The Heart Zone Project “Hjertesone” (Norwegian for Heart Zone, in the meaning of a safe and healthy zone) is a national initiative and a collaboration between the Norwegian Council for Road Safety (the project manager), the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, the Directorate of Health, the police, the Cyclists’ Association, the Read more…
In March 2022, a set of three royal decrees (primary, until 12 years of age; compulsory secondary, until 16 years of age; and secondary higher education) with nation-wide effect on the modernisation of the entire curricula at schools came into effect. It is regarded as a large step forward in Read more…
Road safety policy depends on a broad and collective effort from several sectors to prevent and reduce road collisions. Municipalities are important actors in the work on road safety, as employers, owners of roads, day-care centers and schools, and as actors responsible for the quality of transportation services. In order Read more…
In the Czech Republic, traffic education is an integral and important part of local road safety strategies. The measures included in the local strategies are closely linked to the measures contained in the national road safety strategy as well as those from the relevant regional strategies. However, it is important Read more…
Every year, the Danish Road Safety Council conducts the Municipalities’ Traffic Test, which focuses on what the municipalities in Denmark do to ensure safe traffic for children and young people. The main focus of the test is on the municipalities’ efforts in schools (grades 0-10, 6-16 year olds). The test Read more…
The Czech School Inspectorate in cooperation with Road Safety Department of the Ministry of Transport prepared a survey about traffic education in primary schools in the school year 2018/2019. The survey is unique in its detail, as usually more general surveys are conducted where traffic education is only a part. Read more…
In Flanders, the compulsory regular school inspections carried out by the Department of Education include the inspection of the learning areas related to the final attainment levels (official learning goals). Since traffic safety and mobility education is part of the final attainment levels, schools can be inspected on this topic. Read more…
The Road Safety Framework Fund is designed to promote and encourage further partnership to ensure the delivery of road safety commitments in Scotland, including through education. There are two rounds of funding each year. The scheme developers can bid for funding and, as part of that, they must include plans Read more…
The German Federal Highway Institute BASt offers a guideline which includes best practice examples for the development of safe routes to school plans. The guideline is directed to parents as well as school managers and teachers, and contains useful advice related to the process of developing, implementing and evaluating safe Read more…
Since 2016, a new Ordinance has been enacted that requires every school, kindergarten and youth centre for personal growth and development in the country to appoint its own Road Safety Committee. This Committee has to support the head teacher in: The committees have to develop road safety yearly plans, which Read more…