Bring your road safety lessons to life with the Arility augmented reality app!

Following it's successful trial, a 'world-first' augmented reality app aiming to bring road safety lessons into the 21st century, has now been rolled-out nationwide, meaning all of Warwickshire's primary and junior schools can benefit from this free resource.

The Arility app, developed by Road Safety GB, uses entertaining sound effects and 360 degree visuals to teach children about the risks associated with roads and how they can make choices to stay safe when out in the community. 

Virtual objects and characters are layered over real world settings to test primary school children (aged 7-10) on a range of common scenarios, including how to use a pedestrian crossing, retrieve a ball from the road and cross the road with a bike. 

Benefits of the app for schools are that:

• it is linked to the curriculum
• no special equipment is needed - just an iPad or Android device
• it is easy to teach with
• it is suitable for all group sizes

Westgate Primary School in Warwick was selected to trial the app before it was released nationwide in July - with teachers describing it as a 'fun and interesting' way to engage children on important road safety topics. Watch the Road Safety Minister's visit to Westgate to see Arility in action below.

The app and associated resources will be made available on the Road Safety GB website  and as it will also be made available to all Road Safety GB member organisations, Warwickshire's Road Safety Club will be using it during their sessions delivered to Year 3 pupils. 

For further information and support email roadsafetyeducation@warwickshire.gov.uk