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Safe Kids Worldwide, a global organization dedicated to preventing injuries in children, has unique expertise in the area of promoting road safety for children. The Safe Kids Buckle Up Program™, Safe Kids’ signature child passenger safety program that started in the United States and is being replicated globally, uses research, education, awareness and public policy to protect children in and around cars.
A new school year can often be the beginning of something special – another year for students to learn, grow and imagine all the possibilities (even if our kids don’t always see it that way).
Facts about Pedestrian Safety
Unfortunately, too many kids are not getting to school and back safety. In fact, every day in the U.S. more than 40 kids are hit by a vehicle while walking. That’s more than 15,000 children injured each year.
Activities for Kids
Below are some fun and exciting games and activities that will teach your students safety tips while they’re playing.
Childsafe: Creating Data-Driven Programs in South Africa
Safe Kids Foundation: Collaborating with Partners in India
Criança Segura Brasil: Changing Outcomes for Children on the Road in Brazil
One of the most interesting aspects of working at Safe Kids is that we get to play “detective.” If we see a statistic we find alarming, like that every hour of every day a teen is hit by a car and killed or injured in the U.S., we get to try to figure out the five W’s, who, what, where, when and why. Last year, we discovered that the pedestrian death rate for teens is twice that of younger children, so we enlisted our coalitions to go to schools and observe what teenagers were doing that could cause these deaths.
Safe Kids China: Establishing Child Road Safety Programs in China