Traffic wardens

The Children's Crossings and Road Safety Committee provides a consultative and decision-making forum for reviewing applications requesting children's crossings within Western Australia.

It also reviews current children's crossings to ensure they continue to meet the warrant criteria, infrastructure and safety standards.
The committee is separated by applications members and policy members from various government bodies and independent organisations:

Applications committee members

• Voting members:
  • WA Police Force
  • Department of Education
  • Main Roads WA.
• Advisory members:
  • Association of Independent Schools Western Australia,
  • Catholic Education Office of Western Australia, Western
  • Australian Council of State Schools Organisations and Western
  • Australian Local Government Association (WALGA). 

Advisory committee members

• Voting members:
  • Western Australia Police Force
  • Main Roads WA
  • Department of Education
  • Western Australian Local Government Association (WALGA)
  • Western Australian Council of State Schools Organisations
  • Association of Independent Schools Western Australia
  • Catholic Education Office of Western Australia

Committee application packages

Applicants must be either the school principal, or president/secretary/chair of a recognised school/parent organisation. You are invited to apply for a Type A and/or Type B children's crossing. 

Click the relevant application package for more information and to complete the form:

• Children's crossing application flow chart (PDF, 140KB)
• Type 'A' children's crossing application (DOCX, 260KB)
• Type 'B' children's crossing application (DOCX, 290KB)
• Warrant criteria for Type 'A' and Type "B" children's crossings (PDF, 181KB)
• Appeals process and documentation (DOCX, 335KB)

The Children’s Crossings Unit has put together resources for schools to use to help educate school children in the correct use of children's crossings and to safely cross roads:

• Brochure for new children's crossings (PDF, 51KB)
• CCU bookmark (PDF, 584KB)
• Children's crossing crossword (PDF, 348KB)
• Children's crossing warden colouring sheet (PDF, 104KB)
• Driver aware brochure (PDF, 339KB)

You can also find more school resources on these webpages:

• RoadWise road safety tools and resources page
• Your Move website
• Department of Education website

In April 2024 Main Roads launched a new program to implement safe speed limits at all Children’s Crossings located outside school zones during school hours across WA by utilising Electronic Speed Limit Signs (ESLS) or static variable signs, depending on the posted speed of the road.

This important initiative aims to enhance safety for students and traffic wardens while encouraging active travel to school.

Visit Main Road's School Zones and Children's Crossings Improvement Program page