Farhia Mohammed’s say that she believes her daughter was ‘nearly killed’ during the incident in January last year
Farhia Mohammed’s say that she believes her daughter was ‘nearly killed’ during the incident in January last year(Image: Getty Images)
A mum has said that she “saw blood everywhere” when her 12-year-old girl was struck in a hit-and-run incident in Kennington. Farhia Mohammed’s mum says that she believes her daughter was “nearly killed” during the incident in January last year.
Aaishah, now 14, was walking home with her younger sister, then aged 8, from school and turned around to go to football practice on Black Prince Road in Kennington. She is sharing the story for the first time after new data revealed that an entire Primary School, or 433 children, are injured on their way to and from school in London.
Ms Mohammed said: “We live on the Ethelred estate so cars shouldn’t be driving that fast outside our home. A grey car came speeding around the corner and drove right into her.
Aaishah, now 14, was walking home her younger sister, then aged 8, from school(Image: Farhia Mohammed)
“She was thrown to the ground sideways and hit her face on the bonnet as she fell. She was bleeding from the mouth with broken teeth but the driver just drove off. To this day she has been traumatised, as we all are, and still has a loss of sensation in her knee nearly two years later.
“There was blood everywhere. She looked so scared. The surgery was traumatic and my daughter was off school for several weeks, falling behind in class. She had to have emergency dental surgery and now has a prosthetic tooth. She had 24 stitches in her gum and 22 in her chin. We have to do something to make our roads safer for our children. It made me so scared to let my daughters out again.”
Solve the School Run and Clean Cities are calling for all councillors in London to commit to a series of measures to make streets safer for children in the London local elections next year. These include the closures of streets around schools at drop-off and pick-up time, as well as measures to discourage driving and dangerous SUVs.
The research by Solve the School Run shows on average 443 children are injured on their way to and from London schools each year. It shows that 16 per cent of these children are seriously or fatally injured on the London school run. In total, 6,181 children suffered injuries on the road across London – 1,006 were killed or seriously injured – in the past three years, with 1,328 during the school run.
London’s Walking and Cycling Commissioner, Will Norman, said: “Every death and injury on London’s roads is a tragedy, and especially when it involves a child. The Mayor, TfL and London Boroughs are committed to eliminating deaths and serious injuries on the roads.
“We are investing heavily to reduce road danger and to make it easier and safer for children to walk, cycle and scoot to school. London now has over 800 school streets, a cycle network of over 400km and we are transforming dangerous junctions and pedestrian crossings across the capital.”
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