The scientific expert group who prepared the report was created in 1984 under the pilot country leadership of germany. The aim was to review and assess the design, implementation and effectiveness of road safety education programmes in oecd member countries on the basis of experience obtained with such programmes at regional and community level. The results of evaluation studies in oecd countries were assessed. A distinction was made between formative (in the course of programme development) and summative evaluation (of the completed programme). methodological questions with respect to the advantages and disadvantages of various research designs and survey instruments (interviews, tests, observation of behaviour and accident analysis) are dealt with in detail. Brief descriptions of 38 evaluation studies undertaken show how the various methodological approaches described can be implemented in practice. In the last chapter, sixteen guidelines are formulated for the attention of road safety researchers, programme developers, teachers and decision makers. (a) this report was published in french under the title: efficacite des programmes d'education a la securite routiere.
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