Effectiveness of traffic safety education: parents, children and schools

Kids on the Move is the core traffic safety education (TSE) resource for Victorian primary schools. It comprises three books. Book 1 focuses on whole school TSE, book 2 on early primary learning and book 3 on later primary. The resource also includes a DVD, A Child’s World of Traffic to support parents to use everyday traffic situations to teach their children about road safety. To understand the effectiveness of the resource, Edith Cowan University was commissioned to undertake two studies. VicRoads commissioned the initial study. One of the objectives was to evaluate the effectiveness of the pedestrian components of Kids on the Move (Book 2 – Prep to Year 2) and the DVD, A Child’s World of Traffic, including: impact of the resources on pedestrian safety knowledge, understanding and self-reported behaviours in parents; effectiveness of the resources as parent education tools. The TAC commissioned the second study to determine the extent to which the resource has been implemented in Victorian schools. The study also reports on the: extent to which schools understand the Victorian "core and enrichment" approach; barriers to implementation; most effective approaches for implementation. This paper will report on the outcomes of both studies. The initial study found that the resource had positive results in relation to parents' supervision of their children and the teaching of road safety skills and behaviours.

• Record URL:
  http://acrs.org.au/publications/conference-papers/database/
• Authors:
  • Knight, L
  • Clarkson, E
• Conference:
  • Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference, 2011, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• Publication Date: 2011-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 9p
• Monograph Title: Driving research, policy and action towards zero deaths and injuries: Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference, 2011, Perth Convention Exhibition Centre, Perth, Western Australia, 6-9 November

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Children; Education; Evaluation; Highway safety; Parents; Safety; Schools
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safe systems (road users)
• Geographic Terms: Australia; Victoria
• ITRD Terms: 8531: Case study; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); ROAD USER EDUCATION
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01362531
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 16 2012 7:25AM