Road safety around schools

Find out how we work with our community, the New Zealand Police and Greater Wellington Regional Council to keep people safe on the roads around schools.

Road safety around schools

According to the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA), Pedestrians are most at risk of being injured at school peak times (7am - 9am and 2pm - 4pm).

Because of this, we run a number of road safety projects and activities involving primary and secondary schools.

We help make our streets as safe as possible around schools by:

  • creating safer active transport routes,
  • supporting school road patrols,
  • creating safe drop-off/pickup locations,
  • managing and enforcing safe parking on nearby streets,
  • improving safety at crossing points,
  • reducing speeds around schools

Speed limit around schools

Variable speed limits are not in place around Lower Hutt Schools under the Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2024.

See Variable speed limits around schools for more information

Active travel for better safety

Active travel is walking, biking, scooters and skateboards to move around the city.

We encourage active travel for trips to and from school to reduce traffic chaos around school entrances. Active travel also has benefits to children’s health and well being and helps reduce carbon emissions.

If you'd like our help setting up walking school buses and to run ‘Walk to school’ promotion days, let us know.

We focus on active travel during Movin’ March and encourage all our primary and intermediate schools to join this region-wide initiative.

Bikes in schools

Free bike skills training is available to Hutt City schools. Training is delivered by Greater Wellington Regional Council’s Pedal Ready Programme.

For more information

Get in touch

If there are safety issues around your school, or if you have any questions about our road safety programmes, contact us at roadsafety@huttcity.govt.nz.