Young driver interventions in Scotland
Argyll and Bute
Small Interventions
Pass Plus
This is an on-road intervention targeted at young newly qualified drivers. The six-session DSA programme offers practical situational instruction covering driving on motorways and dual carriageways, in and out of town driving, and driving at night and in different weather conditions. A £75 subsidy is awarded to residents who complete the programme. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Argyll and Bute Council; Partner Organisations: Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs), Driving Standards Agency (DSA)
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Medium Interventions
Drive 4 Safety
This is an annual 35-minute intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at students in S6. An audio-visual presentation is delivered by road patrol officers, covering issues such as the problems facing young and inexperienced drivers, drink and drug driving, speed, seatbelts, road rage and hazard perceptions. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Strathclyde Police
Attendance
8 out 10 secondary schools.
Cut It Out
This is an annual 1-hour and 55-minute intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at all S6 students. It offers participants an interactive audio-visual presentation on road safety, covering issues such as speed, seatbelts and drink and drug driving. As part the presentation students are asked to take on different roles within the context of a road traffic collision and explore the causes and problems associated with the crash and the how the situation could be potentially avoided. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Strathclyde Fire and Rescue
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Large Interventions
Real-Time Crash Scenario
This is a rolling intervention targeted at young drivers and other members of the general public in major towns and island locations. It centres round a fatal real-time road traffic collision and demonstrates the work carried out by community safety practitioners. A DVD of the intervention is also produced which is distributed across the wider community. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Strathclyde Fire and Rescue; Partner Organisations: Strathclyde Police, NHS Highland, Scottish Ambulance, Argyll and Bute Council
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Central
Small Interventions
Momentum
This is an annual 30-hour intervention is targeted at young people between the ages of 16 and 25 in Falkirk subject to funding. The programme is structured round six evening sessions, four hours of driving instruction and a two-day residential. Participants explore issues such as car ownership, basic car maintenance, attitudes and behaviour, the Highway Code and hazard perception as well as the effects of drink and drugs, peer pressure and the driving experience. Discussion groups probe issues such as driver responsibilities and the wider consequences of inappropriate behaviour, while specialist input is delivered by a number of community safety practitioners. Participants also receive basic and advanced driving instruction and first aid training. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisations: Falkirk Council, Youth Scotland; Partner Organisations: Central Scotland Police, Central Fire and Rescue, British Red Cross, Territorial Army Mechanics, Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs)
Attendance
12 participants completed the programme.
MotoLearn
This is a rolling intervention, targeted at selected S4 and S5 students, who are interested in motorcycling. The programme comprises of six full day sessions which take place in the school and at off-site locations. With the aid of the learning resource, Crash Magnets, and additional input from RUTS staff, participants explore issues such as basic motorcycle maintenance and motor care, attitudes and behaviour towards motorcycling, personal responsibility, hazard perception, the Highway Code, the driving test, and motor insurance as well as the effects of speed and drink and drugs. Participants also receive off-road motorcycle instruction. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Rural and Urban Training Scheme (RUTS)
Attendance
All secondary schools in Clackmannanshire.
Large Interventions
Safe Drive Stay Alive
This an annual intervention targeted at S6 and further education students and apprentices. Half-day events take place at the MacRobert Arts Centre in Stirling University over three days and centre round a docudrama of a fatal local road traffic collision. Lighting and music is used as a prelude to the intervention in order to stimulate participants prior to the presentation. The docudrama is supported by emotive experience and testimonies from the community safety practitioners, victims and parents of victims. The event is also supported with a series of thematic road safety TV commercials developed by Northern Ireland Department of Environment. An internal evaluation was conducted in 2008.
Lead Organisation: Central Scotland Fire and Rescue; Partner Organisations: Central Scotland Police, Scottish Ambulance, NHS Forth Valley, Victims & Families
Attendance
3 out of 4 secondary schools in Clackmannanshire; all 8 secondary schools and apprentices from Inoes and BP in Falkirk; 7 out of 8 secondary schools in Stirling; Further Education students from Forth Valley College.
Dumfries and Galloway
Small Interventions
Stranraer Young Driver Project
This is an annual 4-week intervention targeted at young drivers between the ages of 16 and 25 in Stranraer. The programme is structured round a number of sessions delivered by community safety practitioners covering issues such as basic car maintenance, first aid, and driver attitudes and behaviour . The programme also provides practical driving instruction. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary; Partner Organisations: Scottish Ambulance, Driving Standards Agency (DSA), GK Group Stranraer, Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs)
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Annandale and Eskdale Young Driver Project
This is an annual intervention targeted at 16-year-old pre-drivers in Annandale and Eskdale. The programme is structured round a number of sessions delivered by community safety practitioners which take place in Annan, Langholm, Moffat and Lockerbie Academies. Practical driving instruction and basic care maintenance is also provided at the former Chapelcross Nuclear Power Station near Annan. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary; Partner Organisations: Dumfries and Galloway Council, Annandale & Eskdale Safety and Health Action Partnership, Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs)
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Young Drivers Scheme
This is a referral-led intervention targeted at young drivers who have been brought to the attention of prosecution bodies. Participants are offered a free driving assessment by the IAM as an alternative to prosecution. Upon completion a report is submitted to Procurator Fiscal Service by the IAM outlining the participant's driving experience and their attitudes towards the programme and safety driving. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisations: Stewartry Community Safety Forum, Stewartry Area Committee, Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary; Partner Organisations: Procurators Fiscal Service, Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM)
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Safer Wheels
This is an annual on-road intervention targeted at young people between the ages of 17 and 25. The intervention offers participants free training in advanced driving instruction to compliment and fill gaps in driving experience. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisations: Stewartry Community Safety Forum; Partner Organisations: Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Medium Interventions
Choices
This is an annual full-day intervention, taking place in schools, targeted at S5 and S6 students. The event is structured around personal experiences and stories from community safety practitioners and input from victims who have suffered from brain injuries as a result of a road traffic collision. With the aid of TV commercials and video clips deliverers cover issues such as attitudes towards driving, hazard perception, the driving test, drink and drug driving, speed, and emotional responses to a car collision and the consequences. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary; Partner Organisations: Dumfries and Galloway Fire and Rescue, Scottish Ambulance, Headway, Driving Standards Agency (DSA)
Attendance
2 out of 17 secondary schools.
Attitudes
This is an annual 1-hour intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at all school leavers in S4. Motorcycle police officers, with the aid of audio-visual material, deliver a presentation covering issues such as attitudes towards speed, drink and drug driving, risk-taking, distractions and seatbelts. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
Attendance
4 out of 17 secondary schools.
Large Interventions
Road Safety Input (Big World)
This is an annual community safety intervention, targeted at all S5 and S6 students in Annandale and Eskdale and Nithsdale. Full-day events take place in Victoria Halls Annan over a two week period and centre round a community safety themed play. The intervention includes a 30-minute police presentation which uses TV commercials, local video clips and photographs to look at the legal and morale issues concerning safe driving. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary; Partner Organisations: Dumfries and Galloway Council, Dumfries and Galloway Fire and Rescue, Dumfries and Galloway NHS
Attendance
10 out 11 secondary schools.
