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NOTICE IS GIVEN that the next meeting of the Regional Transport Committee will be held in Committee Room 2, Rotorua District Council, Civic Administration Building, 1061 Haupapa Street, Rotorua on:

EMBARGOED Until 2 working days before meeting on:

Friday, 16 August 2013

commencing at 9.30 a.m.

Mary-Anne Macleod Chief Executive 9 August 2013


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Regional Transport Committee - Terms of Reference

1 Delegated Function

Section 105(1) of the Land Transport Management Act 2003 requires the Regional Council to establish a Regional Transport Committee for its region. Section 105 is a new section dealing with the establishment of Regional Transport Committees and was inserted in the Act by the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 which commenced on 1 August 2008.

2 Membership

Each regional council must appoint to its regional transport committee:

Two persons to represent the regional council;

One person from each territorial authority in the region to represent that territorial authority;

One person to represent the agency;

One person to represent the objective of economic development;

One person to represent the objective of safety and personal security;

One person to represent the objective of public health;

One person to represent the objective of access and mobility;

One person to represent the objective of environmental sustainability; and

One person to represent cultural interest.

Each regional council must appoint from its representatives the chair and deputy chair of the committee.

At any meeting of a regional transport committee, the chair, or any other person presiding the meeting,

Has a deliberative vote; and

In the case of an equality of votes, does not have a casting vote (and therefore the act or question is defeated and the status quo is preserved).

3 Term of the Committee

As soon as practicable after each triennial election, every regional council must establish a regional transport committee under Section 105(1) of the Land Transport Management Act 2003 for its region.

4 Specific Responsibilities and Delegated Authority

To prepare for approval by the Regional Council:

1. A Regional Land Transport Strategy for its region, any variations to it and any reports on it.

2. A regional land transport programme for its region and any variations to it.

3. Any advice and assistance the Regional Council may request in relation to its transport responsibilities generally.

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4. Approve submissions to central government, local authorities and other agencies on Regional Transport Committee related matters.

Each Regional Transport Committee must adopt a policy that determines significance in respect of variations made to regional land transport programmes and regional land transport strategies.

5 Procedure of the Committee

The persons appointed to represent the objectives of economic development, safety and personal security, public health, access and mobility, environmental sustainability; and cultural interest have full speaking rights but are not entitled to vote on matters related to regional land transport programmes.

The persons appointed to represent the objectives of economic development, safety and personal security, public health, access and mobility, environmental sustainability; and cultural interest are entitled to vote on matters related to regional land transport strategies and regional fuel tax schemes.

The provisions of the Local Government Act 2002 and the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 concerning the meetings of committees of regional councils, so far as they are applicable and with the necessary modifications, apply in respect of meetings of the regional transport committees.

Note:

The Regional Transport Committee does not have any financial delegation.

Under the Local Government Act 2002 the Regional Transport Committee is not defined as a joint committee.

The Regional Transport Committee reports directly to the Regional Council.

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Public Forum 1. A period of up to 15 minutes shall be set aside near the beginning of the meeting to enable

members of the public to make statements about any matter on the agenda of that meeting which is open to the public, but excluding any matter on which comment could prejudice any specified statutory process the council is required to follow.

2. The time allowed for each speaker will normally be up to 5 minutes but will be up to the discretion of the chair. A maximum of 3 public participants will be allowed per meeting.

3. No statements by public participants to the Council shall be allowed unless a written, electronic or oral application has been received by the Chief Executive (Governance Team) by 12.00 noon of the working day prior to the meeting and the Chair’s approval has subsequently been obtained. The application shall include the following:

name of participant;

organisation represented (if any);

meeting at which they wish to participate; and matter on the agenda to be addressed.

4. Members of the meeting may put questions to any public participants, relevant to the matter being raised through the chair. Any questions must be asked and answered within the time period given to a public participant. The chair shall determine the number of questions.

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Membership

Chairman: J Nees (Bay of Plenty Regional Council)

Deputy Chairman: D Owens (Bay of Plenty Regional Council)

Appointees: Territorial Authorities Mayor T Bonne, Councillor C Chambers (Alternate) - Whakatāne District Council, Councillors R Chase, B Julian (Alternate) - Kawerau District Council, Mayor S Crosby, Councillor T Molloy (Alternate) - Tauranga City Council, Mayor J Forbes, Councillor D Leeder (Alternate) - Opōtiki District Council, Mayor R Paterson, Councillor G Webber (Alternate) - Western Bay of Plenty District Council, Mayor K Winters, Councillor G Searancke (Alternate) - Rotorua District Council NZ Transport Agency H Wilson, R Brodnax and B Gliddon (Alternates) Representatives B Pointon (Public Health), N Pope (Access and Mobility), T Reynish (Economic Development), T Richardson (Environmental Sustainability), M Tapsell (Cultural Interest), Inspector K Taylor (Safety and Personal Security)

Secretary: S Kameta

Recommendations in reports are not to be construed as Council policy until adopted by Council.

Agenda

1 Apologies

2 General Business and Tabled Items

Items not on the agenda for the meeting require a resolution under section 46A of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 stating the reasons why the item was not on the agenda and why it cannot be delayed until a subsequent meeting.

3 Reports

3.1 New Zealand Transport Agency Update 3

3.2 Regional Road Safety Collaboration Review 5

APPENDIX 1 - Communities at Risk Register 2013 19

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APPENDIX 2 - Stakeholders involved in the regional and sub-regional delivery of road safety outcomes in the Bay of Plenty 23

APPENDIX 3 - Regional Road Safety Delivery Calendar (at at July 2013) 27

3.3 2013/14 Regional Road Safety Action Plan 31

APPENDIX 1 - Communities at Risk Register 2013 37

APPENDIX 2 - Road safety action plan 2013-14 41

3.4 Safe System Signature Project 63

3.5 Draft Terms of Reference for the SH1/29 - ECMT Working Group 65

APPENDIX 1 - Draft Terms of Reference SH1-29 ECMT Working Group 69

3.6 RLTS Implementation 89

APPENDIX 1 - Regional Land Transport Strategy Policy Implementation - 16 August 2013 93

APPENDIX 2 - Regional Public Transport Plan Policy Implementation - 16 August 2013 107

3.7 Amendment to the Land Transport Management Act 113

3.8 Draft Regional Public Transport Plan 2013 117

APPENDIX 1 - Technical review of the RPTP summary document 123

4 Consideration of General Business

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Reports

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File Reference:

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Significance of Decision: Receives Only - No Decisions

Report To: Regional Transport Committee

Meeting Date: 16 August 2013

Report From: Garry Maloney, Transport Policy Manager

New Zealand Transport Agency Update

Executive Summary

New Zealand Transport Agency representatives will update the Committee on current initiatives.

1 Recommendations

That the Regional Transport Committee under its delegated authority:

1 Receives the report, New Zealand Transport Agency Update.

2 Introduction

New Zealand Transport Agency representatives will provide the Committee with an update on current national initiatives, and a progress report on Bay of Plenty State Highway projects.

Garry Maloney Transport Policy Manager

6 August 2013 Click here to enter text.

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Regional Road Safety Collaboration Review

Executive Summary

This report presents the findings and recommendations of a review of options for better road safety collaboration in the region. The report describes the current regional and sub-regional road safety governance, management and delivery structures operating in the region. The accompanying discussion focuses on opportunities to improve the interactions between road safety stakeholders in order to support the road safety outcome in the regional land transport strategy. The report concludes with a set of recommendations designed to clarify the respective road safety roles of the Regional Transport Committee and the sub-regional road safety committees.

1 Recommendations


1 Receives the report, Regional Road Safety Collaboration Review.

2 Recommends to the sub-regional road safety committees:

a. That the Chair of each committee presents to the Regional Transport Committee on the road safety issues and initiatives in their sub-region on an annual basis, as a means of sharing information and increasing opportunities for collaboration within the sector.

b. That at the beginning of the new triennium each road safety body in the region (governance and operational) develops a terms of reference that outlines their respective roles, responsibilities and membership, and then communicates these to all road safety stakeholders in the region.

c. That together, the region and the sub-regions through their road safety co-ordinators, agree on a timeline of Road Safety Action Plan development, and where possible, seek to align the timing of road safety initiatives in order to maximise opportunities for

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consistent national, regional and sub-regional messaging on high priority road safety issues.

