Youthsafe recognises the high rate of serious injury of young people on our roads, and works hard to address this through a number of programs, including resources, research programs and the promotion of best practice initiatives.

Resources

Fact sheet: Helping teenagers become safer drivers
If you need some tips on how to help your young person learn to drive safely, then this fact sheet is for you. It contains facts about young drivers and road crashes, reference to the newly legislated zero blood alcohol limit and current research findings on driver distraction.

The fact sheet is available in English, Chinese and Arabic. The Chinese and Arabic versions were developed in consultation with Multicultural Communications and members of the Arabic and Chinese communities to:

1. Ensure that the presentation and content of the fact sheet was culturally appropriate
2. Identify related road safety information needs.

The project not only resulted in the development of the planned fact sheets, but also a joint pilot project with the RTA to run a Chinese Graduated Licensing Scheme (GLS) workshop.

The laws relating to young drivers and their safety often change, so we strongly recommend you contact the RTA to find out more information about any laws which may affect your young driver – call the RTA on 13 22 13 or visit their website www.rta.nsw.gov.au.

Download: Helping Teenagers Become Safer Drivers
Download: Helping Teenagers Become Safer Drivers - Chinese version
Download: Helping Teenagers Become Safer Drivers - Arabic version

Fact sheet: On the way to high school: helping teenagers to travel safely
Did you know that young high school students are more likely to be injured during school travel times than any other time period?
To find out more about this important issue as well as how parents can help prevent these injuries, download this fact sheet:
Helping Teenagers to Travel Safely
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Fact sheet: Heads up on helmets: why your teenager should wear a bike helmet
Despite bike helmet laws, many teenage cyclists are not wearing a helmet while riding, putting themselves at risk of a head injury.
Wearing an approved correctly fitted bike helmet can reduce the risk and severity of head injury by more than 60%.  If you would like to learn more about this topic and get some tips and ideas on how to help your teenager become a safer cyclist, download the Youthsafe fact sheet for parents: Heads up on Helmets.

Fact sheet: Helping teenagers celebrate safely
Whether your teenager is hosting a party at your home or just ‘going out’ with friends, download our parent fact sheet that contains some important discussion points and planning tips to help keep them safe. Download: Helping teenagers celebrate safely

Postcards for young people
Youthsafe has developed a number of postcards aimed at young people covering a range of road safety topics including driver and passenger responsibilities, and passenger limit laws.  To download the free postcards click here.

Road safety initiatives

While the team at Youthsafe work hard to incorporate road safety messages into all our projects, we also work on specific road safety initiatives due to its high impact on the safety and wellbeing of our young people.

Our interest in Learner Driver Mentor Programs lead us to further investigate these initiatives, that support young people getting their license with the assistance of volunteer supervising drivers.

Youthsafe has also been researching Safe Alternative Transport options for young people, to help them get around safely, particularly after a night out.

Education and presentations for schools

If you are working in a school or other education setting, you may be interested in the range of presentations Youthsafe can offer to your students or young people. See our section on Youthsafe’s presentations for more details.