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Public Transport Risk Assessment Template
Create a professional, comprehensive risk assessment for public transport in school & education settings. Tailor hazards and measures to your needs and download a professional PDF. Add your own branding.
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What this covers.
This template focuses on typical risks and controls for public transport in school & education settings. You can add, remove or adapt items to match your context.
Potential benefits
Reinforces safety around vehicles, platforms, and crossings.
Provides inclusive access to off site learning opportunities.
Builds independence and confidence in community mobility.
Teaches real world travel skills, timetables, and etiquette.
Encourages environmental awareness through shared transport.
Typical hazards & measures
Boarding and alighting gaps
— Board and alight only at doors aligned with the group, direct pupils to mind the step and gap, wait for passengers to clear first, pass bags in rather than dragging, and re-form just beyond the doorway before moving to seats or standing areas.
Wet floors and spills
— Reduce pace in tiled concourses, steer around metal thresholds and glossy patches, require suitable footwear, report spills to station staff, choose stairs over steep wet ramps, and regroup off the main flow until the route can be traversed safely.
Medical emergencies in transit
— Carry first aid, inhalers and auto-injectors with a named adult, seat vulnerable pupils near exits, identify AED locations on arrival, and agree a drill to stop, treat, and either continue or hand over to responders without leaving anyone unsupervised.
Supervision ratios and briefing
— Set ratios by age and crowd risk, position adults at front, middle and rear with one at gates, deliver a clear pre-brief on signals, rules and contingencies, and pause the journey whenever visibility or control drops below the agreed standard.
Peak crowding and platform congestion
— Choose off-peak services where possible, queue along walls not edges, split large groups across consecutive vehicles with an adult on each, hold at bottlenecks until space opens, and enforce calm, steady walking so density never overwhelms control.
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