Warwick
Bridgetown, Stratford
St. Patrick’s, Leamington
St. James, Bedworth
Newbold & Treddington
Dunchurch
All Saints, Nuneaton
Abbotsford
Hillmorton, Rugby
Stockton
Milverton House, Nuneaton
St. Johns
Moreton Morrel
St. Josephs, Nuneaton
Curdworth
Temple Herdewyke
Quinton
St. Lawrence, Napton
Bishopton

Budbrooke, Leamington
Haselor
Provost Williams, Ryton

St. Mary Immaculate
The Dassett
Long Itchington

Kingsway, Leamington
English Martyrs, Rugby
Henry Hinde, Rugby
Tysoe

Accidents in Warwickshire can be combated by a variety of means; education and training, publicity, engineering measures and enforcement.  We believe the most effective approach is an integrated one so that the different methods and partnership working are used together wherever possible.

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