THIS is how many children have been involved in serious crashes in Southend in the past five years. Data released by crashmap.co.uk shows the hot spots for road crashes that have involved children every year in Southend since 2016. Proceeding from the east of the Southend borough to the west, a two-vehicle crash took place on Poynters Lane in Great Wakering on July 7, 2017. This saw four people seriously injured, all of which were children. Another two-vehicle crash happened on October 20, 2017 involved two vehicles which saw one child injured. On June 8 that year, a single-car crash happened outside Richmond Avenue Primary School, injuring one child.