Some 74 youngsters from the village primary took part in a march from their school gates last Wednesday morning in an attempt to break a world record for the largest 'walking bus'.

They were joined by tens of thousands of other children across the UK taking part in the event which was co-ordinated by road safety charity Brake.

Reedness Primary headteacher Fran Ward told the Courier: "It went very well, but we are still counting the money so I don't know how much we raised.

"We did a lot of work with the children about road safety.

"They did their own risk assessment of the journey beforehand and discovered there were some problems with the path being overgrown with nettles and grass making it difficult to walk along.

"It was very good to get the children out and helping each other along the way, it really brought the message home about the safety of walking to school.

"A lot of the parents were involved too and it was good to raise awareness of the issue of road safety locally."

The event aims to raise awareness about the number of children killed and hurt on foot by fast traffic, and to raise funds for the charity's work supporting families bereaved and injured by road crashes. Between five and six children are killed or seriously injured while walking every day on UK roads.

In Yorkshire and Humber, 1,263 children on foot are killed or injured on roads each year, which is 24 children each week.

More than 100,000 children around the UK simultaneously took part in the event which aims to encourage drivers to slow down to 20mph or lower in built up areas.

And it helps to raise more than £70,000 for Brake's support services, including its helpline for bereaved and injured families.