East Ayrshire
Medium Interventions
Drive 4 Safety
This is an annual 35-minute intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at students in S6. An audio-visual presentation is delivered by road patrol officers, covering issues such as the problems facing young and inexperienced drivers, drink and drug driving, speed, seatbelts, road rage and hazard perceptions. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Strathclyde Police
Attendance
6 out 10 secondary schools.
Cut It Out
This is an annual 1-hour and 55-minute intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at all S4, S5 and S6 students. It offers participants an interactive audio-visual presentation on road safety, covering issues such as speed, seatbelts and drink and drug driving. As part the presentation students are asked to take on different roles within the context of a road traffic collision and explore the causes and problems associated with the crash and the how the situation could be potentially avoided. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Strathclyde Fire and Rescue
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
East Dunbartonshire
Medium Interventions
Cut It Out
This is an annual 1-hour and 55-minute intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at all S4 leavers, S5 and S6 students. It offers participants an interactive audio-visual presentation on road safety, covering issues such as speed, seatbelts and drink and drug driving. As part the presentation students are asked to take on different roles within the context of a road traffic collision and explore the causes and problems associated with the crash and the how the situation could be potentially avoided. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Strathclyde Fire and Rescue
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Drive 4 Safety
This is an annual 35-minute intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at students in S6. An audio-visual presentation is delivered by road patrol officers, covering issues such as the problems facing young and inexperienced drivers, drink and drug driving, speed, seatbelts, road rage and hazard perceptions. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Strathclyde Police
Attendance
6 out of 8 secondary schools.
East Renfrewshire
Small Interventions
Safer Driving Course
This is a rolling intervention targeted at young people between the ages of 17 and 19. The programme is structured over six to eight weeks, loosely based around the Momentum project, but tailored towards the specific needs of individual participants. It explores issues such as basic car maintenance, attitudes and values towards driving, driving behaviour the role of drivers, passengers and pedestrians, driving legislation and the potential consequences of reckless driving. Practical driving instruction is also offered. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: East Renfrewshire Council; Partner Organisations: Mechanics, Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs)
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Driving Literacy
This is a rolling intervention targeted at young people between the ages of 16 and 19. The programme is delivered by community workers, with specialist literacy support input where necessary. It covers issues relating to road safety, driving literacy and the driving theory test. Participants avail of a range of audio and visual training materials to help them to practise for the driver theory test and develop driving literacy skills. . Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: East Renfrewshire Council
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Medium Interventions
Cut It Out
This is an annual 1-hour and 55-minute intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at all S4 leavers, S5 and S6 students. It offers participants an interactive audio-visual presentation on road safety, covering issues such as speed, seatbelts and drink and drug driving. As part the presentation students are asked to take on different roles within the context of a road traffic collision and explore the causes and problems associated with the crash and the how the situation could be potentially avoided. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Strathclyde Fire and Rescue
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Drive 4 Safety
This is an annual 35-minute intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at students in S6. An audio-visual presentation is delivered by road patrol officers, covering issues such as the problems facing young and inexperienced drivers, drink and drug driving, speed, seatbelts, road rage and hazard perceptions. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Strathclyde Police
Attendance
4 out of 8 secondary schools.
East and Mid Lothian
Small Interventions
Young Driver's Initiative
This is pilot 6-week intervention targeted at young people between the ages of 16 and 25 in Penicuik. It offers participants 2-hour compulsory classes addressing issues such as buying a car, driving lessons, vehicle maintenance, accident causation, drink and drug driving, ASBOs, road crime reduction and the consequences of reckless driving. Following the completion of the course an awards ceremony is held at Raceland. An internal evaluation was conducted in 2009.
Lead Organisation: Midlothian Council, Lothian and Borders Police; Partner Organisations: Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue, Penicuik YMCA, Raceland
Attendance
12 participants completed the programme.
Medium Interventions
Road 2 L
This is a rolling intervention, taking in schools, targeted at parents and guardians of S5 and S6 students in East Lothian and Midlothian. The intervention takes the form of an information evening touching on problems and common mistakes young drivers may encounter and how to support a young driver after they have completed the driving test. This followed by a question and answer session. The evening is subject to demand. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Lothian and Borders Police; Partner Organisations: Driver Standards Agency (DSA)
Attendance
Average attendance of 20 persons and parent/guardian per session.
Pre-driver Input
This is an annual 1 to 2-hour intervention, taking within schools, targeted at all S5, S6 students, further education students and young people in community outreach programmes in Lothian and Borders subject to demand. Road safety officers deliver presentations covering issues such as good driving, attitudes and behaviour towards driving, insurance, choosing a driving instructor, speed, seatbelts, drink and drug driving and the consequences of a crash. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Lothian and Borders Police
Attendance
12 out 15 secondary schools in West Edinburgh and the Pentlands; 2 out of 10 secondary schools in North and Central Edinburgh; 5 out of 10 secondary schools in South and East Edinburgh; 5 out of 10; no secondary schools participated in East Lothian and Midlothian; all secondary schools in West Lothian; West Lothian College; Oatridge College; 9 out of 10 secondary schools in the Scottish Borders.
Large Interventions
2MRO's DRIVER
This is an annual intervention targeted at S6 students in East Lothian and Midlothian. This event takes place at Burton Theatre in Musselburgh over 3 days, with 2 schools attending each morning and afternoon session. The intervention includes a performance of the Friend's Disunited play, which is followed by an input from the Emergency Services and also a talk from a crash victim or a relative who share their experience and personal testimony. Students then visit a an information fayre which allows participants to explore and discuss road safety issues, with Partner Agencies, in a more informal environment. An evaluation is undertaken after every session with both teachers and students.
Lead Organisation: Lothian & Borders Police; Partner Organisations: Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue, Lothian and Borders Safety Camera Partnership, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service,, Young Marmalade Group, Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA), Driving Standards Agency (DSA), Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs), Brain Injury Trust, Collision Investigation
Attendance
All secondary schools in East Lothian; all secondary schools in Midlothian.
Young Driver Challenge
This is an annual intervention targeted at full license holders in East Lothian and Midlothian between the ages of 17 and 25. The full-day event takes place at Jewel and Esk College in Dalkeith. The intervention takes the form of a formal presentation about collision causes and statistics, followed by an input from the Emergency Services personnel. A trauma room Doctor from the New Infirmary of Edinburgh explains how crash victims are treated on arrival. This is followed with an information fayre with input from a number of community safety partners. They explore the real life impact of road collisions focusing on casualties and the impact on the families' of victims. Driving demonstrations are offered by police instructors as well as assessed drives by IAM and RoSPA respectively. A number of manoeuvrability competitions are open to participants on the day with prizes including a Ferrari 360 Experience and a skid pan experience at Knockhill Racing Circuit. Participants are encouraged to complete an evaluation form on completion of the event.
