New project aims to improve young driver education

The DriveFit 2.0 project, an initiative aimed at improving road safety education for young and novice drivers in the UK, has successfully secured funding from The Road Safety Trust. 

The funding is described as a critical step towards achieving DriveFit 2.0’s aim: to enhance road safety education and address the vulnerability of young road users by redesigning and improving an established intervention.

By incorporating active learning components and leveraging the insights gained from the acclaimed Pre-driver Theatre and Workshop Education Research (PdTWER) project, DriveFit 2.0 aspires to make a lasting impact on the road safety attitudes and intentions of young drivers.

The primary goal of DriveFit 2.0 is to deliver a robust and accessible road safety education programme. The project will:

• redesign the DriveFit intervention for easy implementation in schools and colleges
• evaluate the intervention’s impact on student attitudes and intentions with the support of two fire and rescue services
• disseminate findings to inform and improve road safety education practices nationwide