The mother of a 12-year-old girl who was nearly killed by a hit-and-run driver in south London is calling for urgent action to make roads safer for children, as new research shows that more than 400 pupils are injured on their journeys to and from school each year.

Aaishah Mohammed, now 14, had been walking her younger sister, then 8, home from school and had turned back to attend football practice on Black Prince Road in Kennington when the crash happened, her mother Farhia said.

Although the road has a 20mph speed limit, Farhia, said a speeding car came “around the corner and drove right into her daughter,” throwing her to the ground.

Aaishah struck her face on the car’s bonnet, suffering broken teeth and bleeding from the mouth, while the driver fled the scene.

“To this day

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