Volunteers are to be trained to teach children road safety after Bradford Council won a Government grant.

The £90,000 will be used to fund a three-year campaign which will help prevent accidents among youngsters in Shipley schools.

The cash is part of a

£2.2 million Government scheme to train volunteers across the country announced by Road Safety Minister David Jamieson.

The grant follows a similar cash injection last October which has allowed the Council to fund workers to provide the training in other parts of the district.

A Bradford Council spokesman said: "The Government grant is part of a national drive to reduce the number of young pedestrians injured on the roads.

"In Bradford the money will be used to fund an officer in the Shipley East area over the next three years.

"The officer will work alongside parents to teach about 300 children aged five to nine how to cross the road safely.

"We have already been successful with previous funding bids and have three workers covering Keighley South and the Odsal, Bowling, Little Horton, and University areas of Bradford.

"The grant will allow us to extend this work."

Last year two children were killed and 41 were injured in the Bradford district. The Department of Transport money has been awarded to 24 local authorities across England as part of a project to teach road safety skills for life.

Councillor Anne Hawkesworth, executive member for the environment, said the grant would help the Council's road safety programme.

"We are committed to reducing road injuries in the district and those involving children have a particularly traumatic impact on families," she said.

"This extra money is a welcome boost to help us increase the number of children we can provide with practical road safety education."