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Dirty Pretty Things Back Campaign to Make Roads Safe

Dirty Pretty Things back campaign to Make Roads Safe

Dirty Pretty Things will support the Make Roads Safe campaign with a concert in London in September.

The band will play a special gig at The Coronet, in South London, on September 13th in support of Make Roads Safe. Two hundred pairs of tickets to the concert will be given away free by the Make Roads Safe campaign and Dirty Pretty Things to supporters in a prize draw.

Dirty Pretty Things’ commitment to the campaign is motivated in part by a recent tragedy in which three teenage girls were killed. Two sisters, Claire and Jennifer Stoddart, and their friend, Carla Took, died in a car crash in July while driving home from a concert in Ipswich at which Dirty Pretty Things had performed.

Phil Stoddart, the father of the two sisters killed in the crash, said; "I hope that the Make Roads Safe campaign will help other parents avoid the pain we have been going through as a result of the tragic loss of Claire and Jennifer".

Calling on fans to sign the Make Roads Safe online petition at www.makeroadssafe.org Carl Barât, lead singer of Dirty Pretty Things, said:

“It is unbelievable that around the world a child is killed every 3 minutes on the road, yet almost nothing is being done to prevent this. The recent deaths in Suffolk of Claire, Jennifer and Carla were so sad, such a waste of young lives, and this is happening to families every day. This is why Dirty Pretty Things are supporting the Make Roads Safe campaign.”

In high income countries road crashes remain a significant cause of death, and the biggest single killer of 16-24 year olds in the UK, Europe and the US. In the UK young drivers are most likely to crash at night, with friends in the car, for example when returning home from a gig or club.

To enter the prize draw for tickets to the Make Roads Safe gig join the campaign by signing up to the Make Roads Safe petition here and ticking the box marked ‘Please enter me for the Dirty Pretty Things prize draw’. The prize draw is open until 31st August. Winners will be drawn randomly and notified by e-mail on 1st September.

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