A ROAD safety message portrayed by a Pembrokeshire pupil has won a Welsh award.

Alfie Evans from Tenby Junior School has designed a postcard to help highlight the importance of safer speeds on the streets.

The Two-Zero Hero competition – referring to calls for 20mph speed limits in certain areas – was run by charity Sustrans and judged by BBC Coast presenter and One Show regular, Miranda Krestovnikoff.

More than 2,500 entries were received from across the UK, and Alfie won the Welsh category for seven to eight-year-olds.

Sustrans works with schools across Pembrokeshire to help children cycle safely to school, and ten schools in the county have signed up to the Bike It programme.

As a result, nearly 30% of their pupils cycle to school at least once a week, and the percentage of youngsters driven to school at least three times a week has dropped from 48% to 40%.

National director of Sustrans Cymru, Lee Waters, said: “Sustrans’ Bike It programme shows that by working with pupils and teachers, it is possible to dramatically increase the numbers of pupils cycling to school.

“But as Alfie’s drawing shows, there is more to be done to make our streets safe.

“Area-wide 20mph zones would save money for public health, education and transport budgets, and we need action to lower speeds on streets where we live, work and play.”

Pembrokeshire County Council’s cabinet member for highways, Councillor Rob Lewis, said that the authority was keen to consider the introduction of more 20mph speed limits, where needed.

He added: “We want to make it safer and easier for people to walk and cycle and will continue to support initiatives which help to achieve this goal.”