Road Safety Around Schools
The Road Safety Around Schools Guidelines have been developed to provide information, tools and advice to assist Local Governments and school communities to identify and address traffic management and road safety issues around schools.
The Guidelines are intended to be practical and include common problems experienced around schools, the issues involved, and suggestions for addressing them. The Guidelines also include a list of who to contact about resolving specific issues.
Two editions of the Guidelines have been developed – a Local Government edition and a Schools edition. For a copy of either resource visit the Resources section of this website.
Updates: The Guidelines contain information about child car restraints which has since changed. For current information about selecting and using child car restraints, please refer to the child car restraints section of this website.
Safe Routes to School
For schools wishing to implement the Safe Routes to School initiative outlined in the Road Safety Around Schools Guidelines, visit the Resources section of this website to download copies of the following templates/resource:
- Safe Routes to School Smiley Face template
- Safe Routes to School Footprints template
- Safe Routes to School Stop Sign Shape template
- Safe Routes to School Stop template
- Safe Routes to School Template Use Notes
Safe Routes to School paint requirements:
- Wattyl Pascol Sunscreen Low Sheen - Signal Red - R13
- Wattyl Pascol Sunscreen Low Sheen- Ultramarine Blue - B21
- Wattyl Pascol Sunscreen Low Sheen - Bright Yellow - Y14
This paint has proved the most successful for this project.
Road Safety Around Schools - Audit Checklist
The provided checklist can be used by Road Safety Auditors in undertaking audits of roads in the vicinity of schools in addition to Austroads audit checklists. School environments have particular road safety problems and with the use of these special checklists Auditors can be prompted of these particular problems. For a copy of the Road Safety Around Schools Audit Checklist, visit the Resources section of this website.
Walk Safely to School Day
Walk Safety to School Day is a national, annual event where all primary school children are encouraged to walk safely to school.
For more information or to check the date for the next event, visit the Walk Safely to School Day website.