3 Confirms that the decision is within the Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s strategic planning framework (Council’s Ten Year Plan, and planning documents and processes under the Resource Management Act 1991, Biosecurity Act 1993, Land Transport Management Act 2003, Civil Defence and Emergency Management Act 2002, and Local Government Acts 1974 and 2002).

That the Regional Transport Committee recommend that the Regional Council:

1 Receives the report, Regional Road Safety Collaboration Review.

2 That the Regional Transport Committee’s terms of reference include an explicit road safety function when the new committee is established at the beginning of the next triennium.

3 That road safety is included as a standing item on every Regional Transport Committee agenda.

4 That the Regional Transport Committee includes a representative whose primary role is to advocate for improved road safety outcomes, either as a full member or as an advisor to the committee.

5 That the Regional Transport Committee is delegated the authority to approve the regional Road Safety Action Plan within its specific set of responsibilities.

6 Confirms that the decision is within the Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s strategic planning framework (Council’s Ten Year Plan, and planning documents and processes under the Resource Management Act 1991, Biosecurity Act 1993, Land Transport Management Act 2003, Civil Defence and Emergency Management Act 2002, and Local Government Acts 1974 and 2002).

2 Background

In August 2012, the Regional Transport Committee (RTC) considered a road safety update report from staff. The report provided an overview of road safety policy in the RLTS and a summary of how local government currently delivers road safety interventions in the region.

The August 2012 report made the following points of relevance to this review:

that the RLTS is the road safety strategy for the region.

That aside from preparing the RLTS, the Bay of Plenty Regional Council (BOPRC) road safety role has always been somewhat ambiguous. However, in recent times, BOPRC has provided a degree of co-ordination across the region to enable the targeting of regional road safety issues at the same time within each sub-region.

That any investigation will not consider the matter of road safety governance at the sub-regional level.

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The RTC subsequently resolved that staff investigate and report back on ways to better achieve the road safety outcome in the Bay of Plenty Regional Land Transport Strategy (RLTS), namely:

“Deaths and serious injuries on the region’s roads are reduced. People understand and contribute to a safety culture that is supported by a safe system approach to road safety. Transport corridors and public spaces are safe and secure environments to use and people feel safe using them.”

At its meeting on 15 February 2013, the RTC engaged in a further discussion about road safety. The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) representative noted that the Bay of Plenty (along with the Waikato) stood out in national road safety statistics, and that it was an NZTA priority to collaborate with other agencies to reduce the trauma. The Committee’s Safety and Security representative noted that he was working within Police processes to advocate for more Bay of Plenty road safety funding, and that support from the Committee would be advantageous.

The concerns raised at the meeting are borne out in regional road safety statistics. Monitoring of casualties over the past ten years shows that while the region is meeting what is a fairly attainable target in the RLTS, it is not achieving the sustained reduction in deaths and serious injuries that stakeholders would like to see (Figure 1).

Figure 1: Bay of Plenty Road Fatalities and Serious Injuries

This is reinforced by information from the Communities at Risk Register 2013, which shows that the Bay of Plenty region is near the bottom of the table when measured against the areas of concern in the national Safer Journeys strategy (see Appendix 1).

At the end of the discussion, the RTC made the following resolutions:

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“notes that it is committed to the safe use of the Bay of Plenty transport network and has a governance role in achieving that outcome;

expresses a desire to work more collaboratively across agencies and regions to improve road safety outcomes; and

requests a further report investigating the options for better collaboration.”

The following report represents the culmination of the BOPRC staff review into road safety collaboration and the delivery of road safety outcomes across the region.

3 Scope of Review

The preceding background provides some direction on the scope of the review. The review was undertaken by Regional Council staff tasked with a request from the RTC to investigate and report on:

ways to better achieve the road safety outcome in the RLTS; and

options for better collaboration in the region.

The purpose of the exercise was not to investigate whether the region requires a separate road safety strategy. Neither was it to review governance structures at the sub-regional level.

With these considerations in mind, discussions centred on the interactions between road safety stakeholders in the region and whether the current systems and processes in place were the most efficient and effective means of working collaboratively towards achieving the RLTS road safety outcome.

As part of this, the review does examine how the various governance and operational bodies with a role in road safety delivery currently function and makes recommendations on how they might better communicate and collaborate with each other. However, implicit in the discussion is recognition that the Regional Council has no jurisdiction over individual councils or sub-regional groupings and they are free to organise the delivery of road safety activities in their areas as they see fit.

4 Consultation

Staff consulted with stakeholders involved in road safety through the following means:

presentations to each of the sub-regional road safety governance bodies:

- Joint Road Safety Committee (Western Bay of Plenty sub-region).

- Eastern Bay Road Safety Committee.

- Rotorua Road Safety Action Planning Group.

The presentations focused on the road safety provisions in the RLTS and on seeking feedback about how the region might work more collaboratively together.

A meeting with staff involved in road safety from the Waikato Regional Council and NZ Transport Agency to better understand how the Waikato regional road safety model operates.

A discussion with the Bay of Plenty Regional Advisory Group (RAG).

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Follow-up discussions with key road safety personnel as necessary.

5 Current road safety delivery

5.1 Governance and management

5.1.1 Regional level

The Bay of Plenty RTC is mandated by the Land Transport Management Act (LTMA), which requires the Regional Council to establish a committee at the outset of each new triennium. The LTMA defines the membership requirements of regional transport committees. The current committee was established prior to the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2013 (LTMMA) and meets the following requirements:

2 persons to represent the regional council;

1 person from each territorial authority in the region to represent that territorial authority;

1 person to represent the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA);

1 person to represent the objective of economic development;

1 person to represent the objective of safety and personal security;

1 person to represent the objective of public health;

1 person to represent the objective of access and mobility;

1 person to represent the objective of environmental sustainability; and

1 person to represent cultural interests.

As a result of the LTMAA, the legislative requirement to appoint the ‘five objectives’ and cultural interests representatives has now been removed. Latest advice is somewhat equivocal on whether the Regional Council must limit membership to the specific requirements of the LTMA, or if there is scope to either appoint additional committee members, or alternatively, appoint sector representatives to attend meetings in an advisory capacity.

The LTMAA also outlines the two key functions of the RTC:

“to prepare a regional land transport plan, or any variation of the Plan, for the approval of the Regional Council [previously this was a regional land transport strategy and a regional land transport programme]; and

to provide the Regional Council with any advice or assistance the Regional Council may request in relation to its transport responsibilities.”

The RTC has a defined terms of reference that reflects the legislative requirements, but which also provides more detail on the specific responsibilities and procedures of the Committee. In order to perform its second legislative function, the RTC has the delegated authority to approve submissions to central government, local authorities and other agencies on RTC related matters.

The RTC’s road safety role is implicit in the broader functions of the Committee. The RTC develops regional road safety policy as a key component of the RLTS.

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The RTC also prioritises road safety activities when preparing the Regional Land Transport Programme (RLTP).

As previously noted, the current RTC includes a member appointed to represent the objective of safety and personal security. In the Bay of Plenty’s case, this is the Bay of Plenty District Road Policing Manager. The Bay of Plenty Police District includes the South Waikato area, meaning the current member also has a good understanding of road safety issues and approaches in the neighbouring Waikato region.

The RAG supports the RTC in an advisory capacity. The RAG has a defined terms of reference, with the purpose of the group being:

“to advise the RTC on technical and strategic transport matters; and

to oversee, facilitate and co-ordinate the preparation of the RLTS and RLTP” (including any variations) [now the Regional Land Transport Plan].

The terms of reference also provide details on RAG membership and voting rights and procedures. Like the RTC, the RAG’s road safety role is implicit in its broader set of functions.

5.1.2 Western Bay of Plenty sub-region

The Joint Road Safety Committee (JRSC) oversees the delivery of road safety activities in the Western Bay of Plenty sub-region (Tauranga City and Western Bay of Plenty District).

The JRSC is a joint committee of the Western Bay of Plenty District Council (WBOPDC) and Tauranga City Council (TCC). The JRSC reports to the appropriate operational committees of the two councils; the Operations Committee (WBOPDC) and the Projects and Monitoring Committee (TCC). The JRSC is administered by WBOPDC.

The JRSC has a defined role, which is “to provide administration of the annual road safety programme and co-ordination of the various community groups concerned with road safety, with the power to co-opt other members as necessary”.