Lead Organisation: Lothian and Borders Police; Partner Organisations: Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue, Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM), Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), AA, Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA), Driving Standards Agency (DSA), Fife Constabulary (Driving Simulator), Drug Awareness Officer, Brain Injury Trust
Attendance
This event is advertised to the general public and participants have to register their place.
Edinburgh
Small Interventions
Road Safety Input (Fire Skills for Success)
This is a pilot intervention targeted at 6-12 young people who have left school or are unemployed. Participants are offered two hours of road safety input as part of the wider eight-day Fire Skills for Success. The programme is held in Liberton and Sighthill fire stations subject to demand. Police road safety practitioners cover issues on the pros and cons of driving, attitudes, causation factors, speed, seatbelts with additional input from Fire and Rescue practitioners. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue; Partner Organisations: Lothian and Borders Police, Careers Scotland
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Medium Interventions
Pre-driver Input
This is an annual 1 to 2-hour intervention, taking within schools, targeted at all S5, S6 students, further education students and young people in community outreach programmes in Lothian and Borders subject to demand. Road safety officers deliver presentations covering issues such as good driving, attitudes and behaviour towards driving, insurance, choosing a driving instructor, speed, seatbelts, drink and drug driving and the consequences of a crash. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Lothian and Borders Police
Attendance
12 out 15 secondary schools in West Edinburgh and the Pentlands; 2 out of 10 secondary schools in North and Central Edinburgh; 5 out of 10 secondary schools in South and East Edinburgh; 5 out of 10; no secondary schools participated in East Lothian and Midlothian; all secondary schools in West Lothian; West Lothian College; Oatridge College; 9 out of 10 secondary schools in the Scottish Borders.
Fife
Small Interventions
Pass Plus
This is an on-road intervention targeted at young newly qualified drivers. The six-session DSA programme offers practical situational instruction covering driving on motorways and dual carriageways, in and out of town driving, and driving at night and in different weather conditions. A £110 subsidy is awarded to residents who complete the programme. An internal evaluation was conducted in 2003.
Lead Organisation: Fife Constabulary; Partner Organisations: Driving Standards Agency (DSA), Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs)
Attendance
435 participants completed the programme.
Driving 4 Success
This is an annual 15-30-hour intervention targeted at pre-drivers between the ages of 15 and 25 subject to funding. Individual sessions are also delivered to further education students in Adam Smith College and Elmwood College. The programme features a number of sessions covering ownership, the driving licence, road legislation, social and environmental impact of motor vehicles, and the nature of road collisions. Other sessions include training in emergency first aid, basic car maintenance and motor care. Participants also receive practical driving instruction. An internal evaluation was conducted in 2009.
Lead Organisation: Youth First, Partner Organisations: Thistle Medical Training, Mechanics, Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs)
Attendance
171 participants completed the programme.
New Driver Evening
This is monthly 90-minute intervention which takes place at Fife Constabulary' head office in Glenrothes and is targeted at new drivers of all ages including young drivers and their parents. The programme uses real crash scenarios and road distraction visuals to highlight problems that new drivers face particularly those of the younger age. Police officers explain the role of the Road Policing Unit and offer tips and advice on how to stay safe and stay within the law. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Fife Constabulary
Attendance
500 participants have attended the event.
Medium Interventions
Life After Learning
This is an annual intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at all S6 students. The programme is delivered over two 55-minute sessions and is structured round the theme 'Independence = Responsibility". It offers participants presentations and active discussion on issues such as accidents among young drivers, brain development, the consequences of a crash, the causes of crashes, speed, using mobile phones, fatigue, drink and drug driving, rural roads and seatbelts. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Fife Constabulary
Attendance
17 out of 19 secondary schools.
Large Interventions
Safe Drive Stay Alive
This an annual intervention targeted at S5 and further education students. Half-day events take place at the Rothes Halls in Glenrothes over one week and centre round a docudrama of a fatal local road traffic collision. Lighting and music is used as a prelude to the intervention in order to stimulate participants prior to the presentation. The docudrama is supported by emotive experience and testimonies from the community safety practitioners, victims and parents of victims. The event is also supported with a series of thematic road safety TV commercials developed by Northern Ireland Department of Environment. An internal evaluation was conducted in 2008.
Lead Organisation: Fife Fire and Rescue; Partner Organisations: NHS Fife, Fife Constabulary,
Attendance
All secondary schools.
Glasgow
Small Interventions
Learn2Teach
This is a rolling intervention targeted at young drivers and their parents and guardians subject to demand. It is structured round a 3-hour theory based workshop for young drivers and their parents or guardians and a one-hour practical driving course for parents & guardians offering insight into the mind of a learner driver. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Glasgow City Council; Partner Organisations: Driving Standards Agency (DSA), Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs)
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Medium Interventions
Cut It Out
This is an annual 1-hour and 55-minute intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at all S6 students. It offers participants an interactive audio-visual presentation on road safety, covering issues such as speed, seatbelts and drink and drug driving. As part the presentation students are asked to take on different roles within the context of a road traffic collision and explore the causes and problems associated with the crash and the how the situation could be potentially avoided. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Strathclyde Fire and Rescue
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Drive 4 Safety
This is an annual 35-minute intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at students in S6. An audio-visual presentation is delivered by road patrol officers, covering issues such as the problems facing young and inexperienced drivers, drink and drug driving, speed, seatbelts, road rage and hazard perceptions. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Strathclyde Police
Attendance
18 out of 36 secondary schools.
Grampian
Small Interventions
Pass Plus
This is an on-road intervention targeted at young newly qualified drivers in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire. The six-session DSA programme offers practical situational instruction covering driving on motorways and dual carriageways, in and out of town driving, and driving at night and in different weather conditions. A £45 subsidy is awarded to Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire residents who complete the programme while a further £100 subsidy is offered by Aberdeenshire Community Safety Partnership. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council, Aberdeenshire Community Partnership (Lead), ADIs, DSA
Attendance
Lead Organisations: Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council, Aberdeenshire Community Partnership; Partner Organisations: Driving Standards Authority (DSA), Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs)
Young Driver Training Day
This is an annual intervention targeted at newly qualified young drivers between the age of 17 and 25. Half-day events takes place in a number of venues across Grampian. Participants are offered audio-visual presentations from community safety practitioners. The event focuses on issues such as road manoeuvrability and brake reaction. Driving demonstrations with police driving instructors are offered and a seatbelt slide is also on-site. A free prize draw is open to participants with prizes including AcciDON’T driver training and Driving Experience and Skidpan Training at Knockhill racing circuit. An internal evaluation was conducted in 2009.
