CHILD ROAD SAFETY: RIGHT START PRACTICAL PEDESTRIAN TRAINING
The child casualty and fatally rates in Lancashire are higher than the national rate and western European rate. Possible contributory factors include the higher accident rates associated with urban environments, low socio-economic households, and ethnic communities. A Kerbcraft road safety initiative was initiated to reduce child pedestrian casualties in Lancashire by improving the children's abilities to deal with their environment. The initiative consisted of a programme implemented in primary schools with instruction by the teacher, practical activity at the roadside undertaken by approved trainers, and follow-up worksheets in the classroom. The Right Start programme was introduced directly to schools initially into the lower socioeconomic groups within Lancashire County. It was estimated that initially it will cost approximately 6.55 per child to train each child. For the covering abstract see ITRD E114935.
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Corporate Authors:
Department for Transport, England
Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street
London, England SW1P 4DR -
Authors:
- CUNLIFFE, N
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 2001
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 8 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Children; Conferences; Costs; Crash rates; Education; Local government agencies; Low income groups; Pedestrians; Policy; Prevention; Safety; Urban areas
- Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
- ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 1612: Accident rate; 1758: Child; 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 2284: Education; 192: Local authority; 2281: Low income; 1733: Pedestrian; 173: Policy; 1665: Safety; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
- Subject Areas: Finance; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00933321
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Nov 7 2002 12:00AM