Road safety calendar competition

Every year we run a calendar competition, open to all schools in the area. 

The winners

All the winning designs are on our 2023 road safety calendar pages.

The entries

Invitations to take part are sent out to all schools along with guidelines. This year we received just under 3230 paintings from 96 schools. Headteachers send in the best five from each class. They are then reviewed by the Traffic and Transportation Section and placed into the five categories.

The competition topics were:

• Primary 1 and 2 ‘Holding hands’,
• Primary 3 and 4 ‘Crossing the road safely’ and play,
• Primary 5 and 6 ‘Cycling, walking and scooting to school’,
• Primary 7 ‘Safe car journeys/parking'
• S1 to 6 ‘Being a safe pedestrian or passenger’

Judging

These entries were whittled down by the Traffic and Transportation Section and the final 16 entries were judged remotely by a panel of councillors, council officials, Scottish Fire and Rescue, and Police.

This year's Overall Winner, Ruby Coia, from Muiredge Primary School, received £100 prize money, an A0-sized calendar, and a trophy.

The winners of each individual section were also rewarded for their designs and highly commended certificates issued to pupils whose artwork or road safety messaging stood out.