The JRSC has a defined membership of 10 comprising:

TCC – 1 councillor and 1 transport staff member;

WBOPDC – 1 councillor and 1 transport staff member;

BOPRC – 1 councillor and 1 transport staff member;

New Zealand Police representative;

NZTA representative;

Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) representative; and

Travel Safe Programme Leader (TCC).

In essence, the JRSC is a mix of governance members (three local government councillors) and of professionals involved in the delivery of road safety activities (local government staff, the Police, NZTA, ACC).

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The JRSC is supported by an ‘Operations Group’, which is effectively the road safety professionals who also sit on the Committee.

5.1.3 Eastern Bay of Plenty sub-region

The Eastern Bay Road Safety Committee (EBRSC) fulfils a governance role and oversees the delivery of road safety activities in the eastern Bay of Plenty sub-region (Whakatāne [WDC], Kawerau [KDC] and Opotiki [ODC] districts).

The EBRSC is not a council committee, but an independent entity set up by the three territorial authorities to provide oversight of the sub-region’s road safety community programmes. The EBRSC also provides a forum for parties interested in road safety in the eastern Bay of Plenty to discuss and share road safety issues and to work on a collective approach to responding to these issues. The WDC provides administrative support to the EBRSC.

The EBRSC has a nominal membership of 16, comprising:

Councillor representatives from WDC, KDC, ODC and BOPRC;

Roading/Transportation Managers from Kawerau, Opotiki and Whakatane District Councils;

BOPRC Transport Policy Manager;

Road Safety Co-ordinator (WDC) [role now disestablished and replaced by a Senior Community Development Advisor position];

NZTA Bay of Plenty State Highway Safety Manager;

NZTA Bay of Plenty Planning and Investment Manager;

New Zealand Police Representative;

Road Transport Association representative; and

Three community representatives.

The make-up of the EBRSC reflects its dual role as both a governance entity that oversees the delivery of road safety programmes and a community forum that shares and discusses road safety issues.

The EBRSC is supported at an officer level by an ‘Operations Subcommittee’ consisting of the eastern Bay of Plenty road safety funding partners:

Roading/Transportation Managers from Kawerau, Opotiki and Whakatane District Councils;

BOPRC Transport Policy Manager;

Road Safety Co-ordinator (WDC);

NZTA representative; and

New Zealand Police representative.

The ‘Operations Subcommittee’ usually meets prior to the EBRSC to discuss and resolve any operational matters with respect to funding and delivery of the road safety programme.

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5.1.4 Rotorua sub-region

In Rotorua a Road Safety Action Planning Group (RSAPG) has been formed to provide a high level focus and direction for road safety programmes and funding. The RSAPG is not a Council committee, but meeting minutes are reported to the Rotorua District Council (RDC) Works Committee.

RSAPG membership was established in a 2010 report to the RDC Works Committee. The report stated that the RSAPG will initially be made up of representatives of the:

NZTA;

RDC (including an elected representative);

BOPRC;

Police;

Drivewise Trust; and

Health.

The RSAPG currently meets three times a year, with the RDC elected representative chairing the meetings. The RSAPG develops and signs off the Rotorua Road Safety Action Plan.

5.1.5 The Waikato regional road safety model

For comparative purposes, the following section outlines the regional road safety delivery structure in the neighbouring Waikato region. The Waikato structure is set out in the Waikato Regional Road Safety Strategy 2013-16 (Figure 2).

The Strategy notes that the Waikato Regional Transport Committee (WRTC) takes ultimate responsibility for regional road safety. The Committee fulfils this role by setting the political direction for road safety and providing high level regional policy through the Regional Land Transport Strategy.

A Regional Road Safety Steering Group (RRSSG), co-ordinated by the Regional Council, advises the WRTC on road safety matters. The RRSSG also provides technical advice and direction to local road safety planning groups (RSAP groups) in line with national and regional policy directives. The Regional Education Group (REG) is a subgroup of the RRSSG which oversees regional education campaigns and programmes.

The five RSAP groups are responsible for local road safety priorities and actions in their respective areas, which are documented in annual Road Safety Action Plans. The RSAP groups comprise staff level representation from local and regional authorities, NZTA, the Police, education, industry, and health and injury prevention providers.

When compared with the Bay of Plenty, the Waikato delivery structure has an additional regional road safety ‘tier’ comprising the RRSSG and REG. These groups fulfil a more directive role in relation to the activities of RSAP groups than in the Bay of Plenty region.

The Waikato Regional Council (WRC) plays the key role in co-ordinating the activities of the RRSSG and REG and developing and delivering regional education

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programmes. In order to fulfil this function, the WRC has 1.5 Full-time equivalents (FTEs) committed to regional road safety co-ordination and delivery.

Figure 2: The Waikato regional structure for road safety delivery

5.2 Discussion

From the descriptions in the previous sections, there is clearly a large number of individuals and stakeholder agencies involved in the governance and management of road safety in the Bay of Plenty region (see Appendix 2).


At the regional level, both the RTC and the RAG have defined roles, memberships, operating procedures and reporting lines. These are articulated in their respective terms of reference. However, their specific road safety roles and responsibilities are not defined but are taken to be implicit in their broader regional transport roles.

This relative uncertainty about the RTC’s road safety role could be addressed by adding an explicit road safety function to the terms of reference for the Committee. The Waikato region has also had some success with leading each agenda with a road safety item as a means of providing regional leadership on road safety issues. This ensures that road safety is at the forefront of thinking when the committee considers the range of different matters that come before it. This is worthy of consideration in the Bay of Plenty region.

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As noted earlier, the LTMAA removes the statutory requirement to retain a member to represent the objective of safety and personal security. In order to the cement the RTC’s road safety function, there would be value in retaining a designated road safety representative around the table, whether it is as committee member or in an official advisory capacity. Ultimately, this is a decision to be made by the Regional Council.

Feedback from the sub-regional road safety committees is that they would welcome the opportunity to share information on road safety activities with the RTC. This could be achieved by having each sub-regional chair present to the RTC on sub-regional issues and activities once a year on a rotational basis. This would serve to facilitate the flow of information between the regional and sub-regional road safety ‘layers’ and enhance opportunities for collaboration.

Another initiative that could help cement the RTC’s road safety leadership role would be having responsibility for signing off the regional Road Safety Action Plan (RSAP) which is currently approved at a staff level within BOPRC. RTC input into development of the Plan would also enable members to communicate key themes and messages back to their respective sub-regions to assist with the development of the sub-regional RSAPs.

5.2.2 Sub-regional level

The sub-regional road safety committees/groups seem, for the most part, to operate as effective and efficient units in the delivery of road safety interventions within their respective areas. However, there is some variation in the degree to which roles, responsibilities and memberships are defined and communicated to other stakeholders.

When considered from the perspective of a regional stakeholder looking to understand and engage with each sub-region, the involvement of such a large number of road safety stakeholders increases the potential for confusion if roles, responsibilities and representation are not clearly defined and understood by all parties.

There would appear to be scope to more clearly document the respective roles and responsibilities of each road safety group, and perhaps to rationalise agency representation across the region. Ideally the membership list for each road safety body would match the likely attendance at subsequent meetings. This may require having a nominated representative and an alternate for each agency or authority on the body. This would be particularly useful in enabling national organisations (NZTA, the Police, and ACC) and regional bodies (BOPRC) to make effective and consistent contributions to road safety activities within each sub-region.

Another area that might benefit from further clarification is the respective roles of the governance and operational groups. This could be achieved by having a simple terms of reference for each operational group that defines which issues are operational matters and which require governance input or decision-making.

5.3 Planning and delivery


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Regional Council role is also responsible for developing the regional RSAP, which is then approved at a staff level.

The exercise of this role requires a degree of regional co-ordination of individual road safety activities within the region. The Regional Council convenes quarterly meetings of road safety co-ordinators in the region as a means of facilitating a co-ordinated approach to activities.

5.3.2 Sub-regional level

The TCC employs a Travel Safe Programme Leader to co-ordinate the development and delivery of road safety programmes in the sub-region on behalf of TCC and WBOPDC. Similarly, RDC employs a Road Safety Co-ordinator to develop and deliver road safety programmes in the Rotorua sub-region.

