TEACHING CHILDREN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO BE SAFE ROAD USERS

The road safety situation in Africa is among the worst in the world, with 4% of the world's motor vehicles involved in 10% of the world's accidents. Accident studies show that pedestrians make up between 33% and 50% of all accident fatalities in many African countries, and a high proportion of these are children. One way of reducing the number of such accidents is by providing children with suitable road safety education (RSE) during their formal education. In recent years, the U.K.'s Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) has been conducting research supporting the provision of road safety education in developing regions and has worked in a sizeable number of African countries. This paper presents a brief review of how TRL has set about providing RSE materials and developing courses to train teachers in the best use of the materials in Africa and other developing areas.

Language

  • English

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  • Features: Figures; References;
  • Pagination: p. 220-233
  • Monograph Title: TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN ROAD TRANSPORTATION IN AFRICA: ARUSHA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE, TANZANIA, MAY 23-25, 2001. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00813588
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Jul 25 2002 12:00AM