teacher resources
Our Street Resources provide teachers with downloadable lesson plans, activities, and educational materials to integrate road safety into PDHPE classes. Designed to engage students, these resources cover key topics such as risk awareness, decision-making, and safe driving behaviors. By bringing real-world scenarios into the classroom, they help young drivers develop the knowledge and skills needed to stay safe on the road.
Teacher resources
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Crash investigation
The Crash Investigation Unit (CIU) is a specialised police division that investigates serious road crashes, revealing that most are caused by driver negligence rather than accidents. Key factors include fatigue, drink driving, speeding…
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Stopping Distances
Recent studies show that driving even a few kilometres per hour above the speed limit greatly increases the risk of a crash. The risk of causing death or injury in a 60km/h zone increases rapidly with only small increases in speed.
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Crash Risk Alert
Obtaining a driver’s license brings independence, but new drivers, particularly in their first two years, face a significantly higher risk of traffic crashes as they gain experience. This increased vulnerability stems from several factors…
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Drugs and Driving
Driving while under the influence of drugs is extremely dangerous. Drugs affect driving in a number of ways. Drugs can cause slower reaction times, erratic and aggressive behaviour, difficulty concentrating, nausea, hallucinations…
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Distracted Driving
Most drivers don’t realise it’s dangerous to adjust the radio, air-conditioning or windows whilst driving. These things take attention away from driving and crashes occur from just that moment’s inattention. The best idea is to choose your radio station, music or air temperature before you drive off.
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Organ and tissue donation
It’s a subject we all need to know the facts about because in Australia organ and tissue donation won’t go ahead unless your family gives the OK. So it’s important that families have a discussion about organ and tissue donation…
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Brain injury
What does “brain injury” refer to? Brain injury may be acquired through trauma to the head (e.g. as incurred in road accidents, falls, sporting accidents, violent assault, near drowning and gunshot wounds) or through non-traumatic causes such as strokes, substance abuse, disease,…
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