The Scottish Government

2004

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements
Executive Summary
1. Introduction
2. Study Methodology
3. Literature Review
3.1 Child Road Casualties
3.2 Factors Influencing Accident Rates
3.3 Awareness of Risk among Children and Parents
3.4 Role of the Parent in Road Safety Education
3.5 Approaches to Road Safety Education for Parents
4. Parental Attitudes to Road Safety Education
4.1 Parental Understanding of Children's Road Safety Risks
4.2 Parents' Concerns about Road Safety
4.3 Parents Awareness and Attitudes towards RSE
4.4 Children and Young People's Attitudes
4.5 The extent to which parents are willing to become involved in RSE and how this might be facilitated
5. Consultations with other stakeholders
5.1 Road Safety Officers
5.2 Child Pedestrian Training Skills Co-ordinators
5.3 Schools
5.4 Scottish Executive
5.5 Scottish Road Safety Campaign
5.6 Other Organisations
6. Findings and Conclusions
6.1 General
6.2 Parental understanding of children's road safety risks among the two age groups - 7-13 years and 14-18 years
6.3 To find out what parents' concerns are about their children in regard to road safety and to see what behaviours parents are encouraging in their children
6.4 To explore parents' image of road safety education, particularly at secondary school and, for both age groups of children, look into the children's attitudes towards road safety education and the control of their parents
6.5 To establish the extent to which parents are willing to become involved in road safety education and how this might be facilitated
7. Recommendations
Appendix 1: Household survey methodology
Appendix 2: Survey questionnaire
Appendix 3: Focus Groups
Appendix 4: List of Consultees
Appendix 5: Bibliography

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