The WDC, as the primary road safety resourcing and administering local government body in the eastern Bay of Plenty, is currently restructuring its internal approach to road safety. This involves combining road safety and community development activities, with the intention of achieving synergies between the delivery of road safety and community safety programmes.

The WDC employed a Road Safety Co-ordinator [to be replaced by a Senior Community Development Advisor position] to develop and deliver road safety programmes in the sub-region on behalf of the three eastern Bay of Plenty district councils. The Road Safety Co-ordinator was responsible for developing the sub-region’s RSAP, which was approved by the NZTA and the EBRSC.

5.4 Discussion

Appendix 3 contains a draft of the 2013/14 regional road safety campaign delivery calendar. This shows the programmed themes or activities for central and local government organisations in the region for the 2013/14 financial year1.

The NZTA advertising campaigns are developed and programmed nationally to address areas of concern in the Safer Journeys strategy. At the regional and sub-regional level, campaigns are developed to address key regional or local issues identified in the annual Communities at Risk Register. These campaigns are then eligible for the funding allocated by the NZTA. The sub-regions also develop campaigns to address local priority issues that don’t necessarily receive national funding. An additional factor at the sub-regional level is the need to achieve alignment between local government road safety campaigns and police enforcement campaigns.

In terms of the timing of campaigns, Appendix 3 shows that there are some areas of alignment where resources across the region are targeted on the same issues at the same time. For example, the NZTA, BOPRC, western Bay of Plenty sub-region and Rotorua are planning to target young drivers in October. There is also a high degree of alignment between the national and regional themes. These areas of alignment show the most potential for the development and communication of consistent road safety messages across the region.

1 The eastern Bay of Plenty sub-region had not developed an RSAP for 2013/14 at the time this report was being written.

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However, in many cases there does not appear to be good alignment in timing of campaigns in the region. A case in point is the differences in timing for campaigns targeting speed. On the face of it this variation in timing would seem to represent a barrier to developing consistent national, regional and sub-regional messages on certain high priority road safety issues.

The lack of alignment in some cases may simply be a matter of the timing of different RSAP development exercises. If so, greater synergies could be achieved if the national, regional and sub-regional campaigns were developed as much as possible in sequential order:

This would allow each ‘layer’ to be considered as the next level of detail is planned. However, it would require the necessary planning information to be available through each step of the process, for example, dissemination of national themes and the Communities at Risk Register ahead of regional planning.

The quarterly road safety co-ordinators meetings appear to provide a good opportunity to plan key dates and development milestones to enable greater synergies between the different layers of road safety delivery.

6 Conclusions and recommendations

In summary, the following conclusions have been drawn from the preceding discussion:

The RTC’s road safety role is implicit in its wider functions, leading to a degree of uncertainty about the precise nature of this role.

The Waikato RTC has had success in raising the road safety profile of the Committee by including road safety as the leading agenda item at each meeting.

The current RTC road safety representative adds considerable value to the business of the Committee and should be retained in some capacity despite the changed legislative requirements.

RTC input into the development of the regional RSAP would serve to cement the Committee’s road safety role.

Engagement with the sub-regional road safety committees on a consistent basis would facilitate the flow of information and increase opportunities for collaboration between the different road safety bodies.

There would be value in documenting the roles, responsibilities and membership of each individual road safety body in clearly defined terms of reference. Where relevant, these terms of reference would make a clear distinction between ‘governance’ matters and ‘operational’ matters and designate responsibility to the appropriate body.

National advertising theme

Regional campaign focus (Regional RSAP)

Sub-regional delivery (RSAP)

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There is considerable scope to achieve greater alignment in the timing of road safety campaigns across the region to facilitate consistent national, regional and sub-regional messages on high priority road safety issues. This could be achieved through the sequential development of national themes, and then regional and sub-regional RSAPs.

These conclusions have led to the following set of recommendations.

The Regional Transport Committee recommends to the Regional Council:

That the Regional Transport Committee’s terms of reference include an explicit road safety function when the new committee is established at the beginning of the next triennium.

That road safety is included as a standing item on every Regional Transport Committee agenda.

That the Regional Transport Committee includes a representative whose primary role is to advocate for improved road safety outcomes, either as a full member or as an advisor to the committee.

That the Regional Transport Committee is delegated the authority to approve the regional Road Safety Action Plan within its specific set of responsibilities.

The Regional Transport Committee recommends to the sub-regional road safety committees:

That the Chair of each committee presents to the Regional Transport Committee on the road safety issues and initiatives in their sub-region on an annual basis, as a means of sharing information and increasing opportunities for collaboration within the sector.

That at the beginning of the new triennium each road safety body in the region (governance and operational) develops a terms of reference that outlines their respective roles, responsibilities and membership, and then communicates these to all road safety stakeholders in the region.

That together, the region and the sub-regions through their road safety co-ordinators, agree on a timeline of Road Safety Action Plan development, and where possible, seek to align the timing of road safety initiatives in order to maximise opportunities for consistent national, regional and sub-regional messaging on high priority road safety issues.

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7 Financial Implications

Current Budget

The costs of implementing the recommendations to the Regional Council are covered by the Strategic Policy Activity in the Regional Council Ten Year Plan.

The costs of the sub-regions implementing the recommendations to the sub-regional road safety committees are likely to be minimal.

Future Implications

No future financial implications have been identified.

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Communities at Risk Register 2013

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Northland 25.2 56.5 8.5 6.5 7.6 3.1 4.0 21.6 1.8 2.8 23.1 5.8 0.9 1.2 0.3

Auckland 25.0 61.7 7.3 5.8 14.1 3.4 8.4 10.5 2.8 1.4 37.9 5.0 2.6 14.0 1.0

Waikato 77.6 172.2 17.4 20.2 25.4 15.2 16.6 60.5 7.9 7.5 101.8 9.9 3.3 5.1 0.9

Bay of Plenty 54.3 143.7 15.9 13.5 16.0 11.3 10.4 42.7 10.2 3.6 94.0 7.4 1.6 3.0 0.7

Taranaki 24.3 53.9 7.1 6.7 7.4 5.1 6.1 17.8 2.1 2.8 27.7 4.9 1.4 2.0 0.3

Wanganui &

Manawatu 53.4 121.0 14.7 11.8 25.1 10.9 14.6 35.1 4.8 7.0 62.3 9.6 2.9 3.4 0.7

Hawke's Bay &

Gisborne 41.6 82.8 16.6 12.5 12.2 5.4 7.8 39.8 4.0 5.9 33.8 8.1 1.7 3.3 0.6

Wellington 48.8 113.9 9.6 12.6 18.3 7.6 12.7 29.6 4.5 3.3 64.7 11.0 5.3 12.5 1.2

Nelson, Tasman &

Marlborough 18.9 39.3 4.6 4.2 6.6 3.2 4.6 14.5 2.6 1.5 21.7 3.0 1.5 1.6 0.3

West Coast 25.6 61.6 5.6 7.3 5.7 0.5 2.3 23.4 2.4 2.7 17.5 1.7 0.8 0.2 0.1

Canterbury 57.3 125.6 12.1 12.0 23.1 12.1 15.0 41.9 6.7 7.8 85.5 4.8 5.7 6.7 1.4

Otago 42.1 123.4 7.8 8.5 18.9 6.5 10.9 28.8 3.9 3.1 56.7 3.0 2.3 3.8 1.0

Southland 21.4 62.9 5.1 4.3 14.7 3.5 6.5 14.2 2.4 1.2 20.0 1.9 1.0 0.8 0.2

Rank best to worst (13 regions)

BOP 11 12 11 12 8 11 8 12 12 9 12 9 6 6 7

Waikato 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 13 12 11 9 9

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APPENDIX 2

Stakeholders involved in the regional and sub-regional

delivery of road safety outcomes in the Bay of Plenty

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Regional Transport Committee

Role [ToR detailed in meeting agenda]:

To prepare an RLTS and RLTP for approval by

the Regional Council; provide advice and

assistance on transport matters; approve

submissions on RTC matters.

