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St Stephens Road
Bournemouth
Dorset
BH2 6EB
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Tel: 01202 451451

Bournemouth Borough Council Road Safety Team

Find out about road safety information, advice and support that's available to help everyone travel safely in our town.

Road safety for adults

- Dorset Driver Gold is designed for people aged 65 or over who have an interest in updating their skills and knowledge, want help in familiarising themselves with a new vehicle or simply want to gain confidence.

- Adult cycle training: We provide Adult Bikeability training through our team of nationally accredited Bikeability Instructors for anyone over 16 who lives, works or studies in Bournemouth. Sessions cover safety checks, basic bike control skills and route planning.

- Life Drive is free young driver training, designed to reduce accidents by building on the skills and experience of young drivers (Life Drive Evaluation recently completed). Email helen@streetwise.org.uk or phone 01202 591330.

- Car Seat Check Clinics: An alarming number of child car seats are incorrectly fitted and we would like to help ensure that drivers make sure their in-car child seats are fitted correctly.

- ScootWise Mobility Scooter and Powered Wheelchair Training: SafeWise Bournemouth is providing safety awareness courses for mobility scooter users or those thinking of purchasing a mobility scooter in Dorset.

- Motorcycle training: If you'd like to try a free one hour training session at Kings Park check out the Get On Campaign website for more details.

- Flood Water: Please be aware of the dangers of driving through flood water and heed the advice from the AA in dealing with this dangerous weather condition.

Road safety for children and young people

- Cycle training for children aged 10 and over. Our free Bikeability course combines Bikeability Levels 1 and 2, with the aim to increase road safety awareness for young cyclists on the road. We also provide free Level 3 courses for children who have completed level 1 and 2 and would like to improve their skills on more challenging roads and junctions. These free courses are funded directly by the Department for Transport.

- CCTV cameras are being deployed outside Bournemouth Schools to deter illegally stopping vehicles.

- Pre-school road safety: We lend out road safety equipment to pre-school groups to teach road safety skills before they start school. The equipment is free and you can borrow it for one week at a time. If you'd like to know more, please email our Road Safety team.

- School Crossing Patrols: We recruit and manage the School Crossing Patrol service. We're also responsible for risk management at school crossing patrol sites and any engineering and traffic measures which are needed there. To apply for one of our current permanent vacancies or to apply for a position as either a mobile relief patroller or a relief patroller specific to a particular school, please email us at roadsafety@bournemouth.gov.uk or contact us on 01202 454636 for an application or further details.


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