Road Safety and the under 11's

Some interesting findings from the UCL report in the UK about the need for a comprehensive road safety education programme for the under 11's.
Some of the conclusions drawn were:

• Children are a vulnerable group on the roads because the cognitive, motor and socioemotional skills they need in a traffic environment, are still developing.

• Children need consistent teaching of correct road safety messages.

• Resources should engage children to engage parents.

• Road safety education targeting parents has a positive effect on
parent and child knowledge and behaviour.

• Participants interviewed felt that interactive visual resources were a great way to start children thinking about road safety so they are ‘actually doing rather than just looking’.

• Parents were asking for resources that were targeted to the correct age group and engaged the children.

https://www.roadsafetytrust.org.uk/funded-projects/16/ucl-road-safety-for-children

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