Before your child grows up and drives a car, you’ll want to make sure that he understands how to be safe as a pedestrian and bicyclist.
Luckily, there are plenty of pedestrian and bicycle safety resources including child-friendly websites, guides, and printables on the web.
Below is a list of such resources.
I hope they help you teach your child how to stay safe both on foot and by bike.
Pedestrian Safety Resources
Safe Kids: You’ll find tips on teaching kids pedestrian safety here.
Suite.io: This page has coloring pages and printable activities you may find useful.
Otan: This is a PDF of worksheets for teaching pedestrian safety.
CapitalCoexist.org: These are printable pedestrian safety posters.
Bicycle Safety Resources
BicycleSafe.com: This site has some excellent illustrations and descriptions of situations where you can get hit on bike as well as tips on how to avoid these collisions.
Kids Health: Your kids can learn a lot about bike safety from the child-friendly site.
WSDOT: The Washington State DOT has a list of bicycle safety tips your kids can read.
AAA: The AAA site has videos and PDFs on bicycle safety.
Deceptively Educational: Get printable playing cards on this page.
Elementary Safety: This site has coloring pages on bicycle safety.
Rydoze: Rydoze has a Comprehensive Guide to Bike Safety here.
Both Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Resources
FHWA: The Federal Highway Administration has a variety of resources available.
Walk Bike to School: You’ll find a variety of helpful resources on this site.
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center: There’s a very large assortment of tips and other resources on this website.
Did you find any helpful pedestrian and bicycle safety resources?
I hope you did. If you know of others who need these sites, feel free to share this list with them.