India, July 16 -- This monsoon sessions in Parliament, road safety deserves to be high on the national agenda. India has made important legislative progress through the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019, yet one critical issue continues to receive far less attention than it deserves: The safety of children travelling in vehicles.

Every year, road crashes claim thousands of young lives that could have been saved through simple, evidence-based interventions. If India is serious about reducing road fatalities, protecting child passengers must become a public health priority, not merely a transport issue.

According to the ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH), nearly 10,000 children lost their lives in road crashes in 2024. Tho...