What is Kerbcraft?
The Department for Transport Road Safety Division
has appointed Transport Consultancy MVA to set up and manage a five
year National Pilot Network of Child Pedestrian Training Schemes.
The project, a key element in the Government's Road Safety Strategy,
'Tomorrow's Roads: Safer for Everyone' supports selected local authorities
in providing local training schemes, with priority being given to
children in more deprived areas and those with higher accident rates.
The overall aim of the Pilot Network is to demonstrate how effective
child pedestrian training schemes may be established and sustained
in the longer term.
A total of 115 schemes were launched throughout
England and Scotland each year from 2002 to 2004 in a rolling programme.
Each scheme will
be funded
by the Department for Transport or Scottish Executive as part of
the pilot study for a period of three years, with the funding ending
for the final schemes in March 2007. Many schemes have, however,
found funding to continue with Kerbcraft training beyond the pilot.
The child pedestrian training uses the Kerbcraft model
developed by Strathclyde University in the light of the successful
project at Drumchapel in Glasgow. It is designed to teach pedestrian
training skills to 5 to 7 year olds by means of practical road-side
training rather than in the classroom. It is built around teaching
three skills:- choosing safe places and routes; crossing safely
at parked cars and crossing safely near junctions. Children are
taught by trained volunteers near their schools.
This website is primarily for use by Kerbcraft
Co-ordinators, appointed within each of the selected authorities,
who are implementing the pedestrian training in a number of schools
in their Local Authority area.
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