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A road safety site for 7-11 year olds, parents and teachers. Keep safe with fun road safety quizzes, stories, activities, puzzles and competitions.
100 YEARS OF ROAD SAFETY
In this article I have taken a qulck look at some of the landmarks in the long and fascinating history of road safety. GERALD CUMMINS
Campaign for Better Transport - Safer Routes to School Guide
How to make it easier for kids to walk and cycle to schools Around the country many parents are working with schools and local authorities to make it easier for children to walk and cycle to school. See if your school has school travel plan already. If not, create one! It will take a couple of years but will be enjoyable and rewarding.
Child Accident Prevention Trust
Child Accident Prevention Trust (capt) is a national charity committed to reducing the number of children and young people who are killed, disabled or seriously injured as a result of accidents.
The Walking Bus
The walking bus is the latest safe, fun and healthy way to travel to and from school.
RoSPA
Road safety resources for teachers and parents together with information for older children. Also a very useful download facility for drivers. Click Road Safety on their webpage to access information.
DfT Primary School Teaching Resource
This site provides you with lesson plans and worksheets for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. These have all been written by educational professionals. They are designed to meet curriculum targets in each subject but also to provide teachers with a forum to discuss aspects of road safety, particularly on the school journey.
Child Car Seats
The safest way for children to travel in cars is in a child seat that is suitable for their weight and size.
The Walk to School Campaign
The Walk to School Campaign asks parents, pupils and teachers to think about their journey to and from school, and the many benefits of making it on foot. Over 50% of children don't walk to school regularly, and more and more pupils are being driven to school in a car. This trend is contributing to reduced physical activity and increased childhood obesity, urban congestion and air pollution.
Road Safety Wales
The Road Safety Council of Wales represents local authorities in the Principality by co-ordinating and promoting road safety education, training and publicity initiatives.
The Bicycle Helmet Initiative Trust
The Bicycle Helmet Initiative Trust is committed to saving young people’s lives by promoting safe cycling and, in particular, the use of cycle helmets.
Bike Safe
BikeSafe is an initiative run by Police Forces around the United Kingdom who work with the whole of the biking world to help to lower the number of motorcycle rider casualties. By passing on their knowledge, skills and experience, police motorcyclists can help you become a safer more competent rider.
CTC - Cyclye Touring Club
CTC is the UK and Ireland's largest and longest established national cycling membership organisation. It was founded in 1878 as the Bicycle Touring Club, subsequently becoming the Cyclists' Touring Club.
Streetwise UK
3M Streetwise has been designed to support PSHE and Science lessons for 7–11 year olds, and aid cross-curricular work in Geography, Maths and English. Materials align to year groups, according to QCA guidelines.
Scanglo
At dusk or after dark, in town or in country, all pedestrians are safer (eight times safer) when wearing a reflector.
Bright Kidz
Our fluorescent, reflective products help you be seen day, dusk and night. Walking and cycling is even more fun with our great incentives and schemes.
RSP Products
RSP Products is your single source for High Visibility Clothing, Flashing LED Safety Products, Workwear, Reflective Safety Wear, Promotional Safety Products, Safety Lights and Flashwear. We supply quality PPE clothing and accessories to local authorities, schools, nurseries, business individuals, youth groups, organisations at the most competetive prices.
Traffic Wales
Traffic Wales is the Welsh Assembly Government's traffic information service and is a unique partnership between the Welsh Assembly Government and engineering consultants, Atkins.
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is an Executive Agency of the Department for Transport (DfT). Their primary aims are to facilitate road safety and general law enforcement by maintaining registers of drivers and vehicles, and to collect vehicle excise duty (car tax).
The Portman Group
"Just as people should show personal responsibility when drinking alcohol, companies must demonstrate responsibility in the way that they conduct their business. We work with the drinks industry to raise standards of alcohol marketing. We challenge companies to be socially responsible and inspire them to achieve best practice." David Poley (Chief Executive, the Portman Group)
Welsh Assembly Goverment - Statistics
They collect, process, interpret and publish information about Wales, and promote its use in decision making within government and beyond.
Pass Plus Cymru
Passed your driving test? Here's the plus side ... …discover more driving techniques, hints and tips for just £20 (if you're aged 17-25 and live in Wales) …and there’s no test!
Campaign for Better Transport
An independent national body concerned with sustainable transport, which looks for answers to transport problems and aims to reduce the environmental and social impact of transport by encouraging less use of cars and more use of public transport, walking and cycling.
Know Your Limits - Driving
It's much safer not to drink at all than to try to calculate the number of units you are drinking before driving. You could easily find you're over the limit without intending to be.
Motorcycle Riding Techniques
Tips and tricks for improving your riding techniques and safety on the road
Crucial Crew Interactive - Game Site
The idea to develop an interactive safety game for children came out of Crucial Crew - a series of workshops held all over the UK for schoolchildren aged 8-11. It may well have a different name in your area, such as Junior Citizen or Citizenship Courses. At these workshops the children are presented with various dangerous or challenging situations - such as a road accident or a gas leak - and they engage in roleplay exercises in how to deal with these situations.
