Wandsworth Council are trying to force schools served by a crossing patrol to pay for the cost. This plan will unfairly affect those schools which have the most deprived intakes. The following information comes from Wandsworth Council's website: In 2010
(the latest full statistics available), there were 1024 casualties
resulting in:
The costs of these injuries to the community can be estimated as:
Accidents involving children, the elderly, cyclists and motorcyclists cause more serious injuries and long term problems, which can cost the community more. These costs cover emergency and medical services, repairs and loss of earnings. Cost of the Crossing Patrols according to council paper 12-437 £170,000 this figure does not include the training element which would be retained by Wandsworth Council A map of the crossing patrols can be found on Google Maps |
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