It is important that parents continue with what has been taught at school. The Danish Road Safety Council therefore provides detailed information and guidance for parents on its website regarding walking, cycling and taking the bus. The information and guidance on walking and cycling is furthermore provided per age category. 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…
In Denmark, student teachers attending teachers’ seminars (organised for teachers teaching 5-15 year old pupils in primary schools) are given the option of a 3-hour free-of-charge introduction course to traffic safety education. The course addresses questions such as “Why teach traffic safety at schools?” and “What should pupils learn?”, and Read more…
Introduced in 2018, the initial training program on road safety is a full day training session held for student kindergarten, primary and elementary teachers. The training addresses road safety education, the curriculum – as part of the citizenship education area (see this example as part of Principle #2), sustainable mobility, phones Read more…
In the Netherlands, a book has been developed focusing on student teachers, aiming to inform and inspire them to give practice-focused traffic safety education in classes. The book pays particular attention to the role of language during the lessons and the possibilities to integrate traffic safety and mobility education in Read more…