DfT - Let's decide - Walk wise
'Let's Decide Walk Wise' is intended to help make children safer pedestrians. The project aims to give an interesting and exciting experience to young children in early primary years.
Cycle Sense
Cycling is a fun, convenient and healthy way to get around - but if you don't follow basic safety guidelines the results could be very unfunny. This site gives you essential tips for staying out of harm's way. Get street wise now by checking them out.
Drinkaware
You'll find all kinds of useful information about alcohol and drinking, from fascinating facts to practical tips, to suit all kinds of people and occasions.
Kerbcraft - Child Pedestrian Training Scheme
The Department for Transport Road Safety Division has appointed Transport Consultancy MVA to set up and manage a five year National Pilot Network of Child Pedestrian Training Schemes. The project, a key element in the Government's Road Safety Strategy, 'Tomorrow's Roads: Safer for Everyone' supports selected local authorities in providing local training schemes, with priority being given to children in more deprived areas and those with higher accident rates. The overall aim of the Pilot Network is to demonstrate how effective child pedestrian training schemes may be established and sustained in the longer term.
Junior Road Safety Officers
Junior Road Safety Officers help their local Road Safety Officer to promote road safety issues within the school and the local community. Each primary school is encouraged to appoint two JRSOs from Year 6 and two deputy JRSOs from Year 5. Being a JRSO is a very important job, but it’s also really good fun.
- The International Walk to School Website.
- The International Walk to School Website.
- The Highway Code
- Use the A-Z Keyword index to search for your topic.
- Hog Street
- Fun games for kids including match the pictures.
- Doncaster Road Safety
- A cool site with wordsearches, match the pictures and accident statistics.
- BMW Education
- A road safety site for 7-11 year olds, parents and teachers. Keep safe with fun road safety quizzes, stories, activities, puzzles and competitions.
- Road Cross Quiz
- A fun site to help you cross the road and travel safely in a car.
- Safety Zone
- Fun competitions and wordsearches.
- Horse Ways
- Roadsense for horseriders
- Hazard Jump
- Hazard safety game
- Renault Road Safety
- The Renault site for younger children.
- THINK! road safety website
- The official Think! government road safety site
- Get in Lane
- Scottish Road Safety Campaign Driver website
- European Red Cross
- An official European Road Safety Campaign website with fun games for kids.
- Milton Keynes Safety Centre Activities
- A fun road safety quiz for children
- 100 YEARS OF ROAD SAFETY
- In this article I have taken a qulck look at some of the landmarks in the long and fascinating history of road safety. GERALD CUMMINS
- Campaign for Better Transport - Safer Routes to School Guide
- How to make it easier for kids to walk and cycle to schools Around the country many parents are working with schools and local authorities to make it easier for children to walk and cycle to school. See if your school has school travel plan already. If not, create one! It will take a couple of years but will be enjoyable and rewarding.
- Buckinghamshire CC
- A useful guide to child car seats.
- Child Accident Prevention Trust
- Child Accident Prevention Trust (capt) is a national charity committed to reducing the number of children and young people who are killed, disabled or seriously injured as a result of accidents.
- The Walking Bus
- The walking bus is the latest safe, fun and healthy way to travel to and from school.
- RoSPA
- Road safety resources for teachers and parents together with information for older children. Also a very useful download facility for drivers. Click Road Safety on their webpage to access information.
- DfT Primary School Teaching Resource
- This site provides you with lesson plans and worksheets for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. These have all been written by educational professionals. They are designed to meet curriculum targets in each subject but also to provide teachers with a forum to discuss aspects of road safety, particularly on the school journey.
- Child Car Seats
- The safest way for children to travel in cars is in a child seat that is suitable for their weight and size.
- Traffic Club
- The National Children's Traffic Club
- School Travel Games
- Games aimed at children from 3 to 7 years old.
- Protect Child
- Information on child car seats
- The Walk to School Campaign
- The Walk to School Campaign asks parents, pupils and teachers to think about their journey to and from school, and the many benefits of making it on foot. Over 50% of children don't walk to school regularly, and more and more pupils are being driven to school in a car. This trend is contributing to reduced physical activity and increased childhood obesity, urban congestion and air pollution.
- Road Safety Wales
- The Road Safety Council of Wales represents local authorities in the Principality by co-ordinating and promoting road safety education, training and publicity initiatives.
- Dawn Boyfield
- Road safety catalogue on-line.
- The Bicycle Helmet Initiative Trust
- The Bicycle Helmet Initiative Trust is committed to saving young people’s lives by promoting safe cycling and, in particular, the use of cycle helmets.
