A WORCESTER primary school joined hundreds across the UK in a campaign to raise awareness of the dangers youngsters face on the roads.

More than 300 pupils from Warndon Primary School, Worcester, took part in a walk across school grounds, many wearing bright fluorescent tops saying Warning! Kids slow down'.

They were joined by 80,000 children at 520 schools across the UK who took part in the event, organised by road safety group Brake.

Esther Swinnerton, teaching assistant and chairman of Friends of Warndon Primary, said: "The idea of the walk, which was called the walking bus, was to raise awareness of road safety.

"The children walked 500m inside school grounds, and they did it absolutely beautifully."

Every day six children are killed or seriously injured by vehicles and Brake wants more road safety education and compulsory 20mph speed limits near schools.

A spokesman for Brake said: "A walking bus is an ideal way for children to learn road safety lessons which could one day save their lives.

"Through this national initiative we are also educating drivers that at 35mph you are twice as likely to kill a child you hit as at 30mph."