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Pedestrians
Advice to parents
The behaviour of young children on the roads is very unpredictable and means that they are constantly at greater risk of being injured in a crash.
Although road safety training and education takes place in the majority of schools in Cardiff and at the Road Safety Centre, parents have an important role to play to protect their children by teaching them basic practical kerbside skills. Parents should also lead by example.
The Road Safety Unit has a number of colourful free publications, which are specifically designed to assist parents/guardians and carers to teach road safety skills to children of all ages.
- Prepare them for the roads - a guide for teaching YOUR child Road Safety.
- Get across road safely - two essential guides for parents with children up to the age of 6 years and 7 - 11 years.
- Teaching children road safety - A guide for parents with children up to the age of 15 years.
If you would like free copies of the above publications please contact the Road Safety Centre, Tel: 029 2061 9907/8
National Children's Traffic Club
The Children's Traffic Club helps parents to teach their children how to stay safe when they are out walking, playing or travelling by car.
School Travel Plans
A School Travel Plan (STP) is a document or statement which sets out a programme of measures or initiatives for reducing the number of vehicle journeys made by children, parents and staff to and from school, thereby improving personal safety on the school-run.
Walk to school events
Cardiff Council Road Safety Unit promotes annual national Walk to School weeks and events. A variety of literature, including stickers, posters and other promotional material is available for this purpose free from the Road Safety Centre.