Lead Organisation: Grampian Police; Partner Organisations: Grampian Fire & Rescue, AcciDON'T Driver Training
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Momentum
This an annual 30-hour intervention targeted at young people between ages of 14 and 16 in youth clubs in Aberdeenshire and Moray. The programme is structured round a number of sessions which explore issues such as basic car maintenance, attitudes and behaviour, the highway code, traffic laws, and hazard perception as well as the effects of drink and drugs, peer pressure and the driving experience. Discussion groups probe issues such as driver responsibilities and the wider consequences of inappropriate behaviour, while specialist input is delivered by a number of community safety practitioners. Participants also receive practical driving instruction. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisations: Kemnay Youth Café, Youth Scotland; Partner Organisations: Aberdeenshire Council, Northern Constabulary Highlands & Islands Fire & Rescue, Mechanics, Driving Standards Authority (DSA), Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs)
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Medium Interventions
Take Control
This is an annual 1-hour intervention targeted at S4 students in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire on a rolling basis. The intervention is delivered within the schools by community safety practitioners, who use of audio-visual material to explore fatal road traffic collisions and investigate how passengers can affect or alter the way in which a vehicle is driven. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Grampian Police; Partner Organisation: Grampian Fire and Rescue
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Driving Ahead
This is an annual 1-hour intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at all S5 students. The intervention is delivered by road patrol police officers, with the aid of audio-visual material and explores issues such as applying for a driving licence, licence holder responsibilities, choosing a driving instructor, insurance, Pass Plus, obtaining advanced motor training, drink and drug driving, seatbelts and speed. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Grampian Police
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Driving Ambition
This an annual full-day intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at all S6 students. The programme is structured around sessions delivered by community safety partners. Police officers explore safe driving techniques and the consequences of road collisions, Fire & Rescue practitioners outline the scene of a collision, while the DSA provide information on choosing an instructor and the driving test. Basic car maintenance and practical driving instruction are also offered. A seatbelt slide is used to demonstrate the importance of wearing a seatbelt. An internal evaluation was conducted in 2008.
Lead Organisation: Grampian Police; Partner Organisations: Grampian Fire and Rescue, Mechanics, Driving Standards Agency (DSA), Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs)
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Large Interventions
Safe Drive Stay Alive
This an annual intervention targeted at S5 students in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire. Half-day events take place at the Beach Ballroom in Aberdeen over four days and centre round a docudrama of a fatal local road traffic collision. Lighting and music is used as a prelude to the intervention in order to stimulate participants prior to the presentation. The docudrama is supported by emotive experience and testimonies from the community safety practitioners, victims and parents of victims. The event is also supported with a series of thematic road safety TV commercials developed by Northern Ireland Department of Environment. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisations: Aberdeenshire Community Safety Partnership; Partner Organisations: Grampian Fire and Rescue, Grampian Police, Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council, Scottish Ambulance, AcciDON'T Driving School
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Highland
Small Interventions
Road Safety Input (Youth Diversion Project)
This is a rolling intervention targeted at young people taking place in designated fire stations subject to demand. The programme offers road safety input as part of a wider youth diversion scheme. This input is structured round the Road Safety Scotland's learning resource Crash Magnets and other road signage material. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Pass Plus
This is an on-road intervention targeted at young newly qualified drivers. The six-session DSA programme offers practical situational instruction covering driving on motorways and dual carriageways, in and out of town driving, and driving at night and in different weather conditions. A £100 subsidy is awarded to residents who complete the programme. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Highland Council; Partner Organisations: Driving Standards Agency (DSA), Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs)
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Medium Interventions
Young Driver Information Day
This is an annual intervention targeted at further education students, army cadets and apprentices. The programme covers issues such as car modification, vehicle seizure, law enforcement, driver behaviour and drink driving and is structured towards the needs of specific groups. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Highland Council; Partner Organisations: Driving Standards Agency (DSA), Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs)
Attendance
Inverness College, Army Bases, Moray Firth Training Group for Mechanics
Driving Ambition
This is intervention is targeted at S5 and S6 students. Full-day programmes take place every two to three years. The intervention is delivered within the schools by community safety practitioners, who explore issues such as attitudes and driving behaviour, the scene of an accident and first aid, road legislation, learning to drive, hazard prevention, drink and drug driving and peer pressure. Discussion groups are used to explore driver responsibilities and the consequences of inappropriate behaviour, while specialist input is offered in driving instruction, the role of emergency services and vehicle maintenance. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisations: Highland Road Safety Working Group; Partner Organisations: Northern Constabulary, Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue, Highland Council, British Red Cross, Mechanics, Driving Standards Agency (DSA), Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs)
Attendance
14 out of 29 secondary schools.
Inverclyde
Small Interventions
Pass Plus
This is an on-road intervention targeted at young newly qualified drivers. The six-session DSA programme offers practical situational instruction covering driving on motorways and dual carriageways, in and out of town driving, and driving at night and in different weather conditions. A subsidy of up to £80 (50 per cent) is awarded to Inverclyde residents who complete the programme. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Inverclyde Council; Partner Organisations: Driving Standards Agency (DSA), Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs)
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Medium Interventions
Drive 4 Safety
This is an annual 35-minute intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at students in S6. An audio-visual presentation is delivered by road patrol officers, covering issues such as the problems facing young and inexperienced drivers, drink and drug driving, speed, seatbelts, road rage and hazard perceptions. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Strathclyde Police
Attendance
2 out of 8 secondary schools
Cut It Out
This is an annual 1-hour and 55-minute intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at all S6 students. It offers participants an interactive audio-visual presentation on road safety, covering issues such as speed, seatbelts and drink and drug driving. As part the presentation students are asked to take on different roles within the context of a road traffic collision and explore the causes and problems associated with the crash and the how the situation could be potentially avoided. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Strathclyde Fire and Rescue
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
North Ayrshire
Small Interventions
3 Town's Motor Project
The annual programme is targeted at young people between the ages of 15 and 25 who have been out of employment for 6 months. The 18-week programme takes place in Ardossan and covers a range of road safety issues including map reading, route planning, basic vehicle maintenance skills and driving skills. Participants can obtain a "First Aid at Work" certificate and SQA Pre-driver Safe Road User Awards. There are also presentations on self-developemnt by CAZBRO and employment & motivational skills. An internal evaluation was conducted in 2009
This an annual intervention targeted at young people between the ages of 15 and 25 who have been out of employment for 6 months. The 18-week programme takes place in Ardossan and covers a range of road safety issues including map reading, route planning, basic vehicle maintenance skills and driving skills. Participants can obtain a 'First Aid at Work' certificate and SQA Pre-driver Safe Road User Awards. There are also workshops on self-development and employability and motivation training. An internal evaluation was conducted in 2009
Attendance
12 out 15 participants completed the programme.
Medium Interventions
Young Driver Input
This is a 1-hour intervention, taking within schools, targeted at all S5 and S6 students subject to demand. Input address issues such as earning to drive, post driving test, speed, drugs, drink, insurance and vehicle modifications. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: North Ayrshire Council
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Drive 4 Safety
This is an annual 35-minute intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at students in S6. An audio-visual presentation is delivered by road patrol officers, covering issues such as the problems facing young and inexperienced drivers, drink and drug driving, speed, seatbelts, road rage and hazard perceptions. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Strathclyde Police
Attendance
4 out of 9 secondary schools.