- Bike Safe
- BikeSafe is an initiative run by Police Forces around the United Kingdom who work with the whole of the biking world to help to lower the number of motorcycle rider casualties. By passing on their knowledge, skills and experience, police motorcyclists can help you become a safer more competent rider.
- CTC - Cyclye Touring Club
- CTC is the UK and Ireland's largest and longest established national cycling membership organisation. It was founded in 1878 as the Bicycle Touring Club, subsequently becoming the Cyclists' Touring Club.
- Streetwise UK
- 3M Streetwise has been designed to support PSHE and Science lessons for 7–11 year olds, and aid cross-curricular work in Geography, Maths and English. Materials align to year groups, according to QCA guidelines.
- Colan UK
- High Visibility Reflective Products
- Scanglo
- At dusk or after dark, in town or in country, all pedestrians are safer (eight times safer) when wearing a reflector.
- Bright Kidz
- Our fluorescent, reflective products help you be seen day, dusk and night. Walking and cycling is even more fun with our great incentives and schemes.
- RSP Products
- RSP Products is your single source for High Visibility Clothing, Flashing LED Safety Products, Workwear, Reflective Safety Wear, Promotional Safety Products, Safety Lights and Flashwear. We supply quality PPE clothing and accessories to local authorities, schools, nurseries, business individuals, youth groups, organisations at the most competetive prices.
- Traffic Wales
- Traffic Wales is the Welsh Assembly Government's traffic information service and is a unique partnership between the Welsh Assembly Government and engineering consultants, Atkins.
- Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
- The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is an Executive Agency of the Department for Transport (DfT). Their primary aims are to facilitate road safety and general law enforcement by maintaining registers of drivers and vehicles, and to collect vehicle excise duty (car tax).
- The Portman Group
- "Just as people should show personal responsibility when drinking alcohol, companies must demonstrate responsibility in the way that they conduct their business. We work with the drinks industry to raise standards of alcohol marketing. We challenge companies to be socially responsible and inspire them to achieve best practice." David Poley (Chief Executive, the Portman Group)
- Welsh Assembly Goverment - Statistics
- They collect, process, interpret and publish information about Wales, and promote its use in decision making within government and beyond.
- Pass Plus Cymru
- Passed your driving test? Here's the plus side ... …discover more driving techniques, hints and tips for just £20 (if you're aged 17-25 and live in Wales) …and there’s no test!
- Campaign for Better Transport
- An independent national body concerned with sustainable transport, which looks for answers to transport problems and aims to reduce the environmental and social impact of transport by encouraging less use of cars and more use of public transport, walking and cycling.
- Helping drivers
- RoSPA : Helping Young People Learn to Drive and Ride Safely
- Directgov : Motoring
- Dragon Driver Site
- International Adventures
- Various games
- Online Driving School Directory
- Know Your Limits - Driving
- It's much safer not to drink at all than to try to calculate the number of units you are drinking before driving. You could easily find you're over the limit without intending to be.
- Motorcycle Riding Techniques
- Tips and tricks for improving your riding techniques and safety on the road
- Crucial Crew Interactive - Game Site
- The idea to develop an interactive safety game for children came out of Crucial Crew - a series of workshops held all over the UK for schoolchildren aged 8-11. It may well have a different name in your area, such as Junior Citizen or Citizenship Courses. At these workshops the children are presented with various dangerous or challenging situations - such as a road accident or a gas leak - and they engage in roleplay exercises in how to deal with these situations.
- DfT - Let's decide - Walk wise
- 'Let's Decide Walk Wise' is intended to help make children safer pedestrians. The project aims to give an interesting and exciting experience to young children in early primary years.
- Cycle Sense
- Cycling is a fun, convenient and healthy way to get around - but if you don't follow basic safety guidelines the results could be very unfunny. This site gives you essential tips for staying out of harm's way. Get street wise now by checking them out.
- Drinkaware
- You'll find all kinds of useful information about alcohol and drinking, from fascinating facts to practical tips, to suit all kinds of people and occasions.
- Safer Routes to School game
- The Speed Challenge Game
- Kerbcraft - Child Pedestrian Training Scheme
- The Department for Transport Road Safety Division has appointed Transport Consultancy MVA to set up and manage a five year National Pilot Network of Child Pedestrian Training Schemes. The project, a key element in the Government's Road Safety Strategy, 'Tomorrow's Roads: Safer for Everyone' supports selected local authorities in providing local training schemes, with priority being given to children in more deprived areas and those with higher accident rates. The overall aim of the Pilot Network is to demonstrate how effective child pedestrian training schemes may be established and sustained in the longer term.
- Junior Road Safety Officers
- Junior Road Safety Officers help their local Road Safety Officer to promote road safety issues within the school and the local community. Each primary school is encouraged to appoint two JRSOs from Year 6 and two deputy JRSOs from Year 5. Being a JRSO is a very important job, but it’s also really good fun.
- A History of British Road Safety