This 4-hour live-online course shows participants why growing positive traffic safety culture can significantly improve road safety in their community and nationwide. Participants will leave the training better understanding the elements that shape traffic safety culture, how those factors interact to affect human behaviors, strategies that can be implemented to improve traffic safety culture among various groups, and ideas about how participants can use their role (and the role of others) in growing a positive traffic safety culture.

This course is part of the Road Safety Champion Program (RSCP), a nationally recognized “Roadway Safety 101” certification training for professionals in transportation, public health, and first responder agencies who support roadway safety but are not safety specialists.

RSCP includes seven core modules plus career-focused pathways in Maintenance & Construction, Planning & Engineering, Public Health, and First Responder. By completing all seven core modules and one complete pathway, participants become eligible to receive their Road Safety Champion Certificate. A full list of RSCP training modules can be found at the National Center for Rural Road Safety.

"Introduction to Traffic Safety Culture" is the third of seven core modules for RSCP.
Complete all seven plus one full pathway to receive your Road Safety Champion Certificate.

Additional course detail is provided in the sections below.

• Course Topics
  • Elements of traffic safety culture
  • How traffic safety culture affects human behavior
  • How to improve traffic safety culture
• Course Outline

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• What you will learn
  • Why growing positive traffic safety culture can significantly improve road safety
  • Understand the elements that shape traffic safety culture
  • Strategies to improve traffic safety culture
  • How to use your role in growing a positive traffic safety culture
• Who should attend

  This course is designed for professionals in transportation, public health, law enforcement, emergency response, planning, engineering, and related fields who support roadway safety efforts but are not safety specialists.

  It is ideal for staff looking to strengthen their understanding of roadway safety principles and contribute to safer transportation systems within their organization or community.

• Course Prerequisites

  [no prerequisites identified]

• Course Instructors

  Walt Catlett, Safety Circuit Rider

  Walt Catlett serves as Safety Circuit Rider for the National Center for Rural Road Safety. He also helps manage Virginia’s Safety Circuit Rider Program, which has produced more than thirty Road Safety Champions in the past two years. 

  Walt is an active instructor for multiple LTAP Centers, including Texas, Oklahoma, and Virginia. He was Education & Outreach Director for the National TTAP Pilot where he led a team of thirteen subject matter experts who delivered training, technical assistance, and technology transfer across the twelve BIA Regions.

  Walt holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University and a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.

• Registration Information

  Registration for this course occurs online at the host's training website. Use the button to the right to directly access the course page and registration portal. A confirmation email will be sent to you shortly after registering.

• For more information

  For questions or additional information about the Road Safety Champion Program, email the Rural Road Safety Center at info@safetycenter.org.