Secondary school road safety education focuses on travelling independently and safely as a pedestrian, cyclist and passenger on public transport – especially on school buses.
For students in Years 10, 11 & 12 (including VCE and VCAL) the focus is more on pre-licence education and encouraging young people to get plenty of practice as a learner driver, as well as exploring relevant road safety issues – particularly the involvement of young people in road crashes. Here parents/carers play an important role as a supervisor for the learner driver in the household.
Secondary school programs and resources:
Keys Please
Motorvation 2
Choices Alcohol and Road Safety
Teaching Cycling Safety in Secondary Schools / Teaching Pedestrian Safety in Secondary Schools
Taking VCE English on the Road
Crashstats
Transmission – RACV
Muck Up Day - TAC
Victoria Police Road Safety Awareness Unit
| Age group |
Learner drivers and parents (supervising drivers) |
| Description |
Keys Please looks at how to become a responsible and safe driver by gaining extensive supervised driving practice and experiences in a wide variety of road, traffic and weather conditions. Keys Please promotes the partnership between the learner driver and the supervising driver. |
| Materials |
Two-hour interactive multimedia information session |
| Bookings |
VicRoads 1300 360 745 |
| Website |
Keys Please |
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| Age group |
15 to 18 year olds |
| Description |
Motorvation 2 is a pre-licence education resource, covering:
- Thinking about the skills required to be a driver
- Realistically appraising their abilities and skills as beginning drivers
- Recognising potential hazards in the driving environment and
- Considering some of the consequences of unsafe road use.
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| Materials |
- Resource book for teachers
- Interactive multimedia CD-ROM for use independently or in conjunction with the student activities
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| Sample |
Social and Economic Costs of Road Crashes [PDF 123KB] – considers the real costs of road trauma (VELS Level 6) |
| Orders |
VicRoads Bookshop (03) 9854 2782 |
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| Year level |
Years 9 and 10 |
| Description |
Focuses on the development of appropriate decision making skills, covering:
- Risks involved in road travel
- Effects of alcohol and drugs for a wide range of road users, including passengers, drivers, motorcyclists, cyclists, pedestrians and public transport users
- Role of cars in our society
- Assertive responses to peer pressure
- Strategies for personal safety.
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| Materials |
Teacher resource book |
| Sample |
Chain Reaction [PDF 567KB] – considers the chain of events that often lead to a road crash and strategies to avoid such disastrous consequences (VELS Level 6) |
| Orders |
VicRoads Bookshop (03) 9854 2782 |
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| Year level |
VCE English & VCAL Literacy Skills |
| Description |
Taking VCE English on the Road addresses the critical issue of road safety for young people as part of their work in VCE English.
The resource also has excellent application for VCAL Literacy Skills and Personal Development Skills Units. |
| Materials |
- Booklet with issues and topics for consideration and suggestions for writing and oral communication tasks
- Two sample Examination Writing Tasks
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| Orders |
VicRoads Bookshop (03) 9854 2782 |
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| Year level |
Suitable for upper primary school, secondary school, VCE and VCAL students |
| Description |
Online database of road crashes in Victoria since 1991.
CrashStats provides a valuable source of road crash data for use across the curriculum and VCE and VCAL studies.
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| Year level |
Senior secondary students |
| Description |
An inter-school competition to script and design a road safety community service announcement (CSA) for television. Winning schools go on to produce their CSAs and these are screened in Melbourne and regional Victoria.
Radio Transmission provides a unit of work for VCAL students to script and design a radio CSA. The winning entry is played on a commercial radio station and other entries are played on a youth radio station. |
| Contact |
RACV Tel: 9790 2924
www.racv.com.au |
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| Year level |
VCE and VCAL students |
| Description |
TAC provides resources for VCE studies and “Muck Up Day,” a video that addresses issues of road safety for Year 12 students celebrating the finish of school and draws on actual events involving a group of students. The resource is also appropriate for VCAL Literacy Skills and Personal Development Skills Units. |
| Contact |
TAC Tel: 9664 6106
www.tac.vic.gov.au |
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| Year level |
Senior secondary students |
| Description |
Presentations at your school on road safety issues and a mobile interactive display. |
| Contact |
Victoria Police Road Safety Awareness Unit Tel: 9247 5779
www.police.vic.gov.au |
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