And the zebra's name is...

Zimbar is the name chosen by thousands of UK schoolchildren for the Make Roads Safe campaign’s new zebra mascot.

Prince Michael of Kent, Michael Schumacher and the three winners of the name the zebra contest.

The three young winners of a national road safety poetry competition came to London to receive their prizes from Prince Michael of Kent and a signed ‘Make Roads Safe’ t-shirt from Michael Schumacher at the ‘Rally for Safer Roads’, held to mark the start of UN Global Road Safety Week. All three winners were interviewed with Michael Schumacher for TV news programmes and seemed undaunted by the experience!

David Hughes’ week to remember continued today when he led the penguin parade at Edinburgh Zoo, as part of the Scottish Executive and RoSPA Scotland’s activities to promote UN Global Road Safety Week.

The three Make Roads Safe winners are:

Sophie Roberts (aged 4), from Redhill Primary School, Telford;

Charlotte Lewis (aged 5) from Longmoore C.P School, Liverpool;

and

David Hughes is the eight year old winner of the name the zebra competition. His prize is to lead the penguin parade at Edinburgh Zoo during Global Road Safety week. David is pictured with his class from knoxland primary school, dumbarton.

David Hughes (aged 8) from Knoxland Primary School, Dumbarton

In addition there were four runners up:

Amy Kelly (aged 5) from St Martins Primary School, Renton;

Monica MacDonald and Siohban Rety, both aged 7, from St Cadoc’s Primary, Newton Mearns;

And

Stephan Andrews, aged 10, from St Joseph RC School, London

The Make Roads Safe campaign has launched an educational game for primary aged children, Fantabulous International Adventures, which follows Zimbar the Zebra on a journey around the world. The game has been designed by award winning educational consultancy dbda.

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