Overview

• ACE evaluated 167 primary schools nationwide covering around 49,000 pupils between April 1 and July 31 using roughly 700 volunteers.
• The index rated 59% of routes as acceptable, 5% as safe, 30% as inadequate, and 6% as dangerous.
• Observers recorded 6,422 parent drop-off vehicles and found 41% violated traffic rules, most often stopping in no-stopping zones (20%), in driveways (8%), or on sidewalks or double-parking (6% each).
• Within 200 meters of schools, 92% had 30 km/h limits but only 6% had play streets or traffic-calmed zones, and crossing aids were missing in 8% of cases.
• ACE combined driver behavior and local infrastructure in its scoring, counted any inadequate subscore as an overall fail, and leaders urged municipalities, schools and parents to improve conditions and reduce risky drop-offs.