On the 28th of last month, a truck crashed into a line of elementary school students on their way home from school in Yachimata City, Chiba Prefecture, killing and injuring five children.


According to the National Police Agency, the time when a walking child has an accident is concentrated on leaving school and returning home.


In various parts of the country, in order to ensure the safety of children on the school road based on the lessons learned from the accident in Chiba prefecture, police officers watch over the children leaving school with local volunteers and drink on the national road that is the school road. Efforts were made such as calling for driving prevention.

Watch all at once on the school road without guardrails Kyoto

On the 1st, the Kyoto Prefectural Police carried out watching activities all at once on school roads without guardrails at 31 locations in the prefecture according to the time of going to and from school.



Of these, about 10 police officers and volunteers participated in the area around Iwakura Minami Elementary School in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City.



The school road in front of the main gate of the school had no guardrails and was a place for many cars to pass through, and police officers guided the children so that they would not stick out of the white line that separates the road from the sidewalk.

He also called attention to the driver with a plate that says "Beware of children."



According to the police, from January to the end of May, there were 18 accidents in Kyoto prefecture where children were injured by being hit by a car or motorcycle while commuting to and from school.

Volunteer "Be careful to walk back inside the roadside belt"

A volunteer man who participated said, "I heard about the accident in Chiba and felt that drunk driving would not disappear. I want children to be careful to walk back inside the roadside belt." I did.

"I want to reduce even one tragic accident"

Yukio Kamaguchi, chief of the traffic section of the Kyoto Prefectural Police Shimogamo Police Station, said, "If there are many children, the risk of traffic accidents increases. We would like to continue watching activities and reduce even one tragic accident."

Police inspect school road Aichi Toyohashi

In Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture, police officers watched over the children leaving school on the school route around Shimoji Elementary School and inspected the school route.



Police officers walked along the school road and inspected for narrow or dangerous areas.



Last year, I used a police car to look around the place where my child had a traffic accident to see if the car was passing safely.



According to the Aichi Prefectural Police Headquarters, by the end of May, there were 656 children up to the age of 15 who were injured in a traffic accident while commuting to or from school.

"There were some dangerous spots that I noticed again by inspecting."

Koji Honda, Chief of the Transportation Division of the Toyohashi Police Station, said, "There were some dangerous spots that I noticed again by actually inspecting them. I want to. "

Enlighten drivers to prevent drunk driving through inspections Shunan Yamaguchi

In the accident in Yachimata City, Chiba Prefecture, we are investigating on the suspicion of dangerous driving fatal injury, suspecting that the truck driver who rushed into the line of elementary school students was in a state where normal driving was hindered by the influence of alcohol.

In response to this, in Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, the police conducted an inspection on the national highway of the school road at the time of leaving school and called on the driver to prevent drunk driving.

After guiding the passing trucks to the parking space beside the national highway, police officers gave the driver a leaflet saying "Eradicate drunk driving" and called for caution.

He also handed wristband-type reflectors to the children who were leaving school and called on them to "do not spread out on the road and go home in a row so as not to get into a traffic accident."



According to police, 26 children up to junior high school were injured in a traffic accident while commuting to and from school last year in Yamaguchi Prefecture.

"Drunk driving will be thoroughly eradicated"

Drunk driving is a vicious traffic violation and needs to be eradicated thoroughly. It is natural not to drive after drinking, but be careful not to drive with a sickness. I want it. "

Relaxation of subsidy requirements for school bus introduction costs Chiba Prefecture

On the other hand, Chiba Prefecture has made an urgent request to the government to relax the requirements for school bus subsidies in order to ensure the safety of children.



Governor Kumagai of Chiba Prefecture sent an urgent request to the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and the Commissioner of the National Police Agency on the 1st.

Request for mandatory alcohol test before flight

The request form


▽ obliges all businesses with vehicles to have an alcohol test before the flight, and


▽ relaxes the requirement for subsidizing the cost of introducing a school bus, which is limited to cases such as when schools are consolidated

or

abolished. I am seeking.

"Expansion of subsidies for school buses As a means of ensuring safety"

Regarding the request, Governor Kumagai said, "Expanding subsidies for school buses will be a means of ensuring safety."



In addition, Governor Kumagai said that the prefecture is considering expanding the equipment of speed violation control devices that can be carried by the police, and said, "We will concentrate on this time, including publicity and enlightenment. I want to go. "



At the same time, on the 1st, Chiba Prefecture requested the board of education of the prefecture's municipalities to report the results of the emergency simultaneous inspection of the school roads of elementary schools and the measures taken at dangerous places by the 19th of next month. ..

Accidents of children walking Concentrate on leaving school and returning home

According to the National Police Agency, there were 4687 elementary school students who died or were seriously injured in a traffic accident in the last five years, and 58% of 2734 people had an accident while walking.



The most common time for walking children to have an accident is from 4 pm to 5 pm at 36%, followed by 2 pm to 3 pm at 29%, which is concentrated on leaving school and returning home. I will.

At a press conference on the 29th of last month, Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, Tanahashi, said, "About one-third of traffic accidents that killed or seriously injured children while walking occurred while commuting to and from school. I would like you to give further consideration to ensuring safety. "



There have been a series of accidents in which a car crashes into a line of children going to and from school, and police across the country have set up "Zone 30" on the school road to limit the maximum speed to 30 km and installed guardrails. , We are promoting safety measures with related organizations.