Membership [meeting agenda]:

BOPRC Councillor (Chair)

BOPRC Councillor (Deputy Chair)

WBOPDC (Mayor)

TCC (Mayor)

RDC (Mayor)

WDC (Mayor

ODC (Mayor)

KDC (Councillor)

NZTA (Waikato/BOP Regional Director)

Safety and Personal Security Representative

(BOP District Road Policing Manager)

Access and Mobility Representative

Cultural Representative

Economic Development Representative

Environmental Sustainability Representative

Public Health Representative

Regional Advisory Group

Purpose [ToR in RLTS Implementation Plan]:

Advise RTC on technical and strategic

transport matters; facilitate preparation of

RLTS and RLTP.

Membership [ToR]:

BOPRC Officer

WBOPDC Officer

TCC Officer

RDC Officer

WDC Officer

KDC Officer

ODC Officer

NZTA (HNO) Officer

NZTA (P&I) Officer

Advises

Joint Road Safety Committee

Role [outlined in meeting agenda]:

To provide administration of the annual road

safety programme and co-ordination of the

work of various community groups concerned

with road safety, with the power to co-opt

other members as necessary.

Membership [meeting agenda]:

WBOPDC Councillor (Chair)

TCC Councillor (Deputy Chair)

BOPRC Councillor

WBOPDC Officer

TCC Officer

BOPRC Officer

Police representative (WBOP Area)

Travel Safe Programme Leader (TCC)

NZTA representative (HNO)

ACC representative

Joint Road Safety Committee

‘Operations’ Group

Membership:

WBOPDC Officer

TCC Officer

BOPRC Officer

Police representative (WBOP Area)

Travel Safe Programme Leader (TCC)

NZTA representative (HNO)

ACC representative

Opus representative (consultant)

Advises

Eastern Bay Road Safety Committee

Membership:

BOPRC Councillor (Chair)

WDC Councillor

KDC Councillor

ODC Councillor

EBOP Road Safety Co-ordinator

WDC Officer

KDC Officer

ODC Officer

BOPRC Officer

Police representative (EBOP Area)

NZTA representatives x 2 (HNO + P&I)

Community representatives x 3

Road Transport Association representative

Rotorua Road Safety Action Plan Group

Membership:

RDC Councillor (Chair)

Road Safety Co-ordinator

RDC Officers x 3

BOPRC Officer

Police representatives x 2

NZTA representatives x 2

Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Reports to

WBOPDC Operations Committee

TCC Projects and Monitoring Committee

Reports to

WDC Projects and Services Committee

Meeting minutes reported to

Eastern Bay Road Safety Committee

‘Operations’ Group

Membership:

WDC Officer

KDC Officer

ODC Officer

BOPRC Officer

EBOP Road Safety Co-ordinator

NZTA representative

Police representative (EBOP Area)

Advises

RDC Works Committee

Meeting minutes reported to

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Regional Road Safety Delivery Calendar (at at July

2013)

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July August September October November December January February March April May June

Alcohol Young Drivers Speed Alcohol Speed Alcohol Speed Drugs Young Drivers Alcohol Speed Drugs

Fatigue Drugs Distractions Young Drivers Fatigue Drugs Fatigue Young Drivers Speed Fatigue Distractions Alcohol

Alcohol/Drugs Young Drivers Speed Alcohol/Drugs Speed Alcohol/Drugs Speed Alcohol/Drugs Young Drivers Alcohol/Drugs Speed Alcohol/Drugs

Fatigue Alcohol/Drugs Young Drivers Fatigue Fatigue Young Drivers Speed Fatigue

Be Bright Bikewise (Feb) Be Bright Be Bright

Alcohol/Drugs

speed (around schools) Speed on rural

roads 8 Dec (rural

safety day & media

campaign)

Speed (around schools)

Young Drivers Expo

5-9 May

Be Bright (April - July) Bikewise (Feb)

Young Drivers - 1 day

Driver ski lls course 16

July

Older drivers Young Drivers - 1 day

Driver ski lls course 1 Oct

Roads and

Roadsides - Safety

on rural roads 8

Dec as above

Bikewise (Feb) ? School workshops (including alcohol &drugs)

drive sober (dates?); Police 18-21 April

Alcohol & drugs expo June 3-5

Young Drivers Young Drivers Restraints Be Bright (April – June) & helmets

Be Bright (April – June) & helmets

Be Bright (April – June) & helmets

speed (around schools) speed (around schools) speed (around schools)

speed (around schools)

Shared Pathways Cycling andPedestrians

Roads and Roadsides - urban intersections

3-9 Sep Roads and Roadsides - urban intersections

Roads and Roadsides - urban intersections

Distraction

24-30 June Roads and Roadsides/urban intersections

Motorbikes 17-23 Sep Motorbikes

12-18 Nov Motorbikes

Motorbikes

Funded issues Young Drivers Alcohol/Drugs Speed Cycl ing Restraints Fatigue

Nonfunded issues Distraction Older drivers Light vehicles Motorbikes Rural intersections Heavy vehicles

Eastern Bay

Restraints Restraints

Speed - Drive to the conditions

BOPRC Campaign focus

Speed - winter highways - Police?

Heavy vehicle

Older drivers

TGA/West

Fatigue

Alcohol & Drugs (Legends/Drive Sober)

Cycle Safety yr 5/6 'Kids Can Ride' Cycle Safety yr 5/6 'Kids Can Ride'

Alcohol & drugs (SADD)

School Travel plans - Whole Year programme includes safe walking, safe cycling, bus safety, scooter safety, car safety around school gates etc - 0-12 years (this is extending to 17-18 years)

Be Bright (April - July)

School Travel plans - Whole Year programme includes safe walking, safe cycling, bus safety, scooter safety, car safety around school gates etc - 0-12 years (this is extending to 17-18 years)

NZTA Advertising theme

Rotorua

Restraints Restraints

Alcohol (Alcohol kills driving skills)

safe walking

light and heavy vehicles

Give cyclists space'

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File Reference:

8.00075





2013/14 Regional Road Safety Action Plan

Executive Summary

Regional Council staff have finalised the Regional Road Safety Action Plan for the 2013/14 financial year. The Plan identifies road safety issues and initiatives that the Regional Council will pursue across the region in the current financial year to tackle those issues.

1 Recommendations


1 Receives the report, 2013/14 Regional Road Safety Action Plan.

2 Introduction

Despite substantial progress over the last 30 years, New Zealand still lags behind many other countries in road safety. Every year hundreds are killed and thousands are seriously injured.

The Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s Road Safety Action Plan 2013/14 aims to contribute to the Government’s Safer Journey’s initiatives and the Road Safety outcomes in the Regional Land Transport Strategy 2011-2041 (RLTS).

3 Issues

3.1 New Zealand Transport Agency’s (NZTA) Deaths and Serious Injuries statistics

The NZTA’s monitoring of casualties over the past ten years shows that while the region is meeting targets that are fairly attainable in the Regional Land Transport Strategy (RLTS), it is not achieving the sustained reduction in deaths and serious injuries that stakeholders would like to see (Figure 1, below).

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Figure 1: Bay of Plenty Road Fatalities and Serious Injuries

3.2 Communities at Risk Register 2013

The NZTA developed the Communities at Risk Register 2013 to identify communities that are over represented in terms of road safety risk. The register ranks communities by local authority based on the Safer Journeys areas of concern and is based on fatal and serious injury crash data from the crash analysis system database, over a five year period (current register spans the 2008/12 year period).

The register shows that the Bay of Plenty region is near the bottom of the table, in the areas of concern identified in Safer Journeys, when measured against other regions. The region rates 11th or 12th, out of 13 regions, in 8 of the 15 strategic priority areas (see Appendix 1).

3.3 Social Cost of Road Crashes and Injuries update 2012

The 2012 Social Cost of Road Crashes and Injuries update, released by the Ministry of Transport, estimates the average social cost of fatal, serious and minor crashes in the Bay of Plenty to be $483,000 per reported injury.

Components used to calculate the social costs include loss of life/permanent disability, loss of output (temporary disability), medical costs (hospital / emergency / pre-hospital / follow-on), legal and court, and vehicle damage.

For the 2012 year the total social cost of crashes in the region was $237.12 million (Figure 2, below).

Crash list Bay of Plenty Fatal & Serious crashes 2012 Overall Injury Crash Statistics Crash Severity Number % Social cost

($m) Fatal 20 13 89.9 Serious 133 87 147.32 153 100 237.12

Figure 2: NZTA Crash list fatal and serious crashes 2012: Bay of Plenty

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4 Policy Framework

4.1 Safer Journeys – New Zealand’s Road Safety Strategy 2010-2020

‘Safer Journeys’ is Central Government’s strategy to guide improvements in road safety in New Zealand over the period 2010-2020. The long term goal for Road Safety in New Zealand is set out in the Safer Journey’s vision:

“A safe road system increasingly free of death and serious injury”.

