The shocking truth about road trauma
Activities
Novice driver safety (Australian Transport Safety Bureau)
Crashes – describes the three most common crash types for young drivers then suggests practice ideas to help beginning drivers avoid these kinds of crashes.
Driving situations – each of the following driving situations is described, followed by a series of questions.
Intersection collisions
Driving for the conditions
Overtaking
Rear end collisions
Driving at night
Student projects on road safety (Australian College of Road Safety)
Questions and answers – six questions and answers relating to road safety issues.
New South Wales Higher School Certificate Online (Charles
Sturt University, Australia)
These activities focus on road and traffic-related injuries. Students
are given relevant information (eg, a graph or a case study) for each
of the following topics and asked to consider and analyse it:
Road
and traffic-related injuries
The
nature of the problem
Extent
of the problem
Social
determinants
Risk
factors
Groups
at risk
Speeding
Roads and Traffic Authority, NSW (Australia)
Build
your hazard perception skills – five interactive modules
that use graphical animations to demonstrate the main concepts of
hazard perception ('How close is safe?', 'Stopping distances', 'Safe
gaps when turning', 'Safe gaps at intersections' and 'Scanning for
hazards'). Instructions for using the modules are available.
(Note: You will need to have a Version
4 or above Flash PlayerTM installed to view these modules.)
Driver competency standards (Road Safety, Western Australia)
Manage crisis – provides suggestions on how to avoid a crash and describes the correct action to take after a crash.
Newton's Apple (USA)
Airbags and collisions – students design ways to cushion an egg to protect it from impact.
Broken bones – students learn how to splint a fractured limb.
Page updated February 2006.