National Teen Driver Safety Week
During the third full week of October, we run an awareness week to raise teen driver safety issues and encourage communities to work with youth to prevent dangerous behaviours.
Vehicle-for-Hire Training
Parachute’s Vehicle-for-Hire Training program has been certified by the City of Toronto for Vehicle-for-Hire drivers in that city as of October 2022. Course registration is now open.
Social Media Guide for NTDSW 2023
Youth and young adults are killed in road crashes at a higher rate than any other age group under 75 years old. With road crashes being the third-leading cause of death among people aged 15 to 24 years old, this age demographic has the highest rate of involvement in fatal collisions per 100,000 licensed drivers. […]
Official contest rules, Canada's Safest Driver
Official Rules The Canada’s Safest Driver Contest (hereinafter “Contest”) is designed to (i) promote safe driving; (ii) improve road safety; (iii) provide insight into how telematics can improve driver safety; and (iv) increase awareness of and participation in Parachute Vision Zero initiatives. The Contest is a contest of skill that measures the driving habits of […]
Parachute Youth Road Safety Grant Program
Do you care about road safety and are looking to make a difference in your community? Do you want to learn new skills and get paid for it? Parachute is offering a grant opportunity to young people in Canada who are committed to educating their peers and communities about road safety to encourage safe driving […]
Young driver behaviour statistics
Put down the phone: Don’t drive distracted Higher speeds = higher risks. Stop speeding People choose to speed for different reasons, including the rush experienced when speeding, because they’re running late, or because they think the speed limit is too low. Here’s why speeding is a bad idea, whatever your reason: Don’t drive high If […]
Sources for our NTDSW statistics
Below are a list of the statistics used in the National Teen Driver Safety Week 2023 materials and their sources. “Youth and young adults are killed in road crashes at a higher rate than any other age group under 75 years old.” Statistics Canada. (2020, January 24). Leading causes of death, total population, by age group […]
Observing driver and pedestrian behaviour
Do this activity to collect information about dangerous driver and pedestrian behaviours around the school during morning drop-off time. This checklist will be used again after interventions are implemented in the school zone to determine if there was an improvement: that is, do we now see less dangerous driving behaviour around the school. When to […]
Canadian Youth Road Safety Council
The Canadian Youth Road Safety Council (CYRSC) will co-lead National Teen Driver Safety Week 2023. The CYRSC is an active, passionate, and diverse youth advisory council of diverse youth aged 15 to 24 across Canada who want to make roads safer for youth. Youth input is essential and necessary to ensure the quality and value […]