Kerbcraft

Kerbcraft - A National Strategy for Child Pedestrian Safety Financed by the Welsh Government

Kerbcraft teaches children aged from 5-7 how to be safer pedestrians by taking them onto real roads and showing them how the right decision-making and behaviour can really help them to keep safe.

The children are taken out of school by trained volunteers, in groups of no more than three, to learn three main skills:

Choosing Safe Places and Routes to Cross the Road
Children are helped to recognise dangers and hazards and identify alternative crossing places.
Crossing Safely at Parked Cars
Children are taught how to use a safe strategy for crossing near parked cars - when avoiding them is impossible
Crossing Safely Near Junctions
Children are introduced to the problems of simple and complex junctions, and taught a strategy for looking systematically in all directions.
Each skill is practised at several different locations over a period of 4-6 weeks, in liaison with the school and its timetable.

The Kerbcraft Training Manual

A Handbook for Road Safety Professionals by Professor James Thomson at the University of Strathclyde is a practical handbook for assistance in implementing the Kerbcraft scheme.

Kerbcraft Reports

Compared with the average for European countries, Wales has a good overall road safety record, but accident rates amongst child pedestrians have been high. Statistics available prior to the implementation of Kerbcraft show that Wales had among the highest child pedestrian fatalities in Europe.

Downloads

Kerbcraft Leaflet

Download a copy of the Kerbraft Leaflet here

Powerpoint Presentations

The following presentations have been submitted by Julie Birchall, Conwy County Borough Council.

Kerbcraft yng Nghymru

Kerbcraft - Strategaeth Genedlaethol i Hybu Diogelwch Plant wrth Gerdded. Fe’i hariannir gan Lywodraeth Cymru

Kerbcraft: mae’n dysgu plant 5-7 oed i gerdded yn ymyl ffordd yn fwy diogel drwy fynd â nhw ar ffyrdd go iawn a dangos iddyn nhw fod gwneud y penderfyniadau cywir, ac ymddwyn yn gywir, yn gallu eu helpu i fod yn ddiogel. Caiff y plant eu cymryd allan o’r ysgol, mewn grwpiau o ddim mwy na thri, gan wirfoddolwyr sydd wedi cael hyfforddiant. Byddan nhw’n dysgu tri sgìl:

Dewis Lleoedd a Llwybrau Diogel i Groesi’r Ffordd
Caiff y plant eu helpu i adnabod peryglon a dod o hyd i leoedd eraill i groesi.

Croesi’n Ddiogel lle mae Ceir wedi’u Parcio
Caiff y plant eu dysgu i ddefnyddio strategaeth ddiogel i groesi yn ymyl ceir sydd wedi’u parcio – os bydd hi’n amhosibl eu hosgoi.

Croesi’n Ddiogel yn ymyl Cyffyrdd
Caiff y plant eu cyflwyno i broblemau cyffyrdd syml a chymhleth ac fe ddysgan nhw strategaeth i edrych yn systematig i bob cyfeiriad.
Caiff pob sgìl ei ymarfer mewn sawl lle gwahanol dros gyfnod o 4-6 wythnos. Trefnir hynny mewn cysylltiad â’r ysgol a’i hamserlen.

Llawlyfr Hyfforddiant Kerbcraft

Mae A Handbook for Road Safety Professionals gan yr Athro James Thomson, Prifysgol Strathclyde, yn llawlyfr ymarferol i helpu i weithredu cynllun Kerbcraft.

Kerbcraft Adroddiadau

Er bod gan Gymru record gyffredinol dda o ran diogelwch ar y ffyrdd o’i chymharu â’r cyfartaledd ar gyfer gwledydd Ewrop, mae cyfraddau damweiniau ymhlith plant sy’n cerdded wedi bod yn uchel. Mae’r ystadegau a oedd ar gael cyn gweithredu Kerbcraft yn dangos bod gan Gymru un o’r cyfraddau uchaf yn Ewrop o ran marwolaethau ymhlith plant a oedd yn cerdded.

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Taflen Kerbcraft

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Cyflwyniadau PowerPoint

Cyflwynwyd y rhain gan Julie Birchall, Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Conwy.