Cut It Out
This is an annual 1-hour and 55-minute intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at all S6 students. It offers participants an interactive audio-visual presentation on road safety, covering issues such as speed, seatbelts and drink and drug driving. As part the presentation students are asked to take on different roles within the context of a road traffic collision and explore the causes and problems associated with the crash and the how the situation could be potentially avoided. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Strathclyde Fire and Rescue
Attendance
2 out of 9 secondary schools.
Large Interventions
Y Drive
This an annual intervention targeted S6 students in North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire. Full-day events take place at the Menzies Hotel in Irvine over three days. Participants are required to attend one compulsory road safety presentation and nine optional presentations delivered by community safety practitioners. A competition is organised to incentivise attendance. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisations: North Ayrshire Council; Partner Organisations: Strathclyde Police, Strathclyde Fire and Rescue, Strathclyde Safety Camera Partnership, Three Towns Motor Project, Network Rail, British Transport Police, Driving Standards Agency (DSA), Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs), British School of Motoring (BSM).
Attendance
8 out of 10 secondary schools in North Ayrshire; 2 out of 10 secondary schools in South Ayrshire.
North Lanarkshire
Medium Interventions
Drive 4 Safety
This is an annual 35-minute intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at students in S6. An audio-visual presentation is delivered by road patrol officers, covering issues such as the problems facing young and inexperienced drivers, drink and drug driving, speed, seatbelts, road rage and hazard perceptions. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Strathclyde Police
Attendance
2 out of 24 secondary schools.
Road Safety Input
This is a 1-hour intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at all S5 and S6 students subject to demand. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: North Lanarkshire Council
Attendance
5 out 24 secondary schools.
Cut It Out
This is an annual 1-hour and 55-minute intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at all S4 leavers and, S5 and S6 students. It offers participants an interactive audio-visual presentation on road safety, covering issues such as speed, seatbelts and drink and drug driving. As part the presentation students are asked to take on different roles within the context of a road traffic collision and explore the causes and problems associated with the crash and the how the situation could be potentially avoided. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Strathclyde Fire and Rescue
Attendance
23 out of 24 secondary schools.
Orkney
Small Interventions
Momentum First Gear
This is a bi-annual intervention targeted at young people between the ages of 14 and 17. Participants take part in a 30-hour programme over a residential weekend. The programme explores issues such as basic car maintenance, first aid, attitudes and behaviour, the highway code, traffic laws, and hazard perception as well as the effects of drink and drugs, peer pressure and the driving experience. Discussion groups probe issues such as driver responsibilities and the wider consequences of inappropriate behaviour, while specialist input is delivered by a number of community safety practitioners. Participants also receive practical driving instruction. An internal evaluation was conducted in 2009.
Lead Organisation: Orkney Islands Council, Orkney Association Of Youth Clubs; Partner Organisations: Northern Constabulary, Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue, Scottish Ambulance, Mechanics, Orkney Drug, Alcohol and Smoking Action Team, Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs)
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Medium Interventions
Road Safety Input
This is a 1-hour intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at all S5 and S6 students subject to demand. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisations: Northern Constabulary, Orkney Islands Council
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Streetwise
This is an annual intervention, taking place in schools, targeted S4 students. The 3-session intervention takes place over three weeks with Using a series of video presentations and discussion groups delivered by community safety practitioners. The sessions explore issues such as the driving test, vehicle roadworthiness, insurance, advanced driver training, driving re-skilling, speed, use of mobile phones, weather/road conditions, drink and drug driving and local hazards. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisations: Northern Constabulary, Orkney Islands Council
Attendance
All senior and junior high schools.
Large Interventions
Crash Consequences
This intervention takes place every two years and is targeted at S4 students and members of the general public. The intervention involves a mock-up of the immediate aftermath of a collision between a car and motorcycle with input from community safety practitioners. Input is also delivered by Trevor Eakin of Spinal Injuries Scotland. Emergency services vehicles are on display at the event. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Orkney Islands Council; Partner Organisations: Northern Constabulary, Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue, Scottish Ambulance
Attendance
All senior high schools.
Renfrewshire
Medium Interventions
Pre-driver Training Module
This is an annual intervention, taking place in schools, targeted at S6 students. The six-week intervention centres round the main reasons why young drivers are so highly represented in accident statistics and encouraging the development of skills throughout life. Police Officers discuss road policing, seatbelt use, drink, drugs and speeding, while the DSA and Fire and Rescue practitioners present adapted versions of 'Arrive Alive' and 'Cut It Out' respectively. Peter Harvey, National Chairman of the Motor Schools Association discusses issues such as choosing a driving instructor and theoretical and practical driving lessons. Participants are also given the opportunity to drive round a figure of eight course to familiarise themselves with the basics of car control at a local industrial yard owned by WH Malcolm Logistics. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Renfrewshire Council; Partner Organisations: Strathclyde Police, Strathclyde Fire and Rescue, Driving Standards Agency (DSA), Motor School Association (MSA)
Attendance
All secondary schools.
Drive 4 Safety
This is an annual 35-minute intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at students in S6. An audio-visual presentation is delivered by road patrol officers, covering issues such as the problems facing young and inexperienced drivers, drink and drug driving, speed, seatbelts, road rage and hazard perceptions. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Strathclyde Police
Attendance
7 out 11 secondary schools.
Large Interventions
Young Driver Experience
This is a pilot programme targeted at young drivers between the ages of 17 and 25 and their parents or guardians. The full-day event takes place at St. Mirren Park in Paisley and is structured round a road safety presentation delivered by community safety practitioners and parents of victims. In addition participants take part in a manoeuvrability course and attend a number of workshops offered by participating organisations. They also observe a real-time crash scenario during the event, with input from all members of the emergency services. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Safer and Stronger Renfrewshire Partnership; Partner Organisations: Renfrewshire Council, Strathclyde Police, Strathclyde Fire and Rescue, Scottish Ambulance, Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA), Driving Standards Agency (DSA), Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), Knockhill Racing Circuit, Safety Camera Partnership
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Scottish Borders
Small Interventions
Hyperdrive/Flashing Amber
This is a pilot event, held at Newton St Boswells, targeted at young qualified drivers between the ages of 17 and 25 in the Scottish Borders. Hyperdrive is a half day event which offers participants hazard perception test runs, driving demonstrations and driver assessments. A competition is held for the best turned out car. Flashing Amber follows a similar format but is targeted at young female drivers. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisations: Borders Group of Advanced Motorists; Partner Organisations: Scottish Borders Council, Lothian and Borders Police
Attendance
51 participants attended the event.
Momentum
This is a referral-led intervention is targeted at young people between the ages of 16 and 19 in the Scottish Borders. The programme explore issues such as basic car maintenance, attitudes and behaviour, the highway code, traffic laws, and hazard perception as well as the effects of drink and drugs, peer pressure and the driving experience. Discussion groups probe issues such as driver responsibilities and the wider consequences of inappropriate behaviour, while specialist input is delivered by a number of community safety practitioners. Participants also receive practical driving instruction. An internal evaluation was conducted in 2008.
