Strategic Highway Safety PlanFocus Area #5-Improve Pedestrian and

Bicycle Safety

Florida Traffic Ed Program

Florida DOT Strategic Highway Safety Plan Focus Area # 5

Strategy # 3: Implement a comprehensive pedestrian and bicycle traffic safety education component in at least 3 elementary and/or middle schools per year in each district.

Fatalities and reported injuries among

children 5-14 years old, 1997-2001 State of Florida

0

500

1000

1500

2000

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Injuries

Pedestrians Bicyclists

0

10

20

30

40

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Fatalities

PedestriansBicyclists

State Level Support & Money Commitment

FDOT- Florida Traffic Ed Program/mini-grants FDOT/ 402/163 grants FDOT/CTST Support for projects Bike Florida/FBA “Share the Road” mini-grants FDOH, local injury prevention programs SAFE KID Coalition, local chapters

National Organizations with Similar Missions

Healthy People 2010- Reduce deaths caused by unintentional injuries, (especially pedestrian and bicycle related)

National SAFE KIDS Campaign

Active Living By Design Center for Disease Control and

Prevention

Florida Traffic Ed Program’s Goal Reduce injuries to children from bicycle

and pedestrian crashes by training them with the knowledge and skills needed to be competent and safe in traffic.

Curriculum Programs Elementary Teacher

Training Middle School

Training Bike’N Ped Driver Ed Community

Workshops

Elementary Bicycle Safety Training Focuses on development of on-bike and pedestrian

skills, students in K-5, appropriate for physical education classes

10-hour Teacher Workshop is taught in a day and a half

Middle School Training 10-hour workshop for teachers

and youth leaders of students in grades 6-8

Curriculum focuses on “Street wise” on-bike skills Personal Health Bike maintenance Community Transportation

Bike’N Ped Driver Ed Teacher and student-

friendly materials for driver education classes

Focus on responsibilities of motorists to obey the laws

Etiquette of sharing the road safely with bicyclists and pedestrians

Community Workshops Emphasizes traffic and bicycle safety skills and

rules of the road 8-hour one day workshop for community leaders Teaches how to implement a successful bicycle

rodeo

Traffic, Bicycle, Pedestrian & Pre Driver Ed Safety Project

in Duval County Schools

The Traffic, Bicycle, Pedestrian & Pre Driver Ed Safety Project in Duval County Schools

Duval County Example Duval has been able to demonstrate a direct correlation

between bicycle helmet education/use and bicycle injuries to children.

1996-1999 Duval Co Comparison & Correlation of Bicycle Helmet Usage Rates & Bicycle Injuries Involving a Motor-Vehicle, Fatal & Nonfatal for ages 0-12

13.8

58.7

68

72.9

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

1996 1997 1998 1999

Bicyle HelmetUsage by % 33.62

51.07

28.32

32.92

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

1996 1997 1998 1999

Bicycle InjuriesInvolving Motor-Vehicle, Fatal &Nonfatal

Duval County Bicycle Helmet Usage Rate 1996-1999

Duval County Bicycle Injury Rate Involving Motor Vehicle, Fatal & Nonfatal (Per 100,000 Pop.) 1996-1999

Table 1 Shows a 392.8% Increase in Bicycle Helmet Usage Rate

Table 2 Shows a 34% Decrease in Bicycle Injuries Involving Motor-Vehicle, Fatal & Nonfatal

Sources: DCHD/TIPPO Annual Observational Survey Studies, U.S. Census Bureau & FL Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle (DHSMV) Crash Data

Reporting Agency: DCHD / TIPPO

%

IMPACT & OUTCOME EVALUATION

Local Issues Childhood Injuries (add your local statistics

below) (To Bicycle/Pedestrian) In____________County2002 (or most recent information available)

Existing Programs (add information here, if there are programs in

your area)

Target Populations and locations (add local needs based on

crash map locations if available)

Next Steps:1. Form a coalition or team to focus on issues of child injury

prevention and control2. Plot crash locations relative to schools and neighborhoods 3. Target 3 schools to begin implementation of traffic ed

program4. Gain support and commitment from School Board &

Principals to implement Traffic Ed Program5. Apply for a 402 grant if needed, see forms

www.dot.state.fl.us/highwaysafetygrantprogram /hsgp/hsgpsample.htm

Together we can save lives! Request Training assistance from Florida Traffic

and Bicycle Safety Education Program Dr. Dan Connaughton, Program Director & Jamie

Humphrey, Assistant Program Director http://www.safety.hhp.ufl.edu Email: safety@hhp.ufl.edu Phone: (352) 392-4042 Ext. 1370 Fax: (352) 392-7588