Who is your favourite lollipop person?

The Kwik Fit Insurance Lollipop Person of the Year campaign, which is open to all primary schools in the UK, aims to find Britain’s favourite lollipop person.

Upper Bann MP David Simpson has backed the campaign highlighting the importance of school crossing patrols, and says that schools in Banbridge should recognise the role lollipop people play in local road safety.

But the campaign, which attracted more than 19,000 entries last year, also highlights the importance of having adequate supervision for children who have to cross roads on the way to school.

The research revealed that 40 per cent of kids between the age of seven and 14, or 2.2million children, are risking their lives running across the road without looking, and even more concerning was the fact that 1.1m, or half again admitted to running across the road without checking for traffic all the time.

David Simpson said, “This campaign highlights the important role our lollipop people play in our community and I’d encourage every school in the area to take this opportunity to shout about that.”

Nominations for the Kwik Fit Insurance Lollipop Person of the Year Awards 2010 will close on Friday, November 19th 2010.