Lead Organisations: Youth Borders, Youth Scotland; Partner Organisations: Scottish Borders Council, Youth Scotland, Skills Development Scotland (Careers Scotland), Duns Youth Centre, Mechanics, Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs).
Attendance
9 participants completed the programme.
Drive of Your Life
This is a pilot evening intervention, targeted at young qualified drivers between the ages of 17 and 25 in Scottish Borders. The intervention takes the form of a series of road shows which take place in Hawick, Duns, Peebles and Galashiels. A ‘crashed car’ and a ‘modified car’ are on display at the road shows to illustrate the importance of safer driving. The ‘crashed car’ serves to demonstrate the consequences of car collusion, while the ‘modified car’ seeks to educate young drivers about the legalities of car modifications. In addition to entering a Car of the Night competition participants can also talk to representatives of the Border Escosse Car Club and the IAM. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Scottish Border Community Safety Partnership; Partner Organisations: Lothian and Borders Police, Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue, Scottish Borders Council, Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM), Border Escosse Car Club.
Attendance
Attendance is open to all with on average 100 attending each evening.
Medium Interventions
Driving into the Future
This an annual full-day intervention, taking place in schools, targeted at S6 students in the Scottish Borders. The programme consists of eight 20-minute workshops delivered by community safety practitioners exploring issues such as drink and drug driving, speeding, the consequences of a road traffic collision, passing the driving test, and basic car maintenance. An internal evaluation was conducted in 2008.
Lead Organisations: Scottish Borders Community Safety, Scottish Borders Road Safety Working Group; Partner Organisations: Lothian and Borders Police, Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue, Lothian and Borders Safety Camera Partnership, Scottish Ambulance, Drug and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT), Mechanics, Capability Scotland, Driving Standards Agency (DSA)
Attendance
9 out of 10 secondary schools.
Pre-driver Input
This is an annual 1 to 2-hour intervention, taking within schools, targeted at all S5, S6 students, further education students and young people in community outreach programmes in Lothian and Borders subject to demand. Road safety officers deliver presentations covering issues such as good driving, attitudes and behaviour towards driving, insurance, choosing a driving instructor, speed, seatbelts, drink and drug driving and the consequences of a crash. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Lothian and Borders Police
Attendance
12 out 15 secondary schools in West Edinburgh and the Pentlands; 2 out of 10 secondary schools in North and Central Edinburgh; 5 out of 10 secondary schools in South and East Edinburgh; 5 out of 10; no secondary schools participated in East Lothian and Midlothian; all secondary schools in West Lothian; West Lothian College; Oatridge College; 9 out of 10 secondary schools in the Scottish Borders.
Large Interventions
Safe T in the Park
This is an annual intervention is offered to S5 students in the Scottish Borders. Full-day personal and social safety events take place at Springwood Park in Kelso over one week and offer road safety input as part of a wider community safety programme. An internal evaluation was conducted in 2008.
Lead Organisation: Scottish Borders Council; Partner Organisations: Gate Youth Project, Lothian & Borders Police, Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue, British Red Cross, Penumbra, Drug and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT), Citizens Advice Bureau , Scottish Borders Housing Association, Up2u
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Safe T going 4th
This is an annual intervention targeted at school leavers in S4 in the Scottish Borders. Full-day events take place at Springwood Park in Kelso over one week. The programme offers a 25-minute road safety workshop as part of a wider community safety intervention. An internal evaluation was conducted in 2009.
Lead Organisation: Scottish Borders Community Safety Partnership; Partner Organisations: Scottish Borders Council, Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue, NHS Borders, UP2U
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Shetland
Small Interventions
It's your Life It's your Choice
This intervention takes the form of a DVD and is distributed to schools and youth clubs. The 15-minute film features experience and testimony from the Procurator Fiscal, an Accident and Emergency nurse whose son was seriously injured in a road traffic collision and parents of victims covering issues such as drink and drug driving, speed and seatbelts. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisations: Shetland Community Safety Partnership, Shetland Alcohol and Drugs Action Team; Partner Organisations: Shetland Islands Council, Procurator Fiscal Service
Attendance
N/A
Pass Plus
This is an on-road intervention targeted at young newly qualified drivers. The six-session DSA programme offers practical situational instruction covering driving on motorways and dual carriageways, in and out of town driving, and driving at night and in different weather conditions. A 50 per cent is awarded to residents who complete the programme. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Shetland Islands Council; Partner Organisations: Driving Standards Agency (DSA), Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs)
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Momentum
This is annual intervention targeted at young people between the ages of 14 and 15 in youth clubs in Yell and Unst and schools in Scalloway. The 30-hour programme explore issues such as basic car maintenance, attitudes and behaviour, the highway code, traffic laws, and hazard perception as well as the effects of drink and drugs, peer pressure and the driving experience. Discussion groups probe issues such as driver responsibilities and the wider consequences of inappropriate behaviour, while specialist input is delivered by a number of community safety practitioners. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisations: Mid Yell Youth Club, Scalloway Youth Club, Shetland Islands Council, Youth Scotland; Partner Organisations: Northern Constabulary, Mechanics, Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs)
Attendance
9 participants in Yell, 8 participants in Unst and 11 participants in Scalloway completed the programme.
Medium Interventions
Road Safety Input
This is a 1-hour intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at all S4, S5 and S6 students subject to demand. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisations: Northern Constabulary, Shetland Islands Council
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
South Ayrshire
Medium Interventions
Drive 4 Safety
This is an annual 35-minute intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at students in S6. An audio-visual presentation is delivered by road patrol officers, covering issues such as the problems facing young and inexperienced drivers, drink and drug driving, speed, seatbelts, road rage and hazard perceptions. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Strathclyde Police
Attendance
4 out 10 secondary schools.
Passenger 2 Driver
This is an annual intervention, taking place in schools, targeted at S5 students. The 1-hour presentation focuses on issues such as the importance of seatbelts and factors that can cause road traffic collisions among young drivers. It also looks at driver theory and the penal points system. Presentations are aided by the interactive teaching tool Qwizdom to create an interactive learning environment. An internal evaluation was conducted in 2009.
Lead Organisation: South Ayrshire Council
Attendance
All secondary schools.
Cut It Out
This is an annual 1-hour and 55-minute intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at all S5 students. It offers participants an interactive audio-visual presentation on road safety, covering issues such as speed, seatbelts and drink and drug driving. As part the presentation students are asked to take on different roles within the context of a road traffic collision and explore the causes and problems associated with the crash and the how the situation could be potentially avoided. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Strathclyde Fire and Rescue
Attendance
3 out of 10 secondary schools.
Large Interventions
Reckless Driving Wrecks Lives
This is an annual intervention targeted at S5 and S6 and further education students in South Ayrshire and North and East Ayrshire. Half-day events take place at the Odeon Cinema in Ayr over three days and centre round a docudrama of a fatal local road traffic collision. Lighting and music is used as a prelude to the intervention in order to stimulate participants prior to the presentation. The docudrama is supported by emotive experience and testimonies from the community safety practitioners. The event is also supported with a series of thematic road safety TV commercials developed by Northern Ireland Department of Environment. An external evaluation was conducted by ODS Consulting in 2007.
