| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/36/36 |
| Title | 'Safety Among School Children' |
| Date | 1935 - 1958 |
| Description | Correspondence between Ethel Froud and A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT), Miss E. B. Pearce, Helen Dedman, Edith E. Crosby (NUWT member), the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RSPA), the Pedestrians Association, the Road Accidents Emergency Council, the Children's Safety Crusade, and the Board of Education regarding:
NUWT representation at RSPA meetings
Statistics on the number of pedestrians killed and injured in road accidents
NUWT representation at the National Safety Congress and at various other conferences organised to discuss child safety and road safety
News of safety campaigns launched by the RSPA
Invitations to receptions and events organised by, or in conjunction with, the RSPA or the Pedestrians Association
Arrangements for representatives from the NUWT to give evidence to the Committee on Road Safety among School Children, organised by the Board of Education, includes correspondence detailing the specific points which they would like the views of the NUWT on
Requests for NUWT support for safety proposals from the RSPA and the Pedestrians Association
Hand-written and typed drafts of evidence submitted by the NUWT to the Committee on Road Safety among School Children Final typed copy of the Precis of Evidence submitted by Representatives of the NUWT to the Committee on Road Safety Among School Children
Press cuttings regarding:
National Safety Campaigns
Road Safety and concerns over the portrayal of driving in films
Plans for uniformed and paid 'school patrol officers' to safeguard children crossing roads
Reports of meetings of the Committee on Road Safety among School Children
Plans to close certain streets to traffic in order to provide play areas for children living in cities
Papers detailing the programme for the National Safety Congress for various years between 1949 and 1958
'Safety News - Journal of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents', December 1958
Leaflets and posters advertising various safety campaigns, including campaign for the safety of new babies
Board of Education Circulars and Administrative Memorandums regarding child safety, road safety, the Highway Code
Reports and publications including:
'The Road Courtesy Campaign', 1951
'Traffic Safety Education - some proposals for secondary and independent schools'
'How 1,400 children died in road accidents - Journey in Vain', 1945
Various booklets giving statistics on children killed in road accidents
'Road Accidents in Wartime'
'Safe Cycling', 1957 |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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