Safe Kids of Virginia  

Education Information

Holiday safety tips

The following provide links to several holiday safety tips from Safe Kids Worldwide.

red bike helmetBack-to-school

Pedestrian and bicycle-related injuries remain leading causes of unintentional injury-related deaths among children. In Virginia in 2004, 8 children ages 1-14 died as pedestrians or cyclists and 189 were injured severely enough to be hospitalized. This number does not include the minor injuries that were not reported or were treated in a pediatrician’s office.

This fall send your kids back to school, out to play or trick-or-treating with the safety skills they need to survive.

Explore the links below for safety tips and activities:

two children rollerbladingBicycle and helmet safety
     - Brochure (in Spanish) [pdf]

Pedestrian safety

School bus safety

Safety Tips

Safe Kids Worldwide offers safety tips in a number of areas — from cars and bikes to fire, falls and water hazards. Visit their Web site for more information.

Tools and Resources

The National Safe Kids Campaign has a catalog of resources — videos, brochures, magazines and other materials that are an integral part of their unintentional childhood injury effort. Check them out online.

Safe Kids also encourages pedestrian safety for Virginia’s citizens. The National Pedestrian Safety Campaign can provide information and a tool kit to help promote a campaign in your area. And the Partnership for a Walkable America sponsors Walk to School Day — a Safe Kids event — as well as offering a variety of resources and materials to make walkers everywhere more aware of safety concerns.


 
 

Virginia Commonwealth University Health System | Virginia Safe Kids Coalition
Contact us | Updated 02/15/2008