Derry school takes top spot at Road Safety Quiz

Steelstown Primary School came out on top at Tuesday's night final of the 2023 NI Primary Schools Annual Road Safety Quiz sponsored by CRASH Services.

All Northern Ireland Primary Schools were invited to enter their local council heat of the Quiz, with each team consisting of four P7 pupils per school.

All heats took place in January and February 2023.

A spokesperson said: “We were delighted to welcome so many schools to participate in the heats which took place in the 11 council areas across Northern Ireland.

“Two teams per council district then progressed to the regional finals on 6th March 2023.”

The table quiz covered both road safety and general knowledge questions.  This helped ensure that important road safety awareness is delivered in an interesting way.

The quiz consisted of seven rounds of eight questions plus an extra round on road signs. Prizes were given to the top three teams at each heat. Everyone involved took home a road safety certificate.

The quiz final was a huge success and the winners on the night were:- 1st Prize, Steelstown Primary School, Derry; 2nd Prize, Carrickmannon Primary School, Newtownards; 3rd Prize, Grange Park Primary School, Bangor.

Jonathan McKeown, CEO at CRASH Services commented, “Starting road safety education at an early age can have a significant impact on children's attitudes and behaviours towards road safety.

“This can help reduce the number of accidents and injuries on our roads. At CRASH we are passionate about playing our part in helping to promote road safety to all road users across NI.

“We are delighted to see the number of schools participating in this years’ quiz was so high coming out of the pandemic times.

“We congratulate the winners and all the children and teachers who represented their schools tonight and throughout the heats at the 2023 Primary School Road Safety Quiz.”