Hints, tips and quizzes
Brush up your road safety knowledge with our hints and tips section. It’s packed with facts, statistics, quizzes and memory joggers - to equip you to pass on the most helpful messages to children and parents.
There’s key information about:
- Pedestrian Safety
- Cycle Safety
- In-car Safety
- Fitting and Using Car Seats
- Recognising Different Road Crossings
For further information about the Highway Code visit our dedicated section called Highway Code Info.
The Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) leaflet, How safe is your child in the car? A safety guide for parents and carers gives detailed information about fitting car seats. To see a sample copy visit the CAPT website and go to Resources: Sample of our leaflets section. Details of how to request a single copy, or to buy bulk copies are also available on the CAPT website.
Top tips for road safety – Essential safety tips for your pin board, and to share with parents and older children. Includes pedestrian, cycle and in-car safety.
A quick quiz to check your own knowledge of road safety facts – or use with parents and older children.
Cycle safety – Information to help prepare children to become safe cyclists (when they are old enough). And details about why it’s important to use cycle helmets to prevent head injury.
Car seats save lives but it’s essential to use the right type for the age and size of the individual child. Be seat safe provides tips on how to make sure you’re using the right car seat or booster cushion. And CAPT’s safety specialist answers your FAQs on this topic
The Road Crossing leaflet is a helpful illustrated guide to using Road Crossings – reproduced with kind permission of Oxfordshire County Council's Road Safety Team and Oxfordshire Design and Print Service.
Once you’ve polished up your knowledge using the leaflet above, test yourself with our quiz, by visiting Zebra, pelican, puffin, toucan. There’s also information about how the crossings got their names.