Identification and Feasibility Test of Specialized Rural Pedestrian Safety Training. Volume 3, PEDSAFE Junior/Senior High School Materials

Bittner, Sharon R.; Chiplock, Lori W.; Dueker, Richard L. · 1981 · ROSA P / United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

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Summary

This document serves as Volume 3 of a four-part final report for the PEDSAFE Program, a specialized pedestrian safety training initiative developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The primary objective of the PEDSAFE Program is to prevent pedestrian accidents among children in grades K-12, with a specific focus on rural and suburban populations. The curriculum was designed based on a computer analysis of over 3,000 rural pedestrian accidents, identifying specific accident-avoidance behavior sequences. The overarching goals are to develop safety skills through distributed practice, motivate the continued use of safe practices, and maintain the salience of street-crossing dangers through repeated messages across multiple presentation modes. Volume 3 specifically details the materials for the Junior/Senior High School component of the program. Unlike the elementary curriculum, which relies on active practice and play, the secondary school program utilizes a "repeated message" format integrated into existing academic subjects such as English, mathematics, science, health, and driver education. The report provides full texts for Teacher’s Guides and Student Booklets for five self-contained instructional units: writing a pedestrian safety story, producing a dramatic presentation, analyzing accident data for problem-solving, a health and safety module, and a driver education module. These units are designed to be flexible, allowing teachers to implement them independently without a central coordinator. The materials include printing specifications, color-coding guidelines, and pre- and post-knowledge tests to measure changes in student safety knowledge. The content emphasizes that pedestrian-automobile collisions are a leading cause of injury and death for adolescents, with Junior and Senior High students involved in one out of every four pedestrian accidents. The curriculum aims to correct the underestimation of this risk by having students discover specific accident situations, understand their social responsibility, and learn specific behaviors to avoid target accident types such as "Midblock Dash," "Intersection Dash," and "School Bus-Related" incidents. For example, the English unit requires students to write safety stories for younger children, forcing them to review and apply safety rules they learned in earlier grades. The mathematics unit involves analyzing raw accident data to develop countermeasures. The report notes that these materials were revised in accordance with recommendations from Volume 1, which detailed the field testing and evaluation of the entire program. The significance of this document lies in its provision of a complete, ready-to-implement user guide for school systems. It translates the findings of the PEDSAFE evaluation into actionable educational resources. By integrating safety training into standard curriculum subjects, the program seeks to provoke recall of safety behaviors and apply them within familiar academic contexts. The inclusion of detailed production specifications and scripts for audiovisual components ensures that schools can replicate the program accurately. Ultimately, the report supports the NHTSA’s goal of drastically reducing child-victimizing accidents by significantly reducing unsafe actions through structured, age-appropriate educational interventions.

Key finding

The PEDSAFE Junior/Senior High School program consists of five integrated instructional units designed to teach pedestrian safety by applying safety content to standard school subjects like English, mathematics, and health.

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• child pedestrian
• pedestrian behavior perception