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Road Safety Education for Schools

Targeted and relevant education and public awareness campaigns are the best ways to:

  • change how people think about road safety
  • keep everyone safe on the road.

Research shows that road safety campaigns that focus on changing behaviours are more effective when:

  • people understand why people take risks
  • how crashes happen.

School-based education programs play an important role. Research suggests that programs that work well in schools can also be effective with communities.

In South Australia, these programs help develop the skills, behaviours and attitudes needed for:

  • children and older students to be safer pedestrians, passengers, bicycle riders, scooter riders and skaters
  • older students to become safer drivers and motorcycle riders.

Resources for students, families, educators and communities

Early childhood

Primary school

High school