More than 40 per cent of parents of five- to 11-year-olds say their child has been involved in a near-miss while walking or cycling to or from school, according to a survey. Road safety is more of a concern to parents than “stranger danger”, the survey from...

Gas Map is a nationwide interactive map which shows consumers gas dangers and risks in their area simply by entering their postcode. It works in a similar way to the crime maps provided by the police, and is intended to inspire consumer behaviour change around gas...

Level Crossings - know the dangers As part of their Level Crossing Safety Improvement Programme, Network Rail has launched a number of interactive user guides and downloadable PDFs on their website. These guides aim to inform pedestrians, drivers, cyclists and horse...

Hair straighteners and hot drinks are leading causes of burns and scalds in young children, with injuries peaking around the age of one as babies gain independent mobility. That’s the conclusion of a comprehensive study published in February 2014 in the Archive of...

Children as young as 10 have been treated for drug and drink abuse in Greater Manchester, according to new figures.  NHS officials from all over Britain were asked about the youngest patients they had treated for substance misuse. Some 366 children aged 12 or under...

More than £1.5m has been paid out in compensation to children injured due to ‘basic health and safety failings’ in Greater Manchester schools in the last five years. A pupil at a school in Rochdale was awarded £8,000 after being struck by falling goal posts and a...

Electrical Safety First has worked with award winning comedian and actor David Walliams to bring Charley the cat and his hapless owner out of the 80s and into the 21st century for another adventure. Every year 350,000 people are injured by the everyday use of...

Last year, 200 people died in fires in their home. You are four times more likely to die in a fire in the home if there are no working smoke alarms. It’s not good enough to just have smoke alarms. It’s imperative that they work, and you can only be sure they work by...

Child Safety Media are delighted to announce a special agreement with the Metropolitan Police Service.  The move from primary to secondary school is an important time for every child. The Metropolitan Police Service Junior Citizen child safety events encourage young...

One in three youngsters leaving primary education is obese and a national plan to tackle the problem is absent, a study says. The lack of a national policy to ensure children become more active is a form of mass child neglect, according to a new study.  It claims that...