Local schools have done a lot to try to get parents to leave their cars at home and walk or cycle to school, with considerable success.
Now a new report highlights the dangers of the school run.
Eleven-year-olds starting secondary school twice as likely to be killed or seriously injured on our streets than 10-year-olds.
Parents who try to keep their children safe by driving them to school are putting them at greater risk of being involved in a serious road accident when they start travelling more independently to secondary school, according to the charity Living Streets.
The charity's new 'Backseat Children' report highlights that children who have not practised walking to primary school fail to learn traffic awareness and are therefore more vulnerable on our roads.
Latest figures from the Department for Transport reveal that an 11-year-old starting secondary school is almost twice as likely as a 10-year-old at primary school to be killed or seriously injured in road collisions while walking to school. The report also shows that driving the school run denies children the chance to interact with their local community, become 'streetwise' and develop independence.
You can get a copy of the report and read more details here. Or better still, think before you drive.