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On Monday (10 June), officers from our commercial vehicle unit, part of our Roads Policing and Specialist Operations (RPSO) team, held Wales' first heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) crossing safety sessions with children from Goytre Fawr Primary School.
The sessions were for all age groups and were aimed at educating the children on large goods vehicles, their blind spots, and why it is especially important to be mindful around them.
To help our officers do this, Heads Of The Valleys training provided a lorry and Dawes Highway safety provided a specially made 'crossing mat' for the children to practice a safe distance to cross, to ensure the lorry driver will see them.
It was a great day and the sessions finished with our officers giving the children the opportunity to sit in a police car and on a police motorbike.
PC Adam Hollings said:
"Across the country, unfortunately, there are a lot of serious injuries and fatalities involving HGVs and children.
"These sessions are designed to show children how to cross safely; making sure that drivers can see them and they can see drivers.
"We hope that these sessions will help prevent a serious or fatal injury, and we look forward to carrying out more of them later in the year."
We hope to continue running these sessions across Gwent and believe this is such a valuable piece of education to keep children and other road users safe.