Child-parent interaction in relation to road safety education - part 1 - a critical literature review

The purpose of the review was to identify and provide critical review of the research and literature concerned with parent-child interaction in relation to road safety education in order to inform the associated study completed in 2007 and to consider the published evidence for the effect of strategies that parents use in training their children to be safe road users and to consider ways of engaging parents in road safety education. The research identified 27 studies and six reviews. The evidence of effect for each study was classed as unclear, high, medium, low/no or harmful. The paper looked at the main findings and identified gaps in knowledge where further research is required. Topics included the epidemiology of child road traffic accidents in the UK; perceptions, beliefs and attitudes about safety and risk in the traffic environment; reviews of parent-child interactions; pedestrian safety; cycling safety; car and driving safety.

Authors:
- CATTAN, M
- GREEN, J
- NEWELL, C
- AYRTON, R
- WALKER, J
Publication Date: 2008-12

Language

English

Media Info

Pagination: 108p
Serial:
- Road Safety Research Report
- Publisher: Department for Transport, England

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Adults; Attitudes; Bicycling; Children; Education; Federal government; Highway traffic; Pedestrian movement; Policy; Prevention; Research projects; Safety
Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 1747: Adult; 2267: Attitude (psychol); 1758: Child; 1667: Crossing the road; 759: Cycling; 2284: Education; 183: Government (national); 173: Policy; 8557: Research project; 773: Road traffic; 1665: Safety; 8119: United Kingdom
Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

Accession Number: 01127735
Record Type: Publication
Source Agency: TRL
Files: ITRD, ATRI
Created Date: May 4 2009 7:52AM