In order to achieve this vision, ‘Safer Journeys’ takes a “Safe System” approach to road safety. A “Safe System” approach focuses on creating safe roads, safe speeds, safe vehicles and safe road use.

The Safe System approach focuses on creating four pillars to achieve the above objectives. Those pillars are:

safe roads and roadsides

safe speeds

safe vehicles

safe road use.

4.2 Regional Land Transport Strategy 2011-2041

The issues identified in the RLTS are ones that require on-going interventions to optimise or improve the region’s land transport system. They relate to current regional conditions and have been identified following a critical appraisal of the transport system. They are:

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Recent approaches to road safety have not achieved the desired improvements to the region’s safety record.

Road safety initiatives in the region continue to be constrained by a limited safety culture within the wider community

The design and management of transport corridors does not adequately provide for the safety and personal security needs of all users and activities.

The following opportunities highlight features of the system that can be built on to achieve the desired outcomes. Opportunities to improve safety and personal security in the region include:

focusing regional road safety resources to support initiatives outlined in Safer Journeys 2020 – the national road safety strategy, including the implementation of a safe systems approach; and

integrated studies that target the worst performing sections of state highway in the region.

The RLTS has the following safety and personal security outcomes:

Deaths and serious injuries on the region’s roads are reduced.

People understand and contribute to a safety culture that is supported by a safe system approach to road safety.

Transport corridors and public spaces are safe and secure environments to use and people feel safe using them.

5 Road Safety Action Plan Focus and Planned Outcomes 2013/14

The Bay of Plenty Regional Council (BOPRC) will focus campaign efforts on six priority areas. Greater detail about these is provided in the appended Road Safety Action Plan (Appendix 2).

These priorities and the Action Plan have been determined through the following process:

analysis of the Communities at Risk Register 2013 and NZTA crash statistics for the Bay of Plenty region;

alignment with Safer Journeys strategic priority areas; and

Consultation with Road Safety Coordinators from the sub-regions.

The NZTA funding for the period 2012/15 is allocated based on identified regional priority areas at the time of application.

The regional priority areas are:

Young Drivers

Alcohol/Drug Impaired drivers

Speed

Cycling

Restraints (eastern Bay only)

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Fatigue

The outcomes that we are seeking from the initiatives that we will implement focussed on each of the priority areas are:

to design and deliver mixed media campaigns that will support the sub-regions’ road safety activities;

increase public awareness;

assist with lowering the social cost of accidents; and

assist in the reduction of fatal and serious injuries.

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Communities at Risk Register 2013

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Appendix 1: Communities at Risk Register 2013

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Northland 25.2 56.5 8.5 6.5 7.6 3.1 4.0 21.6 1.8 2.8 23.1 5.8 0.9 1.2 0.3

Auckland 25.0 61.7 7.3 5.8 14.1 3.4 8.4 10.5 2.8 1.4 37.9 5.0 2.6 14.0 1.0

Waikato 77.6 172.2 17.4 20.2 25.4 15.2 16.6 60.5 7.9 7.5 101.8 9.9 3.3 5.1 0.9

Bay of Plenty 54.3 143.7 15.9 13.5 16.0 11.3 10.4 42.7 10.2 3.6 94.0 7.4 1.6 3.0 0.7

Taranaki 24.3 53.9 7.1 6.7 7.4 5.1 6.1 17.8 2.1 2.8 27.7 4.9 1.4 2.0 0.3

Wanganui &

Manawatu 53.4 121.0 14.7 11.8 25.1 10.9 14.6 35.1 4.8 7.0 62.3 9.6 2.9 3.4 0.7

Hawke's Bay &

Gisborne 41.6 82.8 16.6 12.5 12.2 5.4 7.8 39.8 4.0 5.9 33.8 8.1 1.7 3.3 0.6

Wellington 48.8 113.9 9.6 12.6 18.3 7.6 12.7 29.6 4.5 3.3 64.7 11.0 5.3 12.5 1.2

Nelson, Tasman &

Marlborough 18.9 39.3 4.6 4.2 6.6 3.2 4.6 14.5 2.6 1.5 21.7 3.0 1.5 1.6 0.3

West Coast 25.6 61.6 5.6 7.3 5.7 0.5 2.3 23.4 2.4 2.7 17.5 1.7 0.8 0.2 0.1

Canterbury 57.3 125.6 12.1 12.0 23.1 12.1 15.0 41.9 6.7 7.8 85.5 4.8 5.7 6.7 1.4

Otago 42.1 123.4 7.8 8.5 18.9 6.5 10.9 28.8 3.9 3.1 56.7 3.0 2.3 3.8 1.0

Southland 21.4 62.9 5.1 4.3 14.7 3.5 6.5 14.2 2.4 1.2 20.0 1.9 1.0 0.8 0.2

Rank best to worst (13 regions)

BOP 11 12 11 12 8 11 8 12 12 9 12 9 6 6 7

Waikato 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 13 12 11 9 9

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Road safety action plan 2013-14

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Road Safety Action Plan2013/14

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Road Safety Action Plan 2013/14 3

Contents

Road Safety Action Plan1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014

Contents5 Why we are doing this

7 Introduction

8 Risk areas

9 Regional Land Transport Strategy

10 Statistics

12 Delivery areas and campaign budgets

14 Emerging regional issues

Other measures

2013/14 Regional Road Safety Campaign Delivery Calendar

15 Appendices

16 Appendix 1: Bay of Plenty Road SAfety Priorities 2013/14

17 Appendix 2: Summary - NZTA Communities at Risk Register 2008-2012

18 Appendix 3: 2013/14 Regional Road Safety Campaign Delivery Calendar

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4 Bay of Plenty Regional Council

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Strategic Context

Why we are doing thisThis provides a summary of the strategic context within which the Plan has been developed. The strategic context is drawn from the Government’s Safer Journey Strategy and the Bay of Plenty Regional Land Transport Strategy.

Safer Journey VisionA safe road system increasingly free of death and serious injury.

Regional VisionBest transport systems for a growing economy, and a safe and vibrant Bay lifestyle.

The region’s transport system is contributing to safety and personal security when:

Deaths and serious injuries on the region’s roads are reduced. People understand and contribute to a safety culture supported by a safe system approach to road safety. Transport corridors and public spaces are safe and secure environments to use, and people feel safe using them.

The Plan’s GoalTo contribute to the Government’s Safer Journeys initiatives and the Road Safety outcomes in the Regional Land Transport Strategy.

Aims To achieve this goal; the Regional Council will:

1. Seek to fully understand crash risks in the region.

2. Identify regional road safety priority areas.

3. Collaboratively develop and deliver a regional road safety campaign.

This Plan acknowledges that: Activities recorded in the Action Plan are identified and developed, reflecting the following four safe system principles:

1. Human beings make mistakes and crashes are inevitable

2. The human body has a limited ability to withstand crash forces

3. System designers and system users must all share responsibility for managing crash forces to a level that does not result in death or serious injury

4. It will take a whole-of-system approach to implement the Safe System in New Zealand.

ManagementThis is a collaborative approach between Bay of Plenty Regional Council anditsterritorial authority partners to provide focus, commitment and urgency to address and mitigate the region’s road safety risks. It will identify opportunities for improvement, and encourage national consistency for road safety action planning.

Bay of Plenty regional road safety action planning has been developed in line with the delivery calendars of the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) and New Zealand Police.

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Introduction

IntroductionThis plan outlines the Bay of Plenty Council’s commitment to delivering road safety initiatives in the Bay of Plenty Region. This will be achieved by working with its road safety partners efficiently and effectively.

This is provided as an initial indication of where Regional Council staff propose investing resources in future. Due to the changeable nature of road safety, this document will be reviewed as needed.

Safer JourneysSafer Journeys is Central Government’s strategy to guide improvements in road safety over the period 2010-2020. The long-term goal for road safety in New Zealand is set out in the Safer Journey’s vision:

“A safe road system increasingly free of death and serious injury”.