Lead Organisation: South Ayrshire Community Safety Partnership; Partner Organisations: South, North & East Ayrshire Councils, Transport Scotland, Strathclyde Police, Strathclyde Fire and Rescue, Scottish Ambulance, NHS Ayrshire & Arran
Attendance
9 out of 10 secondary schools in South Ayrshire; 6 out of 9 in North Ayrsihre; 6 out of 10 secondary schools in East Ayrshire; Ayr College.
South Lanarkshire
Small Interventions
Pass Plus
This is an on-road intervention targeted at young newly qualified drivers. The six-session DSA programme offers practical situational instruction covering driving on motorways and dual carriageways, in and out of town driving, and driving at night and in different weather conditions. A £75 subsidy is awarded to residents who complete the programme. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: South Lanarkshire Council; Partner Organisations: Driving Standards Agency (DSA), Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs)
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Young Driver Experience
This is a pilot event targeted at young newly qualified drivers between the ages of 17 and 25 and their parents or guardians. The full-day event takes place at the Force Training and Recruitment Centre, based at Jackton in Eastbride and centres around a DVD presentation of 'Reckless Drivers, Wrecks Lives'. This is supported by input from a number of community safety practitioners. Practitioners and other organisations also take part in an information fayre which allows participants to explore and discuss road safety issues in a more informal environment. The event includes practical workshops including a manoeuvrability course by Knockhill racing and a course on advanced driving techniques. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisations: South Lanarkshire Council, Strathclyde Police; Partner Organisations: Strathclyde Fire and Rescue, NHS Lanarkshire, Scottish Ambulance, Strathclyde Safety Camera Partnership, Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), Insitute of Advanced Motorists (IAM), Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA), Driving Standards Agency (DSA)
Attendance
62 young drivers attended in 2009.
Medium Interventions
Drive 4 Safety
This is an annual 35-minute intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at students in S6. An audio-visual presentation is delivered by road patrol officers, covering issues such as the problems facing young and inexperienced drivers, drink and drug driving, speed, seatbelts, road rage and hazard perceptions. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Strathclyde Police
Attendance
5 out 19 secondary schools.
Cut It Out
This is an annual 1-hour and 55-minute intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at all S5 students. It offers participants an interactive audio-visual presentation on road safety, covering issues such as speed, seatbelts and drink and drug driving. As part the presentation students are asked to take on different roles within the context of a road traffic collision and explore the causes and problems associated with the crash and the how the situation could be potentially avoided. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Strathclyde Fire and Rescue
Attendance
16 out of 19 secondary schools.
Tayside
Small Interventions
Road Safety Input (Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme)
This an annual intervention is targeted at young people between the ages of 17 and 25 in Angus, Dundee and, Perth and Kinross. It offers 6-12 young people 2-3 hours of road safety input as part of an adapted version of Tayside’s Young Fire Fighters Programme. The programmes takes place over six weeks and explores road safety issues using audio-visual material and input from Fire and Rescue practitioners. The programme also includes a practical element in which participants investigate a road safety collusion and its aftermath. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisations: Tayside Fire and Rescue, Dundee Open Award Unit
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Road Safety Input (Young Firefighters Programme)
This annual intervention is targeted young people between the ages of 11 and 17 in Angus, Dundee and, Perth and Kinross. Participants are offered road safety input as part of the Young Fire Fighters Programme. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Tayside Fire and Rescue
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Pass Plus
This is an on-road intervention targeted at young newly qualified drivers in Perth and Kinross. The six-session DSA programme offers practical situational instruction covering driving on motorways and dual carriageways, in and out of town driving, and driving at night and in different weather conditions. A 50 per cent subsidy is awarded to residents who complete the programme. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Perth and Kinross Council, Partner Organisations: Driving Standards Agency (DSA), Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs)
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Hub Motorcycle Project
This is a referral-led intervention is targeted at young people in Dundee identified by Youth Justice. The 7-hour intervention explores a motorcycle collision and its aftermath. First Aid training is also offered. The programme is subject to demand. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisations: Tayside Fire and Rescue, Hub Library & Learning Centre
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Momentum
This is a referral-led intervention targeted at young people who have been brought to the attention of local of authorities in Angus. The intervention takes places subject to funding and current needs. Participants take part in a 30-hour programme exploring issues such as basic car maintenance, attitudes and behaviour, the highway code, traffic laws, and hazard perception as well as the effects of drink and drugs, peer pressure and the driving experience. Participants also receive practical driving instruction. An internal evaluation was conducted in 2008.
Lead Organisation: Angus Local Multi Agency Resource Teams (LMARTs); Partner Organisations: Angus Council, Tayside Police, Tayside Fire and Rescue, NHS Tayside, Volunteer Centre Angus, Brechin Auto Repairs, Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs)
Attendance
The programme did not take place in 2008-2009.
MotoLearn
This is a rolling intervention, targeted at selected S4 and S5 students in Perth and Kinross, who are interested in motorcycling. The programme comprises of six full day sessions which take place in the school and at off-site locations. With the aid of the learning resource, Crash Magnets, and additional input from RUTS staff, participants explore issues such as basic motorcycle maintenance and motor care, attitudes and behaviour towards motorcycling, personal responsibility, hazard perception, the Highway Code, the driving test, and motor insurance as well as the effects of speed and drink and drugs. Participants also receive off-road motorcycle instruction. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Rural and Urban Training Scheme (RUTS)
Attendance
2 out of 14 secondary schools.
Medium Interventions
Driving Ambition
This is an annual intervention, taking place in schools, targeted at S6 students in Angus and, Perth and Kinross. In Angus a formal road safety presentation and a number of small workshops are delivered by community safety practitioners, while in Perth and Kinross the intervention takes the form of an information fayre. The full or half-day interventions cover issues such as car maintenance, drug and drink driving, brake reaction times, hazard perception, the driving test, the driving licence, car insurance, static control lessons, road sign knowledge and the role of speed cameras. Driving simulation is also offered. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Tayside Fire and Rescue; Partner Organisations: Tayside Police, Driving Standards Agency (DSA), Angus Council, Perth & Kinross Council, Tayside Safety Camera Partnership, Tayside Fire and Rescue, (Perth and Kinross Driving Instructors Association, Careers Scotland, Skillseekers Perth & Kinross only)
Attendance
All secondary schools in Angus and, Perth and Kinross.
Large Interventions
Safe Drive Stay Alive
This an annual intervention targeted at S5, S6 and further education students. Half-day events take place at three locations, the Reid Hall in Forfar, the Whitehall Theatre in Dundee and Bell Sports Centre in Perth, over two months and centre round a docudrama of a fatal local road traffic collision. Lighting and music is used as a prelude to the intervention in order to stimulate participants prior to the presentation. The docudrama is supported by emotive experience and testimonies from the community safety practitioners, victims and parents of victims. The event is also supported with a series of thematic road safety TV commercials developed by Northern Ireland Department of Environment. An external evaluation was conducted in 2007.
