Keeping Children Safe on the Road: Emerging Evidence from Pregnancy to Adolescence. Invited presentation, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Philadelphia, USA, 16 March 2026.

Description

This invited presentation examines how safety behaviours evolve across key stages of child development, drawing together behavioural research on seatbelt use during pregnancy and adolescents’ growing independence in transport. It highlights a shared challenge: safety-critical behaviours often shift as individuals move beyond familiar, supervised, or well-supported travel environments. The presentation discusses evidence on the gap between reported and correct seatbelt use in pregnancy, alongside emerging concerns about unsafe behaviours associated with adolescent rideshare use. By adopting a life-course behavioural perspective, the presentation emphasises opportunities for targeted interventions, improved safety communication, and system-level strategies to better protect children and young people as their mobility expands. Presenting at CHOP provides an opportunity to engage with leading clinicians and injury-prevention researchers to strengthen evidence-informed approaches to child road safety. (~25 attendees)

Period	16 Mar 2026
Held at	Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States of America, Pennsylvania
Degree of Recognition	International