To achieve this vision, we need to take a “Safe System” approach to road safety in the Bay of Plenty. The Safe System approach acknowledges that even responsible people make mistakes.

Safe System objectives

▪ Make the road transport system more accommodating of human error.

▪ Manage the forces that injure people in a crash to a level the human body can tolerate without serious injury.

▪ Minimise the level of unsafe road user behaviour.

Safe System approach

The Safe System approach focuses on creating four pillars to achieve the above objectives. Those pillars are:

▪ safe roads and roadsides

▪ safe speeds

▪ safe vehicles

▪ safe road use.

National areas of high concern identified in Safer Journeys

▪ Reducing alcohol/drug-impaired driving.

▪ Increasing the safety of young drivers.

▪ Safe roads and roadsides.

▪ Safe speeds.

▪ Increasing the safety of motorcyclists.

National areas of medium concern identified in Safer Journeys

▪ Improving the safety of light fleet vehicles.

▪ Safe walking and cycling.

▪ Improving the safety of heavy vehicles.

▪ Reducing the impact of fatigue.

▪ Addressing distraction.

▪ Reducing the impact of high risk drivers.

National areas of continued and emerging focus

▪ Increasing the level of restraint use.

▪ Increasing the safety of older New Zealanders.

Regional areas of concern are not identified in the Safer Journeys Strategy 2010-2020. It is recognised that other information sources must be used to identify regional road safety risk areas and priorities.

Image credit: ‘The Safe System’ Ministry of Transport Road Safety Strategy 2010-20

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Risk areas

Risk areasRegional Risk Areas projected and receiving NZTA funding for 2012/15 and Identified Regional Risk Areas for 2013/14The Communities at Risk Register has been developed by NZTA to identify communities that are over-represented in terms of road safety risk. The Register ranks communities by local authority area based on the Safer Journeys areas of concern, and is based on fatal and serious injury crash data from the crash analysis system database over a five year period, 2008-2012.

Current NZTA funding is allocated based on identified priority areas at the time of application, shown below.

New or emerging priority areas do not have NZTA funding (see appendices 1 & 2).

Area Regional Risk Areas funded by NZTA for period 2012/15 Identified Risk Areas for 2013/14

Bay of Plenty Region

▪ Young drivers

▪ Alcohol/Drug impaired drivers

▪ Speed

▪ Cycling ▪ Fatigue

▪ Restraints

*Cycling, fatigue and restraints were identified risks at the time of NZTA funding application but have since reduced in risk.

▪ Young drivers

▪ Alcohol/Drug impaired drivers

▪ Speed

▪ Rural intersections ▪ Rural roads ▪ Distraction – medium risk

▪ Older drivers – emerging

*Rural intersections, rural roads, distraction and older drivers have been identified as new or emerging risks based on NZTA data covering the previous five year period.

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RLT Strategy

Regional Land Transport StrategyBay of Plenty Regional Council adopted a new Regional Land Transport Strategy (RLTS) for the Bay of Plenty in 2011. It reflects Safer Journeys.

The Bay of Plenty’s regional safety and personal security transport issues are listed below. They establish the context for the RLTS outcomes, the strategic option and the implementation of the RLTS.

IssuesThe issues identified require on-going interventions to optimise or improve the region’s land transport system. They relate to current regional conditions and have been identified following a critical appraisal of the transport system. They are:

▪ Recent approaches to road safety have not achieved the desired improvements to the region’s safety record.

▪ Road safety initiatives in the region continue to be constrained by a limited safety culture within the wider community.

▪ The design and management of transport corridors does not adequately provide for the safety and personal security needs of all users and activities.

OpportunitiesThe following opportunities highlight features of the system that can be built on to achieve the desired outcomes. Opportunities to improve safety and personal security in the region include:

▪ focusing regional road safety resources to support initiatives outlined in Safer Journeys 2020 – the national road safety strategy, including implementation of a safe systems approach; and

▪ integrated studies that target the worst performing sections of state highway in the region.

VisionThe RLTS vision is:

▪ Best transport systems for a growing economy and a safe and vibrant Bay lifestyle

OutcomesIt is supported by the following safety and personal security outcomes:

▪ Deaths and serious injuries on the region’s roads are reduced.

▪ People understand and contribute to a safety culture that is supported by a safe system approach to road safety.

▪ Transport corridors and public spaces are safe and secure environments to use and people feel safe using them.

TargetsThe RLTS contains targets for each outcome so we can measure whether they are being achieved. The targets are expressed as directional statements aimed at achieving impacts outlined in the Government Policy Statement on Land Transport Funding. The RLTS safety and personal security targets are:

▪ Reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries on roads in the region below 2005-09 levels (five year rolling average).

▪ Reduce the number of reported injury crashes below 2005-09 levels (five year rolling average).

▪ Reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries with alcohol as a contributing factor below 2005-09 levels (five year rolling average).

▪ Reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries with speed as a contributing factor below 2005-09 levels (five year rolling average).

▪ Increase the perceptions safety and security while walking, cycling and using public transport above 2010 levels.

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Statistics

StatisticsThe statistics below have been gathered from the most recent NZTA data for the Bay of Plenty1.

Crash list fatal and serious crashes 2012: Bay of Plenty

Overall injury crash statistics Overall casualty statistics

Crash severity Number % Social cost ($m) Injury severity Number % all casualties

Fatal 20 13 89.9 Death 22 9

Serious 133 87 147.32 Serious injury 159 65

Minor injury 65 26

153 100 237.12 246 100

Crash list fatal and serious crashes 2012: Ōpōtiki District



Fatal 4 33 17.96 Death 4 17


Minor injury 10 42

12 100 27.26 24 100

Crash list fatal and serious crashes 2012: Kawerau District



Fatal 0 0 0 Death 0 0


Minor injury 0 0

2 100 2.21 2 100

Crash list fatal and serious crashes 2012: Whakatāne District



Fatal 5 25 22.54 Death 6 20


Minor injury 4 13

20 100 39.06 30 100

1 Deaths and serious injuries statistics for the Bay of Plenty 2012. NZTA: CRASH ANALYSIS SYSTEM. [email protected]

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Statistics

Crash list fatal and serious crashes 2012: Tauranga District



Fatal 1 4 4.21 Death 1 3


Minor injury 8 24

26 100 29.99 34 100

Crash list fatal and serious crashes 2012: Western Bay District





Minor injury 22 26

50 100 78.56 84 100

Crash list fatal and serious crashes 2012: Rotorua District





Minor injury 21 29

44 100 61.08 73 100

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Delivery

Bay of Plenty Regional Council delivery areas and campaign budgets 2013/14

Priority area BOPRC – planned outcomes

NLTP forecast Regional

annual spend (excluding staff costs)

BOPRC – planned intervention

Alcohol & Drugs

Design and deliver regional alcohol and drugs road safety messages, via a mixed media campaign that will support the sub-region’s road safety activities.

Increase public awareness of the consequences of driving while under the influence of alcohol and drugs.

Assist with lowering the social cost of alcohol/drug-related accidents.

Assist in the reduction of fatal and serious injuries related to alcohol and drugs.

$35,000 Regional billboard and radio advertising

Young Drivers Design and deliver regional young drivers road safety messages, via a mixed media campaign that will support the sub regions road safety activities.

Increase public awareness of the risks associated with young drivers.

Assist with lowering the social cost of accidents involving young drivers.

Assist in the reduction of fatal and serious injuries relating to young drivers.

$28,000 Regional billboard advertising

Additional advertising support for youth programmes and selected driver skills programmes

Speed Design and deliver regional safer speeds road safety messages, via a mixed media campaign that will support the sub regions road safety activities.

Increase public awareness of the consequences of speeding and speeds unsafe for conditions.

Assist with lowering the social cost of speed related accidents.

Assist in the reduction of speed.

$35,000 Regional billboard and radio advertising

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Delivery





Restraints Assist in the design and delivery of a restraints campaign in the eastern Bay of Plenty with specific focus on increasing the use of child restraints.

Increase public awareness of the consequences of driving without seatbelts and child restraints.

Assist with lowering the social cost of accidents involving adults/children not wearing restraints.

Assist in the reduction of fatal and serious injuries relating to adults/children not wearing restraints.

$20,000 Eastern Bay billboard, radio and newspaper advertising.

Additional support with promotional material.

