Contribution to Book
Using Geographical Information Systems to Promote Vulnerable Road User Safety Education
Proceedings of the Conference on Pedestrian Safety
(1998)
Abstract
Pedestrian and bicycle accidents and injuries are important to children of school age, and should form a
key part of educational strategies to involve children in understanding their risks. The transport context
of Victorian pedestrian accidents is summarised in this paper. A competition using GIS (Geographic
Information Systems) and an accident database was used to encourage self motivated interest, enquiry
and learning process for school-aged children. Schools were provided with CrashStats 1998 release data
and geographic mapping data reformatted for immediate use in Caliper’s Maptitude GIS and database
system for Microsoft Windows. Significant motivation was generated in student teams, and very good
results were obtained in terms of safety explorations and understanding, involvement of a wider group
of students, mastery of the GIS software, the supply and support of road accident data, and
understanding of the road environment. The winning team was composed of students in years 7 and 8
working in their own time and largely unsupervised.
Keywords
- GIS,
- safety,
- children,
- STEM,
- travel to school,
- transport
Disciplines
Publication Date
Winter June 30, 1998
Editor
K.P.Smith, B.G.Aikken and R.H. Grziebita
Publisher
Australian College of Road Safety and Road Safety Committee-Parliament of Victoria
ISBN
0 9585691 0 X
Citation Information
Marcus R Wigan. "Using Geographical Information Systems to Promote Vulnerable Road User Safety Education" Mawson ACT AustraliaProceedings of the Conference on Pedestrian Safety (1998) p. 67 - 76 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mwigan/42/