“While studies show the education on road safety in schools does improve knowledge [1], there is no evidence that this knowledge changes the safety level of on-road behaviour [2]. There even is a risk that increased knowledge increases confidence and risk-taking. Even if there were benefits from school-based training, it would require immense resources (funding and skilled trainers) to produce any significant safety benefit in terms of crash reduction [3]”
That’s an important quote from the excellent document:
Speed management: a road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners, second edition. Global Road Safety Partnership, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Geneva; 2023.
The graph below shows the Benefit Cost Ratios for various speed management interventions.
Graph source: also the above document.
Sources in the quote:
Oxley J, Congiu M, Whelan M, D’Elio A, Charlton J. Teaching young children to cross roads safely. Ann Adv Automot Med. 2008;215–223.
Duperrex O, Roberts I, Bunn F. Safety education of pedestrians for injury prevention. Cochrane Library; 2002
Hammond J, Cherrett T, Waterson B. The development of child pedestrian training in the United Kingdom 2002–2011: a national survey of local authorities. J Transp Safe Secure. 2014;6(2):117–129.