The Safe Cycling programme, which has been supported by the BTC company since its inception, encouraged young people to participate in traffic safely and actively for the ninth year in a row this year, bringing together over 10,000 students from 140 Slovenian primary schools. With the help of innovative, thematic and fun tasks, the students familiarised themselves with road traffic regulations, prepared for safe road traffic participation with interesting cycling activities, and also competed to win attractive practical and monetary awards.

Despite the challenging circumstances, the participating schools managed to perform the project tasks with a great deal of ingenuity. They’ve all done an excellent job and successfully raised the students’ awareness of an issue as important as traffic safety. In addition to raising awareness of the importance of traffic safety, the programme also focused on the importance of the bike as a sustainable mode of transportation and encouraged young people to spend their free time being physically active.

The winners of Safe Cycling 2021 are:

CATEGORY A, for students preparing for cycling exams:

1^st place | Primary school OŠ Milana Majcna Šentjanž, prize: donation of €700, bike (donated by Zavarovalnica Triglav)

2^nd place | Primary school OŠ Prestranek, prize: presentations on traffic by the Slovenian Traffic Safety Agency, donation of €400

3^rd place | Primary school OŠ Toneta Tomšiča Knežak, prize: donation of €300

CATEGORY B, for students in grades 1 to 9:

1^st place | Primary school OŠ Rudija Mahniča – Brkinca Pregarje, prize: donation of €200, bike for the school (donated by Zavarovalnica Triglav)

2^nd place | Primary school OŠ Dragomelj, prize: presentations on traffic by the Slovenian Traffic Safety Agency

3^rd place | Primary school II. OŠ Celje, prize: bike servicing for the school and the local community (donated by Zavarovalnica Triglav)

CATEGORY A+B, schools that performed both category A and category B tasks

1^st place | Primary school OŠ Jurija Vege Moravče, prize: donation of €1,000

2^nd place | Primary school OŠ Olge Meglič, prize: donation of €600 and a practical prize for the school

3^rd place | Primary school OŠ Selnica ob Dravi, prize: donation of €400 and a practical prize for the school

Congratulations to all the participants!