Bike Smart, Virginia Schools!

Bike Smart, Virginia Schools! is a collaborative project with the Virginia Departments of Education, Health and Motor Vehicles and the non-profit organization, Bike Walk Virginia.

80% of childhood bike-related fatalities are due to the rider's error. Bike Smart, Virginia Schools! aims at teaching children safe biking behavior in an effort to reduce the numbers for injuries and fatalities. This is accomplished by having a unit of on-the bike instruction (including: helmet safety, crash avoidance, bike handling skills, rules of the road etc.) as part of the school's Health and P.E. curriculum.

Bicycle Safety Programs have been adopted as part of the Health and Physical Education Curriculum in one or more schools in the following school districts:

• Albemarle County Public Schools
  
• Alexandria City Public Schools
  
• Arlington County Public Schools
  
• Charlottesville City Public Schools
  
• Chesapeake City Public Schools
  
• Chesterfield County Public Schools
  
• Fairfax County Public Schools
  
• Fauquier County Public Schools
  
• Galax City Public Schools
  
• Hanover County Public Schools
  
• Henrico County Public Schools
  
• Harrisonburg City Public Schools
  
• Prince William County Public Schools
  
• Roanoke City Public Schools
  
• Roanoke County Public Schools
  
• Rockbridge County Public Schools
  
• Stafford County Public Schools
  
• Symth County Public Schools
  
• Virginia Beach City Public Schools
  
• Williamsburg/James City County Public Schools
  

To ensure that students are taught current safety information and riding techniques, all teachers instructing bike safety as part of their health and physical education curriculum are encouraged to become Bike Smart Basics certified.

Contact Heather Board at 804-864-7738 for more information about requesting a training.