P5.003 Behaviour of young road users in context of school road safety education

This paper explores road safety education to prevent pedestrian fatalities in Limpopo Province. Pedestrian safety remains one of the main challenges for road safety authorities as many road users are losing their lives on the road. The inability of both pedestrians and motorists to understand and interpret the rules of the road is a major problem in Limpopo Province. The study utilised quantitative approach. The sample consisted of 195 respondents. Comprises of 15 civil engineering companies, 23 civil society organisations, 52 community members, 51 teachers and 54 traffic police officials. The findings from the study revealed among many others, that 64.1% of respondents agreed that non-involvement of parents in road safety education contribute to pedestrian fatalities; 61% of the respondents agreed that ineffective scholar patrol contribute to pedestrian fatalities; 67.2% of the respondents agreed that lack of professional support in road safety contribute to pedestrian fatalities and 72% of the respondents agreed that limited resources in road safety contribute to pedestrian fatalities. Based on the findings, the author provided, possible recommendations such as; Department of Transport and Education should involve parents/guardians in road safety education; Department of Education should review scholar patrol to ensure that it assist positively in preventing pedestrian fatalities; Traffic authorities should partner with academics to provide road safety policies and strategies; Department of Transport should partner with private sector to provide resources for road safety education in Limpopo Province.

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VULNERABLE ROAD USERS IN SOUTH AFRICA: USING THE THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOUR TO INFLUENCE THE ROAD SAFETY EDUCATION CURRICULUM

EDULEARN17 Proceedings ◽

10.21125/edulearn.2017.1026 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Gerda Van Dijk ◽

Lianne Malan ◽

Helena Fourie

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Road Safety ◽

Theory Of Planned Behaviour ◽

Safety Education ◽

Education Curriculum ◽

Planned Behaviour ◽

The Road ◽

Road Users ◽

Vulnerable Road Users

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Education for Road Safety: What is the State of Affairs in Three Groups of Vulnerable Road Users in Spain?

TEM Journal ◽

10.18421/tem104-03 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1509-1519

Author(s):

Francisco Alonso ◽

Cristina Esteban ◽

Mireia Faus ◽

Sergio A. Useche

Keyword(s):

High School Students ◽

Road Safety ◽

Traffic Accidents ◽

Safety Education ◽

School Students ◽

Road Users ◽

Safety And Health ◽

Vulnerable Road Users ◽

State Of Affairs ◽

Coverage Rates

RSE (Road Safety Education) is well recognized as a reliable predictor of future safety and health outcomes. However, most countries have been slow to develop it, which has contributed to the sensitivity of the situation, as traffic accidents continue to be a major concern for community health. This paper aims to describe and compare key variables related to the RSE among three critical segments of the population, using the data provided by: 477 high school students, 843 university students and 476 older adults. Differential coverage rates were found. Perceived quality, aroused interest and attributed utility for RSE interventions were also compared among groups, finding substantial differences among them in terms of these three aspects of the intervention. Although coverage of RSE-related programs has grown considerably during the last years, substantial difficulties are still evident.

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Road Safety Education Centre (RSEC) – evaluation of pilot classes and opinions of selected groups of road users on the issues of road safety and traffic education

Transport Samochodowy ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0015.5037 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 64 (2) ◽

pp. 17-23

Author(s):

Maria Dąbrowska-Loranc ◽

Dagmara Jankowska-Karpa ◽

Aneta Wnuk

Keyword(s):

Road Safety ◽

Age Groups ◽

Safety Education ◽

Motor Transport ◽

The Road ◽

Road Users ◽

Education Centre ◽

Children And Parents

In the years 2016-2018, the Road Safety Education Centre (CEBR) was established at Motor Transport Institute as part of its statutory activity, addressed to various age groups and road users. The article presents the concept of CEBR, the results of the evaluation of educational pilot classes conducted at Centre and the opinions of 50+ drivers on selected issues of road safety, as well as the opinions of children and parents on road safety education.

