The government said the data was crude, road deaths were at a record low and the number of children injured had fallen considerably in recent years.
Insurers are launching an online tool for parents.
the online index has been compiled by the research group Road Safety Analysis and Axa Car Insurance, who say it will help parents understand "the risks associated with the roads around their local schools to keep their children safe".
the website will show how many vehicle collisions, including those involving children, have happened within 500m (a third of a mile) of the school gate.
the tool draws on data from the past six years, which the backers say shows there 85814 child injuries on roads within a 500m were radius of schools, the equivalent of 1190 a month.
Only one in five schools had no children injured in accidents within that distance over that period, the researchers say
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