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August - national road victims month
Every year, in August especially, we remember those killed or injured on our roads during the National Road Victim Month
August is a particularly poignant month because:
- Mary Ward, killed in Ireland on 31 August 1869. A scientist, she fell under the wheels of an experimental steam car.
- Bridget Driscoll was the first person killed in the UK by a car, on 17 August 1896, in Crystal Palace, London
- Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed in a car crash on 31 August 1997, in Paris
- there is increased risk of children being injured or killed while on holiday from school
- there is increased risk of those travelling on holiday being involved in a car crash
RoadPeace events taking place during August, Road Victim Month:
