NHTSA's pedestrian safety programs focus on the safe system approach, which has five main components: Visit FHWA's pedestrian web pages for additional information. Yearly statistics on traffic fatalities involving children.Ĭriteria to help you decide whether a neighborhood is a friendly place to walk. Yearly statistics on pedestrian traffic fatalities. Use these skills when you walk, and encourage others to do the same. Apply the same walking skills you learned as a kid: stop, look left-right-left for traffic and be safe, be seen. Walking around traffic requires the same critical thinking skills as riding your bike and driving a car.
Presentation and guide for teaching older adults what they can do to increase their safety as pedestrians during this three-hour workshop. Pedestrian Safety Workshop: A Focus on Older Adults (PDF, 3.54 MB) and Instructor Guide (PDF, 3.54 MB).Interactive training package for children in elementary through high school to develop skills for safe walking. Pedestrian Safer Journey – Skills for Safe Walking for Ages 5 to 18.Guide and checklist to help you find your way in your community (from Easter Seals). Neighborhood Wayfinding Assessment Pocket Guide.ESL Teacher's Guide and Student Workbook: Walk and Bike SafelyĮSL guide and workbook to teach and encourage pedestrian and bike safety to adult immigrant students who are beginning English language learners.Lesson plans, assessment guides and student response forms to teach and encourage pedestrian safety to children in kindergarten through 5th grade.
Introduction and instructions on using a checklist to assess the accessibility of a transit route, including the path of travel (from Easter Seals).
Finding and Creating Walkable Communities