CHILDREN AND TRAFFIC

TRAFIKMILJOE. BARN OCH UNGDOM

Children are in the greatest need of protection in traffic. They cannot express their own views, and adults must therefore speak for them. It is hard for adults to realise how children see and experience traffic, since their experiences when they were children were quite different. Traffic today is vastly different from that even 10 years ago. The report describes how, as part of the traffic training in schools, a class of 11-year-olds carried out a traffic survey near their school and then discussed the problems with the local authority. A description is given of local authority traffic safety work, the growth of vehicular traffic, and the accidents and health problems this has given rise to as regards children and teenagers. The difficulties they experience as pedestrians, cyclists, moped riders and travellers on school buses are described. Examples are given of planning with regard to traffic environment. Problems involved in improving traffic safety, resolving conflicts between pedestrians, traffic and nature conservancy considerations, etc, are discussed. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Swedish Road Safety Office

  Fack S-17120
  Solna 1,   Sweden 
• Publication Date: 1983

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: 96 p.
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Swedish Road Safety Office
  • Publisher: Swedish Road Safety Office
  • ISSN: 0281-3653

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Air pollution; Children; Cyclists; Education; Moped drivers; Noise; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrians; Prevention; Safety; School children; Schools; Traffic engineering; Traffic safety; Traffic safety education
• Uncontrolled Terms: Child safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Pedestrian protection
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 1748: Adolescent; 1394: Catalytic converter; 1758: Child; 1742: Cyclist; 2284: Education; 1752: Motorcyclist; 1733: Pedestrian; 101: School; 6748: Sound
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Environment; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387207
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 3 Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 30 1984 12:00AM