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8A.007 Evaluating the impact of a road safety education project in Madagascar schools

10.1136/injuryprev-2021-safety.189 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Paolo Perego ◽

Federica Biassoni ◽

Ana Luisa Silva ◽

Sam Clark ◽

Jesse Randrianarisoa

Keyword(s):

Road Safety ◽

Safety Education ◽

Education Project ◽

The Impact

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P5.007 Road safety active education methods in the opinion of young road users

10.1136/injuryprev-2021-safety.227 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Dagmara Jankowska-Karpa ◽

Justyna Wacowska-Slezak ◽

Aneta Wnuk

Keyword(s):

Road Safety ◽

Road Users

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Exploring the Relationship between Attitudes, Risk Perceptions, Fatalistic Beliefs and Pedestrian Behaviors in China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18073378 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (7) ◽

pp. 3378

Author(s):

Mingyu Liu ◽

Jianping Wu ◽

Adnan Yousaf ◽

Linyang Wang ◽

Kezhen Hu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Road Safety ◽

Risk Perceptions ◽

Influential Factor ◽

Health Concern ◽

Gender Attitudes ◽

Safety Education ◽

Safety Intervention ◽

Training Activities ◽

The Relationship ◽

Additional Variance

Road safety has become a worldwide public health concern. Although many factors contribute to collisions, pedestrian behaviors can strongly influence road safety outcomes. This paper presents results of a survey investigating the effects of age, gender, attitudes towards road safety, fatalistic beliefs and risk perceptions on self-reported pedestrian behaviors in a Chinese example. The study was carried out on 543 participants (229 men and 314 women) from 20 provinces across China. Pedestrian behaviors were assessed by four factors: errors, violations, aggressions, and lapses. Younger people reported performing riskier pedestrian behaviors compared to older people. Gender was not an influential factor. Of the factors explored, attitudes towards road safety explained the most amount of variance in self-reported behaviors. Significant additional variance in risky pedestrian behaviors was explained by the addition of fatalistic beliefs. The differences among the effects, and the implications for road safety intervention design, are discussed. In particular, traffic managers can provide road safety education and related training activities to influence pedestrian behaviors positively.

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An Adaptive Game-Based Learning Strategy for Children Road Safety Education and Practice in Virtual Space

Sensors ◽

10.3390/s21113661 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (11) ◽

pp. 3661

Author(s):

Noman Khan ◽

Khan Muhammad ◽

Tanveer Hussain ◽

Mansoor Nasir ◽

Muhammad Munsif ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Real World ◽

Road Safety ◽

Learning Strategy ◽

Real Life ◽

Safety Training ◽

Virtual Space ◽

Safety Education ◽

Average Output ◽

Training Environment ◽

The Road

Virtual reality (VR) has been widely used as a tool to assist people by letting them learn and simulate situations that are too dangerous and risky to practice in real life, and one of these is road safety training for children. Traditional video- and presentation-based road safety training has average output results as it lacks physical practice and the involvement of children during training, without any practical testing examination to check the learned abilities of a child before their exposure to real-world environments. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a 3D realistic open-ended VR and Kinect sensor-based training setup using the Unity game engine, wherein children are educated and involved in road safety exercises. The proposed system applies the concepts of VR in a game-like setting to let the children learn about traffic rules and practice them in their homes without any risk of being exposed to the outside environment. Thus, with our interactive and immersive training environment, we aim to minimize road accidents involving children and contribute to the generic domain of healthcare. Furthermore, the proposed framework evaluates the overall performance of the students in a virtual environment (VE) to develop their road-awareness skills. To ensure safety, the proposed system has an extra examination layer for children’s abilities evaluation, whereby a child is considered fit for real-world practice in cases where they fulfil certain criteria by achieving set scores. To show the robustness and stability of the proposed system, we conduct four types of subjective activities by involving a group of ten students with average grades in their classes. The experimental results show the positive effect of the proposed system in improving the road crossing behavior of the children.

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