Lead Organisation: Tayside Fire and Rescue; Partner Organisations: Angus Council, Dundee City Council, Perth and Kinross Council, Angus Community Safety Partnership, Dundee Community Safety Partnership, Perth and Kinross Community Safety Partnership, Tayside Police, Tayside Road Safety Forum, NHS Tayside, Scottish Ambulance, Tayside Safety Camera Partnership
Attendance
29 out 30 secondary schools in Angus, Dundee and, Perth and Kinross, Angus College, Dundee College, Perth College
West Dunbartonshire
Small Interventions
Pass Plus
This is an on-road intervention targeted at young newly qualified drivers. The six-session DSA programme offers practical situational instruction covering driving on motorways and dual carriageways, in and out of town driving, and driving at night and in different weather conditions. A £100 subsidy is awarded to who complete the programme. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: West Dunbartonshire Council; Partner Organisations: Driving Standards Agency (DSA) Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs)
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Driving Theory Preparation Course
This is an annual 16-hr course, taking place over 8 weeks, targeted at S4, S5 and S6 students and young people affiliated with the Streetlinks Project. Participants have the opportunity to practice the theory test and explore issues such as road signs and markings, motorway rules, road safety, driver documentation and hazard perception. The intervention Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: West Dunbartonshire Council
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Medium Interventions
Cut It Out
This is an annual 1-hour and 55-minute intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at all S5 students. It offers participants an interactive audio-visual presentation on road safety, covering issues such as speed, seatbelts and drink and drug driving. As part the presentation students are asked to take on different roles within the context of a road traffic collision and explore the causes and problems associated with the crash and the how the situation could be potentially avoided. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Strathclyde Fire and Rescue
Attendance
1 out 6 secondary schools.
Drive 4 Safety
This is an annual 35-minute intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at students in S6. An audio-visual presentation is delivered by road patrol officers, covering issues such as the problems facing young and inexperienced drivers, drink and drug driving, speed, seatbelts, road rage and hazard perceptions. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Strathclyde Police
Attendance
2 out of 6 secondary schools.
Large Interventions
Safe Drive Stay Alive
This an annual intervention targeted at S5, S6 and further education students. Half-day events take place at the Denny Civic Theatre in Dumbarton over two days and centre round a docudrama of a fatal local road traffic collision. Lighting and music is used as a prelude to the intervention in order to stimulate participants prior to the presentation. The docudrama is supported by emotive experience and testimonies from the community safety practitioners, victims and parents of victims. The event is also supported with a series of thematic road safety TV commercials developed by Northern Ireland Department of Environment. An internal evaluation was conducted in 2009.
Lead Organisation: West Dunbartonshire Community Safety Partnership; Partner Organisations: West Dunbartonshire Council, Strathclyde Fire and Rescue, Strathclyde Police, Scottish Ambulance, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Attendance
5 out 6 secondary schools; 1 special school
West Lothian
Small Interventions
WestDrive Pass Plus
This is an on-road intervention targeted at young newly qualified drivers in West Lothian. The six-session DSA programme offers practical situational instruction covering driving on motorways and dual carriageways, in and out of town driving, and driving at night and in different weather conditions. A £55 subsidy is awarded to residents who complete the programme. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: West Lothian Council; Partner Organisations: Driving Standards Agency (DSA), Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs)
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Medium Interventions
Pre-driver Input
This is an annual 1 to 2-hour intervention, taking within schools, targeted at all S5, S6 students, further education students and young people in community outreach programmes in Lothian and Borders subject to demand. Road safety officers deliver presentations covering issues such as good driving, attitudes and behaviour towards driving, insurance, choosing a driving instructor, speed, seatbelts, drink and drug driving and the consequences of a crash. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisation: Lothian and Borders Police
Attendance
12 out 15 secondary schools in West Edinburgh and the Pentlands; 2 out of 10 secondary schools in North and Central Edinburgh; 5 out of 10 secondary schools in South and East Edinburgh; 5 out of 10; no secondary schools participated in East Lothian and Midlothian; all secondary schools in West Lothian; West Lothian College; Oatridge College; 9 out of 10 secondary schools in the Scottish Borders.
Large Interventions
WestDrive
This is an annual intervention targeted at S6 students in West Lothian. Half-day events take place in Howden Park Centre in Livingston over three days. The programme includes a performance of the Friends Disunited play as well as a number of presentations delivered by community safety partners. Participants look at current West Lothian road crash statistics and offer advice on learning to drive and improving and developing driving skills. The intervention is supported by real life crash victims and relatives of victims who share their experiences and personal testimony. An internal evaluation was conducted in 2009.
Lead Organisation: Lothian & Borders Police; Partner Organisations: Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue, Lothian and Borders Safety Camera Partnership, British School of Motoring (BSM), West Lothian Drugs Action Team, Scottish Ambulance Service, Lothian Motorcycle Training Group, A2OM, Network Rail, British Transport Police, Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA), Driving Standards Agency (DSA), Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs)
Attendance
All secondary schools.
Western Isles
Small Interventions
Momentum
This is an annual intervention targeted at young people between the ages of 16 and 25 in youth clubs, schools and colleges. Groups of 12 people take part in a 30-hour programme over a residential weekend. The programme explores issues such as basic car maintenance, attitudes and behaviour, the highway code, traffic laws, and hazard perception as well as the effects of drink and drugs, peer pressure and the driving experience. Discussion groups probe issues such as driver responsibilities and the wider consequences of inappropriate behaviour, while specialist input is delivered by a number of community safety practitioners. Participants also receive practical driving instruction. An external evaluation was conducted on behalf of the Lewis & Harris Youth Association by RoSPA in 2008. Internal evaluations were also conducted by Uist and Barra Youth Association in 2008.
Lead Organisations: Lewis and Harris Youth Club Association, Uist and Barra Youth Clubs Association, Western Isles Council, Youth Scotland; Partner Organisations: Northern Constabulary, Highlands & Islands Fire and Rescue, Scottish Ambulance, Mechanics, Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs)
Attendance
48 participants completed the programme in Lewis and Harris Youth Club Association; Information for the Uist and Barra Youth Clubs Association is currently unavailable.
Medium Interventions
Road Safety Input
This is a 1-hour intervention, taking place within schools, targeted at all S4, S5 and S6 students subject to demand. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisations: Western Isles Council, Northern Constabulary
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
Large Interventions
Road Safety Awareness Day
This is a rolling intervention targeted at secondary school students and other members of the general public in major towns on the Western Isles. It centres round a fatal real-time road traffic collision and demonstrates the work carried out by community safety practitioners. Information about the evaluation process is currently unavailable.
Lead Organisations: Western Isles Council, Northern Constabulary; Partner Organisations: Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue, Scottish Ambulance
Attendance
This information is currently unavailable.
