Resources

Road safety is an important life skill that children and young people learn more about the older they get.

Here are our key road safety messages for children and young people, broken down into themes, aims and key stages.

Main themes:

Being a pedestrian
Active travel
In car safety
Young drivers (KS3/4)

Key Stages

Early years to KS1
KS2 and lower KS3
KS3 and KS4, and higher education.

A good road safety education makes it easier for students to understand how to use roads safely.

Pupils should be encouraged to understand these behaviours and develop the skills to deal with real life situations.

Being a pedestrian

To know and understand the green cross code

Early years and key stage 1:

Think! - Lesson 1: Stepping stones to road safety (opens new window)

Key stage 2 and lower key stage 3

To know and understand why being visible is important

Early years and key stage 1:

To know and understand what a safe place to cross is

Early years and key stage 1:

Key stage 2 and lower key stage 3:

To know and understand what a safe behaviour on the road is

Early years and key stage 1:

To know the difference between walking in an urban environment to a rural environment

Early years and key stage 1:

Think! - Lesson 5: Roads away from home (opens new window)

To know and understand how to act as a pedestrian

Key stage 2 and lower key stage 3:

To know and use the highway code and road signs

Key stage 2 and lower key stage 3:

To understand and explain the potential risks of being a road user, the effects of risky road behaviour and developing strategies to develop dangerous situations

Key stage 2 and lower key stage 3:

To know and understand safe behaviours as a pedestrian

Upper key stage 3, 4 and higher education:

Other resources

Early years and key stage 1:

Think! - Tales of the road (opens new window)

Active travel

To know how to ride a bike safely

Early years and key stage 1

To know how to ride a scooter safely

Early years and key stage 1:

To understand why wearing a helmet is important

Which equipment does my child need to be safer while cycling

To know and understand how to act as a cyclist

Key stage 2 and lower key stage 3:

To know and use the highway code and signs

Key stage 2 and lower key stage 3:

Think! - Lesson 1: Do you stop, look, listen, think? (opens new window)

To know how to plan a safe journey to school

Key stage 2 and lower key stage 3:

To know how to travel safely and independently, and to understand the benefits of active travel

Upper key stage 3, 4 and higher education:

To know what safe behaviours are when cycling

Upper key stage 3, 4 and higher education:

In car safety

To know how to act when travelling in a car or on a bus

Early years and key stage 1:

To know what a safe behaviour is as a passenger, in a car or on public transport

Key stage 2 and lower key stage 3:

Think! - Lesson 1: Do you stop, look, listen, think? (opens new window)

Upper key stage 3, 4 and higher education:

To know how to travel safely and independently to school

Key stage 2 and lower key stage 3:

Think! - Lesson 4: Road ready (opens new window)

To know how to behave as a passenger in a car

Upper key stage 3, 4 and higher education

Young drivers

To know and understand safe behaviours as a future driver and how to manage difficult situations

To know the training required for learner drivers

To know the consequences of driving under the influence

Resources for schools and parents

Parent resources

Early years and key stage 1:

All ages:

School resources

RoSPA - Managing safety in schools and colleges (opens new window) - Early years, key stage 1, 2, and lower key stage 3
RoSPA - Home to school travel guide (opens new window) - Early years, key stage 1, 2, and lower key stage 3
RoSPA - KS4 Road safety in citizenship (opens new window) - Key stage 4
RoSPA - Travel training (opens new window) - Key stage 3 and 4
Living Streets - Walking activity for early years - Early years, key stage 1
Living Streets - WOW - the walk to school challenge - Early years, key stage 1, 2
Living Streets - Making the transition to secondary school - Key stage 2 and lower key stage 3