Children’s phones blamed for increase in deaths on roads: Sharp increase of youngsters ‘distracted’ by texts and tweets

A boom in smartphone use is being blamed for an alarming rise in the number of children killed and injured on Britain’s roads, a report from AXA Insurance reveals today.

Children crossing the road are ‘distracted’ by texting friends, ‘tweeting’ messages, surfing the internet, playing games or visiting Facebook instead of paying attention to traffic.

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