Welcome to Road Safety Wales
Kerbcraft teaches children aged from 5-7 how to be safer pedestrians by taking them onto real roads and showing them how the right decision-making and behaviour can really help them to keep safe.
The children are taken out of school by trained volunteers, in groups of no more than three, to
learn three main skills:
1. Choosing Safe Places and Routes to Cross the Road
Children are helped to recognise dangers and hazards and identify alternative crossing places.
2. Crossing Safely at Parked Cars
Children are taught how to use a safe strategy for crossing near parked cars - when avoiding
them is impossible.
3. Crossing Safely Near Junctions
Children are introduced to the problems of simple and complex junctions, and taught a strategy for looking systematically in all directions.
Each skill is practised at several different locations over a period of 4-6 weeks, in liaison with the school and its timetable.
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Children in Neath Port Talbot Spell Out Their Kerbcraft Success
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Authority
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Co-ordinator
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Email
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| Anglesey |
Bethan Parry |
bpxht@anglesey.gov.uk |
| Blaenau Gwent |
Angharad Barrett |
angharad.barrett@blaenau-gwent.gov.uk |
| Bridgend |
Helena Burke |
burkeh@bridgend.gov.uk |
| Caerphilly |
Tracy Plant |
planttl@caerphilly.gov.uk |
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Jessica Dix |
dixj@caerphilly.gov.uk |
| Cardiff |
Jayne Warnock
Maurice Lawrence |
jwarnock@cardiff.gov.uk
malawrence@cardiff.gov.uk |
| Carmarthenshire |
Donna Mayes |
dmayes@carmarthenshire.gov.uk |
| Ceredigion |
Evana Lloyd |
evanal@ceredigion.gov.uk |
| Conwy |
Julie Birchall |
julie.birchall@conwy.gov.uk |
| Denbighshire |
Becky Roberts |
Rebecca.Roberts@denbighshire.gov.uk |
| Flintshire |
Hayley Buckler |
Hayley.Buckler@flintshire.gov.uk |
| Gwynedd |
Cheryl Jones |
cherylmorgan@gwynedd.gov.uk |
| Merthyr Tydfil |
Lisa Williams-Clement |
lisa.williamsclement@merthyr.gov.uk |
| Monmouthshire |
Jayne Haycock |
Jayne.Haycock@capita.co.uk |
| Neath Port Talbot |
Chris Maggs |
c.maggs@npt.gov.uk |
| Newport |
Catherine Levy |
Catherine.Levy@capita.co.uk |
| Pembrokeshire |
Helen Luff |
helen.luff@pembrokeshire.gov.uk |
| Powys |
Samantha Bibb |
Samantha.bibb@powys.gov.uk |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf |
Leanne Parry |
Leanne.parry@rhondda-cynon-taff.gov.uk |
| Swansea |
Anna Matthews |
Anna.matthews@swansea.gov.uk |
| Torfaen |
Lesley Rosser |
Lesley.rosser@torfaen.gov.uk |
| Vale of Glamorgan |
Jayne Jenkins |
jajenkins@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk |
| Wrexham |
George Walker |
george.walker@wrexham.gov.uk |
Children are killed and injured on our roads every day.
Practical road-side training has proved to be the best way of helping young children to keep safe when near or crossing roads.YOUR help could make all the difference!
Can YOU spare 2 hours a week, to be a KERBCRAFT Training Volunteer? You would be teaching a crucial skill, which could one day save a life. It's not difficult and volunteers will be given full training and support.
Mums, Dads, Grandparents, Aunties, Uncles, School Governors and friends of the school.
Kerbcraft - Smart Strategies for Pedestrian Safety by Professor James Thomson at the University of Strathclyde is a practical handbook for assistance in implementing the Kerbcraft scheme.
PDF format 980kb
Compared with the average for European countries, Wales has a good overall road safety record, but accident rates amongst child pedestrians have been high. Statistics available prior to the implementation of Kerbcraft show that Wales had among the highest child pedestrian fatalities in Europe.
View full report PDF format 487kb 2007
View full report PDF format 1.43mb 2006
View full report PDF format 3.2mb 2005
Download leaflet PDF format 618kb
