The CHASE Research Program
The Child Active-Transportation Safety and the Environment (CHASE) research program is a 5-year, federally funded initiative seeking to increase safe active transportation for children.
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Safety Interventions
Safety Interventions
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Enforcement Strategies
Enforcement Strategies
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Participating Organizations
Participating Organizations
WHAT WE DO
The CHASE team is passionate about child safety. We seek to increase walking and biking among Canadian youth while reducing their risk of injury.
The CHASE team includes those that are passionate about child safety. We are a like-minded group of researchers, academics, physicians, engineers, and community advocates seeking to increase walking and biking in Canadian children and youth while reducing their risk of injury.
We believe Canadian cities can learn from each other how best to design the built environment to promote safe active transportation to school. We engaged with road safety colleagues from large, urbanized centres across Canada with a goal to gain a better understanding of how the built environment plays such a significant role in the health and wellbeing of Canadian children and youth.
Learn MoreWe believe Canadian cities can learn from each other how best to design the built environment to promote safe active transportation to school. We engaged with road safety colleagues from large, urbanized centres across Canada with a goal to gain a better understanding of how the built environment plays such a significant role in the health and wellbeing of Canadian children and youth.
ENGINEERING
Explore the CHASE Tool
The CHASE tool reviews scientific literature on the effectiveness of built environment intervention to reduce collisions. Each intervention includes a description of what the intervention is, the types of study designs that were found from the review, the number of studies that were and a summary of the results found.
EDUCATION
Effectiveness of education, training programs, and awareness campaigns on road safety.
Education Programs
Education, training programs and awareness campaigns were reviewed for their effectiveness on reducing motor vehicle collisions.
Implications for Practice
This evidence brief aims to inform road safety intervention planning, identify gaps, and guide future research priorities.
Research Findings
In the general population, educational programs and awareness campaigns were found to have mixed effectiveness on reducing motor vehicle collisions.
See the full evidence brief below
Education Evidence Brief PDF open_in_newENFORCEMENT
Effectiveness of enforcement strategies on road safety.
Enforcement Interventions
Understanding the effectiveness of enforcement strategies is an integral part of informing a program of public health for road safety.
Dangerous Driving Policies
This includes speed reduction policies, driver mobile phone use policies, and alcohol consumption and driving policies.
Research Findings
Enforcement interventions provide consistent evidence of their positive effect on decreasing motor vehicle collisions, injuries, and fatalities.
See the full evidence brief below
Enforcement Evidence Brief PDF open_in_newCOMMUNITY
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