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Strategic Highway Safety Plan Focus Area #5-Improve Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety

Strategic Highway Safety Plan Focus Area #5-Improve Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety. Florida Traffic Ed Program. Florida DOT Strategic Highway Safety Plan Focus Area # 5.

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Strategic Highway Safety Plan Focus Area #5-Improve Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety

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  1. Strategic Highway Safety PlanFocus Area #5-Improve Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Florida Traffic Ed Program

  2. 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.

  3. Fatalities and reported injuries amongchildren 5-14 years old, 1997-2001 • State of Florida

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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.

  7. Curriculum Programs • Elementary Teacher Training • Middle School Training • Bike’N Ped Driver Ed • Community Workshops

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

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

  13. Duval County Example • Duval has been able to demonstrate a direct correlation between bicycle helmet education/use and bicycle injuries to children.

  14. 1996-1999 Duval Co Comparison & Correlation of Bicycle Helmet Usage Rates & Bicycle Injuries Involving a Motor-Vehicle, Fatal & Nonfatal for ages 0-12 IMPACT & OUTCOME EVALUATION 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

  15. Local Issues • Childhood Injuries (add your local statistics below) • (To Bicycle/Pedestrian) • In____________County • 2002 (or most recent information available)

  16. Existing Programs • (add information here, if there are programs in your area)

  17. Target Populations and locations • (add local needs based on crash map locations if available)

  18. Next Steps: 1. Form a coalition or team to focus on issues of child injury prevention and control 2. Plot crash locations relative to schools and neighborhoods 3. Target 3 schools to begin implementation of traffic ed program 4. Gain support and commitment from School Board & Principals to implement Traffic Ed Program 5. Apply for a 402 grant if needed, see forms www.dot.state.fl.us/highwaysafetygrantprogram /hsgp/hsgpsample.htm

  19. 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

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