It’s never a nice fact to hear, but road crashes are the leading cause of death for children and young people worldwide, and more than six children are killed or seriously injured on roads every day in the UK.
Road Safety Week is a great opportunity for you to help the children and young people you work with to learn about road safety.
Safe vehicles safe lives!
This year, we are putting safe vehicles at the heart of Road Safety Week. We’re raising awareness of the devastating impact of road crashes on everyone involved and shouting out about some of the amazing ways that safe vehicles can stop road crashes and prevent road harm. We’re delighted you have decided to join us.
We’ve put together some simple resources to help you teach the children and young people you work with how safe vehicles save lives:
- Early years educators – run a Beep Beep! Day using Brake resources to teach road safety basics to young children, including how child seats keep them safe when travelling by car.
- Primary schools - talk about safe vehicles in class using our fun films and factsheets. Help children design a safe vehicle of the future. Learn about cycling safely, on safe roads away from traffic.
- Secondary schools – as young people start to travel more independently, help them understand how modern vehicle technology can help keep us all safe but only if we keep safety features switched on! Learn how to carry out a quick vehicle safety check on a car, van or bike before every journey.
- Sixth form – As students start to travel more independently and learn to drive, it's important for them to consider the steps they can take to help keep themselves and other road users safe. Help them learn how to carry out essential safety checks on cars or small vans.
You can also click on the links below for resources to enable you to:
- Find out more about Road Safety Week and how to take part
- Tell people why you are taking part in Road Safety Week
- Host a Big Tea Brake and raise vital funds to support families affected by road crashes.
We'll continue to add resources to this page right up until Road Safety Week and we'll send updates by email to everyone who has registered.
Find out more about Road Safety Week and how to take part
Our simple toolkit for educators is packed full of information to help you find out more about Road Safety Week and how to take part. Click the link below to view and download the toolkit for educators.
Download the toolkit for educators
Use our simple toolkit for educators to find out more about Road Safety Week and how to take part
Early years educators - Teach road safety basics to very young children
If you work with young children aged 2–7, take part in a Beep Beep! Day during Road Safety Week to teach important road safety basics using resources from Brake.
Your Beep Beep! Day action pack is full of ideas and fun activities that focus on three important topics:
- Holding hands with a grown up when walking near roads
- Crossing roads at safe places with a grown up
- Using a child seat when travelling by car.
Lesson plans for lower primary
- What is a safe vehicle? Help children learn about safe vehicles and help them think about what safe vehicles might look like in the future. This lesson involves a teacher-led discussion and a class activity to design a safe vehicle. Click here to get the safe vehicles lesson plan.
- Cycle safety. Help children learn about cycling safely on safe roads away from traffic. This lesson involves a teacher-led discussion and a class activity to watch a short animated film called We love to cycle. Click here to get the cycle safety lesson plan.
Lesson plans for upper primary
- Designing vehicles for safety. Help children learn about modern vehicles with safety technology that can prevent road crashes and protect people. This lesson involves a teacher-led discussion and a class activity to watch a short film and design a safe vehicle of the future. Click here to get the designing vehicles for safety lesson plan.
Adapting lesson plans for use in assemblies
Our lesson plans for primary schools offer suggestions for discussion-led activities that can be delivered in class. This content can be easily adapted for use in assembly settings. Click the links below to find out more about each lesson plan.
Lesson plans for secondary schools
- Safe vehicles that prevent crashes and save lives. Help pupils learn about safe vehicles and how they have developed over time. This lesson plan features teacher-led discussions, independent research and presentation to the class. Click here to find out more.
- Bicycle safety checks. Help pupils learn about cycle safety and why it's important to carry out safety checks on their bike before every journey. Click here to find out more.
Sixth form - learn about essential vehicle safety checks and why they're important
Lesson plan for sixth form
- Vehicle safety checks. Help students learn about vehicle safety and why it's important to carry out safety checks on their vehicle before every journey. Click here to find out more.
Host a Big Tea Brake and raise vital funds to support families affected by road crashes
Host a Big Tea Brake event
The Big Tea Brake is a fundraising event to bring people together over a hot drink and some sweet treats, while supporting Brake's work helping people affected by road crashes and campaigning for safer roads.
The Big Tea Brake is a fantastic way to fundraise for Brake, by asking for donations for drinks or cakes. The funds you raise go towards our work supporting families affected by road crashes and campaigning for safe roads for everyone.
Go to www.brake.org.uk/time-for-tea to find out more.
All Road Safety Week resources are © Brake, the road safety charity, and must not be edited or adapted in any way unless you have written permission to do so from Brake.
Our sponsors
Road Safety Week 2025 is organised by Brake and sponsored by Autoglass, Hastings Direct, Motive and Samsara. Thank you to our sponsors, we couldn't do it without you!