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More time, money and effort must be put in to making national road safety part of the school curriculum, thus reducing child road deaths, the association added.

The DIA said that, at present, road safety education in the UK is not compulsory but forms part of the personal, social and health education programme.

It is up to each individual school and local council to support its own road safety scheme for its pupils. There is no mandatory requirement for schools or local council to protect children, the association said.

It added that there had been some success with the Kerbcraft scheme, funded by the Department for Transport and the Scottish Executive, but that funding had now been withdrawn.

The DIA said all children from the age of five should be taught road safety awareness. Also, some of the revenue from speed camera fines should be put back into road safety education in schools.

Road deaths among children under the age of 16 in Britain have increased by 20% since 2005.

DIA chief executive Eddie Barnaville said: "I would like to see the balance of targeting drivers and educating children in road safety realigned. The Government need to act fast or the child road death figures next year will be even worse."

He went on: "The Government's recent call for 20mph speed limits in built-up areas and on roads around schools is a fix to only part of the problem and aimed solely at drivers. It will not prevent children crossing roads in unsafe places.

"The idea that literature and posters are enough to teach children how to cross roads is complete nonsense."