Driving speed reduction
Issue: Pedestrian injuries In Canada, 21 children ages 0 to 14 years were killed in pedestrian incidents in 2020. On average, there are about 1,000 child pedestrian injuries each year. Problem: Speeding and pedestrian safety Unfortunately, speeding is common in Canada. Speeding is a contributing factor in one in four fatal crashes on Canadian roadways. […]
Site audit
Use this tool to collect information about the physical features of each road that borders the school. This information will help you decide what new features to add to the area to improve safety for children travelling to and from school. When to use this tool How to complete your site audit Example of an […]
Official contest rules, Canada's Safest Driver
Official Rules The Canada’s Safest Driver Contest (hereinafter “Contest”) is designed to (i) promote safe driving; (ii) improve road safety; (iii) provide insight into how telematics can improve driver safety; and (iv) increase awareness of and participation in Parachute Vision Zero initiatives. The Contest is a contest of skill that measures the driving habits of […]
Road safety
Prevent motor vehicle collisions by reducing your driving speed, adopting best driving practices and managing distractions.
Young driver behaviour statistics
Put down the phone: Don’t drive distracted Higher speeds = higher risks. Stop speeding People choose to speed for different reasons, including the rush experienced when speeding, because they’re running late, or because they think the speed limit is too low. Here’s why speeding is a bad idea, whatever your reason: Don’t drive high If […]
Social Media Guide for NTDSW 2023
Youth and young adults are killed in road crashes at a higher rate than any other age group under 75 years old. With road crashes being the third-leading cause of death among people aged 15 to 24 years old, this age demographic has the highest rate of involvement in fatal collisions per 100,000 licensed drivers. […]
Vision Zero
This international traffic safety movement envisions zero death and serious injuries on our roads. Parachute is Canada’s national lead, supporting local efforts.
Interventions
Your Elementary Road Safety project should aim for three to five interventions with a focus on infrastructural changes. You will need to assess which interventions will be possible or available in your municipality. Here are the pros and cons of some interventions that may work for your school zone area. Pedestrian crossings: signals or zebra […]
You are scaring your passengers when you speed
Parachute’s 2021 road safety survey found that the majority of Canadians, when a passenger in a car, say they’ve felt unsafe because of speed; however, three quarters of all drivers admitted to exceeding a highway speed limit at least once in the previous year.
Speed is a factor in one-quarter of road deaths
Our Ipsos National Road Safety Survey found that only 22 per cent of respondents agreed that speed limits should be lowered to make roads safer, and that half of the drivers surveyed had been fined for speeding. However, research published in 2018 from the Traffic Injury Research Foundation shows that one quarter of drivers were speeding at the time of a fatal crash.