In 2017, 35 pedestrians died and 357 were hurt or seriously injured in crashes on Queensland roads. Of those 35 fatalities, 14 pedestrians were aged between 0-16.

Every year, children are killed or seriously injured after being struck down by a moving vehicle. While the majority of these accidents happen on our roads, a significant number occur at low speeds around the home or in non-traffic locations such as car parks and low speed around schools, universities and hospitals.

Younger children are particularly vulnerable pedestrians as they have yet to develop necessary road safety skills and lack the perception to properly judge vehicle speeds. Given that such a significant number of pedestrian accidents involve children, implementing safety measures at schools to keep young people safe is particularly important.

Schools are busy areas, especially during morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up when it is common to see traffic congestion and unauthorised parking. Parking rules apply in and around schools, but parents often ignore the designated signage and drive into staff only car parks and put student’s lives at risk. Schools have a duty of care for the safety and welfare of their students. This extends to the entry and exit of students to school grounds. The duty to protect students from parents driving into restricted zones has prompted many schools to install boom gates on staff only car parks. Boom gates are a safe, effective and affordable solution for controlling access to staff car parks and keeping students safe.

Create Security can tailor an access control solution to suit your school’s requirements, from a 240volt or solar powered boom gate to a complete vehicle and pedestrian access control system and perimeter security. Schools such as Ashmore State School, Bayview State School, Norfolk Village State School, Browns Plains State High School, Ormeau State School and Sunshine Coast Grammar School are just some examples where Create Security’s boom gates have been installed to effectively control unauthorised access into staff car parks.

If you would like more information on school boom gate options or if your school has any other access control issues you would like to discuss, please give us a call on (07) 3390 5050. Create Security is a well-recognised industry leader in providing physical automated security solutions to the government, commercial, industrial and corporate sectors.

October 2019