Our Message

Why SADD?

SADD is a student-led charity with the collective goal of preventing loss on New Zealand roads. The SADD team provide guidance and support using best practice, evidence based, road safety education approaches to influence their peers and wider community to positively promote safe road user behaviours. We encourage whole of community approaches to encourage positive, lifelong road user behaviours and reduce the incidence and severity of harm caused by road trauma. Our point of difference is in offering youth-centred leadership development and behaviour changing opportunities within a road safety context. An emphasis is on good decision making and societal contribution. SADD offers opportunities for students to work collaboratively and build relationships with road safety partners and community groups to develop solutions to achieve our collective goals of reducing harm on our roads and improved wellbeing outcomes for our rangatahi.

Still an issue

Road trauma is the greatest cause of harm for 16 to 24 year olds in NZ and has long lasting effects in our communities.

Road trauma does not just effect drivers, it also includes pedestrians, cyclists, scooter riders, and other road user activities. The most common crash factors are distractions, alcohol and speed.

• The most dangerous time for young drivers is the initial six
  months after they get their restricted licence and are driving
  solo

• Drivers on restricted licence are 7x more likely to be
  involved in a fatal or serious injury crash than other drivers.

• Young drivers make up only 7% of drivers, but 14% of
  crashes

• 78% of young drivers in fatal crashes are male

• Road death is the second most common cause of death for young New Zealand men after suicide. 

Ministry of Transport Data | Young Drivers

Our Goal

• Empower young kiwis to lead and inspire positive road user behaviours by creating leaders, innovators and change-makers in their school and communities

• Promote positive activities for all road users that contribute to a Safe System

• Contribute to injury prevention initiatives 

• Students are active participants and citizens, creating a strong and civil society

• Enhancing leadership opportunities to become youth agents for change.

• Contributing towards collective wellbeing outcomes

What Does Success Look Like?

• Keeping our young people alive on our roads

• Putting students at the centre of teaching and learning

• Community & Participation – collaborating for road safety

• Creating connected, actively involved and lifelong learners

• Enhancing opportunities for young people to succeed and improve wellbeing outcomes.