BRIEF ON ROAD SAFETY CLUB
Road Safety Club was formally launched in January 2010 by the then Special CP/Traffic Sh. Ajay Chadha. The motto behind formation of Road Safety Club is to actively engage schools and to ensure their participation in various road safety activities.
OBJECTIVES
- To inculcate a sense of road safety and correct attitude among students to groom them up into responsible road using citizens.
- Working together with schools for spreading road safety culture in the new generation and create awareness amongst students who are future road users.
- To train the nominated school teachers and to take forward the full year plan of road safety activities.
STAKE HOLDERS
- Delhi Traffic Police
- Society of Indian Automobiles Association
- Hero Moto Corps
- Member Schools
ROLE OF STAKE HOLDERS
- Meetings with schools to finalize the year plan
- Organize Visits of students to Traffic Park
- Organize Workshop for students, teachers & drivers
- Develop/Arrangement of Road Safety distribution material for students, teachers & drivers
- Faculties for conducting workshops
- Prizes for competition winners
- Training with the help of simulators etc.
PROGRAMME CHARTER
- Direct contact programme with schools
- Educational trips to Traffic Training Parks and other Training facilities.
- Development of Road Safety Club website
- Road Safety Curriculum for Primary, Middle and Senior group students
- Workshop and seminar for teachers and students
- Training programme for school bus drivers
- Inter-school competition on road safety
- Road safety fairs
- Road Safety Award for schools and students






NO. OF SCHOOLS ENROLLED AS CLUB MEMBERS
- Initially in the year 2010-11, seventeen schools enrolled themselves as members in the Road Safety Club and participated in and organized various road safety awareness programmes as per the programme charter.
- In 2011-12, thirty more schools got themselves enrolled as Road Safety Club members adding the numbers to 47.
- In the year 2012-2013, one forty schools got themselves enrolled as Road Safety Club members.
- In 2013-14, the number of member schools has reached to 450. In addition, 42 Kendriya Vidyalaya schools in Delhi also joined the club.
- This year, all schools in Delhi have been given instructions to enroll as Road Safety Club members through education directorate, GNCT Delhi. Now we have around 2000 schools working in close coordination with Road Safety Cell and club.
CURRICULUM FOR ROAD SAFETY ACTIVITIES
Activities at Primary Level
- Painting Competition
- Slogan Writing/Quiz Competition on road safety
- Cultural activities on road safety
- Interactive lectures on basic road rules and etiquettes
- Road safety games such as identification of road signs
- Film on road safety
- Visit at TT Park
- Inter-School Competitions
- Distribution of literatures such as Smarty, Colour books, etc.
Activities at Middle Level
- Painting Competition
- Quiz/Slogan Writing Competition on road safety
- Lectures on basic knowledge about traffic signs, road discipline and etiquettes
- Film on road safety
- Educational trips to Traffic parks and other Training facilities
- Inter-School Competitions
Activities at Sr. Sec. Level
- Debate/Quiz/Skit/Slogan/Painting competitions on road safety
- Lectures on
- Knowledge of traffic signs, signals and traffic furnitures
- Basic knowledge about violations
- Knowledge of causes of accidents and prevention
- Road etiquettes and good road user behavior
- Road discipline, right of way, duties & responsibilities at the time of disastrous situations on road, defensive driving, etc.
- Inter-school competitions
- Practical Training on Simulators and safe rider training
- Selection of Road Safety Patrol Cadets
- Discourage minor driving
- Safe Riding Training Programme