Overview
- Accidents involving children on school routes fell by 537, or 2 percent, to 22,831 in 2024 compared to 2023, according to Unfallkasse NRW data.
- The weeklong campaign kicked off on June 11 in Düsseldorf with School Minister Dorothee Feller opening the initiative at a local school complex.
- Pupils will distribute handcrafted notes praising cautious drivers and cautioning risky behavior as part of the awareness effort.
- The initiative, backed by the NRW Ministry of Education, Unfallkasse NRW and supported by the state police, will hold events in every district and independent city.
- Figures from the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021 show sharply lower accident totals of 18,196 and 15,573 cases, underscoring the impact of reduced traffic.