Cycling Design and deliver cycling road safety messages via a mixed media campaign that will support the sub region’s road safety activities.

Increase public awareness of safer behaviour in shared spaces (cycling and driving).

Assist with lowering the social cost of cycling related accidents.

Assist in the reduction of fatal and serious cycling-related injuries.

$33,000 Regional billboard and radio advertising.

Support local cycling safety RSAP initiatives.

Fatigue Design and deliver fatigue road safety messages via a mixed media campaign that will support the sub region’s road safety activities.

Increase public awareness of the consequences of fatigue and driving.

Assist with lowering the social cost of fatigue related accidents.

Assist in the reduction of fatal and serious injuries associated with fatigue.

$7,000 Billboard advertising targeted at tourists, truckers and people whose occupations require travel early morning and late afternoon.

NLTP forecast Regional annual spend (excluding staff costs) $158,000

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Emerging issues

Emerging regional issues





Rural intersections

Heighten public awareness of risks associated with emerging regional issues.

Reduce regional ranking in the Communities at Risk Register.

$0 Investigate possibility of including emerging regional issues messaging into current regional road safety advertising – using CAS data to identify possible combination. areas.

Investigate low or no cost advertising options.

Investigate possible funding options.

Rural roads

Distraction

Older drivers

Other measuresBay of Plenty Regional Council recognises that road safety is a key principle underlying all activities delivered as part of the RLTS Optimised Transport System.

In addition to the actions outlined earlier in the Plan, the Council will also:

▪ investigate and incorporate additional mixed media advertising options to deliver regional road safety messages;

▪ regularly update the Regional Transport Committee on road safety delivery with respect to the Action Plan and RLTS; and;

▪ promote sustainable modes of transport as alternative modes to using the car.

2013/14 Regional Road Safety Campaign delivery calendar A copy of the 2013/14 Regional Road Safety Delivery Calendar is attached (see appendix 3). The calendar is an operational working document and will change from time to time. For a copy of the latest version please contact Bay of Plenty Regional Council.

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Chapter

Appendices

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Appendix 1

Appe

ndix

1: B

ay o

f Ple

nty

Road

Saf

ety

Prio

ritie

s 20

13/1

4

Com

mun

ity a

t Ris

k Re

gist

er S

trat

egic

Pr

iorit

ies

and

Safe

r Jou

rney

s ar

eas

of

Conc

ern

Safe

r Jo

urne

ys

natio

nal

high

co

ncer

n

Safe

r Jo

urne

ys

natio

nal

med

ium

co

ncer

n

Safe

r Jo

urne

ys

natio

nal

cont

inue

d an

d em

ergi

ng

focu

s

Regi

onal

Ris

k –

base

d on

NZT

A/

CAS

Com

mun

ities

at

Ris

k Re

gist

er

Roto

rua

– ac

tion

plan

East

ern

– ac

tion

plan

TGA

/ W

est –

ac

tion

plan

BOPR

C –

NZTA

fu

ndin

g as

pe

r act

ivity

lis

t

REGI

ONAL

FO

CUS

AREA

S &

Natio

nal

Prio

ritie

s

Youn

g (o

f lig

ht v

ehic

les

aged

15-

24yr

s)X

High

– 1

XX

XX

R

Alco

hol/d

rugs

XHi

gh –

2X

XX

XR

Spee

d (to

o fa

st fo

r con

ditio

ns)

XHi

gh –

3X

XX

XR

Inte

rsec

tion

– ur

ban

(sub

set o

f roa

ds &

ro

adsi

des)

XX

N

Inte

rsec

tion

–rur

al (s

ubse

t of r

oads

&

road

side

s)Hi

gh –

3X

XR

Inte

rsec

tions

(all

road

s –

subs

et o

f roa

dsid

es)

Road

s &

road

side

sX

XX

XN

Road

s (ru

ral)

XHi

gh –

2X

XR

Mot

orcy

clis

ts (c

rash

es in

volv

ing

mot

orcy

cles

an

d M

oped

s)X

XX

N

Cycl

ing

XX

XX

XR

Pede

stria

n/w

alki

ngX

XX

XN

Dist

ract

ion

(atte

ntio

n di

verte

d)X

Med

– 2

R

Fatig

ueX

XX

XR

Olde

r roa

d us

ers

(age

d 75

yrs

and

ove

r)X

Emer

ging

– 2

XX

R

Rest

rain

ts (s

eatb

elt n

ot w

orn)

XEm

ergi

ng –

2X

XX

(Eas

t)R

Heav

y ve

hicl

esX

XN

Ligh

t veh

icle

sX

XN

High

Ris

k Dr

iver

s (d

ange

rous

and

car

eles

s dr

ivin

g- d

isqu

alifi

ed, u

nlice

nsed

, rep

eat D

IC

etc)

XX

XN

Key

Iden

tified

Reg

iona

l Prio

rity

Area

Safe

r Jou

rney

s Na

tiona

l Prio

ritie

s20

13/1

4 NZ

TA a

gree

d fu

ndin

g

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Appendix 2

Appe

ndix

2: S

umm

ary

- NZT

A Co

mm

uniti

es a

t Ris

k Re

gist

er 2

008-

2012

(Bas

ed o

n CA

S da

ta)

Sub-

regi

onal

prio

rity

rank

ing

iden

tified

in th

e Co

mm

uniti

es a

t Ris

k Re

gist

er 2

013

NZTA

/ Sa

fer J

ourn

eys

ar

eas

of c

once

rnHi

gh s

trat

egic

prio

rity

Med

ium

str

ateg

ic p

riorit

yEm

ergi

ng

stra

tegi

c pr

iorit

y

All f

atal

& s

erio

us c

rash

es

rank

ed a

t loc

al b

ody

leve

l

Young

Alcohol

Speed

Urban Int

Rural Int

Intersections

Rural roads

Motorbikes

Cyclists

Pedestrians

Distractions

Fatigue

Older

Restraints

TA D&S overview

Kaw

erau

Ōpōt

iki

Wha

katā

ne

Roto

rua

Taur

anga

Wes

tern

BOPR

C re

gion

al is

sue

area

H1H2

H3H3

H2M

2E2

E2A2

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High

Med

ium

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e m

ean

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h, m

ediu

m a

nd a

bove

mea

n ris

k ar

e sh

own

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ach

stra

tegi

c pr

iorit

y ar

ea A

ND

a ra

nkin

g ha

s be

en a

lloca

ted

as b

elow

. *3

+ TA

s in

regi

on w

ith a

com

bina

tion

of h

igh

and

med

/abo

ve m

ean

risk

will

be

cons

ider

ed a

regi

onal

issu

e fo

r the

pur

pose

s of

this

ass

essm

ent.

High

str

ateg

ic p

riorit

y

3 HI

GH =

H 1

3 M

ED =

M 2

2 HI

GH =

H 2

2 M

ED =

M 3

1 HI

GH =

H 3

1 M

ED =

M 0

Med

ium

str

ateg

ic p

riorit

y

3 HI

GH =

M 1

3 M

ED =

M 2

2 HI

GH =

M 2

2 M

ED =

M 3

1 HI

GH =

M 3

1 M

ED =

M 0

Emer

ging

str

ateg

ic p

riorit

y

3 HI

GH =

Em

13

MED

= E

m 2

2 HI

GH =

Em

22

MED

= E

m 3

1 HI

GH =

Em

31

MED

= E

m 0

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Appendix 3

Appe

ndix

3: 2

013/

14 R

egio

nal R

oad

Safe

ty C

ampa

ign

Deliv

ery

Cale

ndar

The

cale

ndar

pro

vide

s an

indi

cativ

e vi

ew o

f roa

d sa

fety

cam

paig

n fo

cus

for 2

013/

14, n

atio

nally

and

acr

oss

the

re

gion

, in

the

six

regi

onal

stra

tegi

c pr

iorit

y ris

k ar

eas

(alc

ohol

/dru

g im

paire

d, y

oung

driv

ers,

spe

ed, c

yclin

g, fa

tigue

, res

train

ts).

NZT

A ad

verti

sing

them

e in

form

atio

n ha

s be

en in

clud

ed in

the

cale

ndar

to s

how

regi

onal

alig

nmen

t with

nat

iona

l adv

ertis

ing

cam

paig

ns.

The

cale

ndar

is a

n op

erat

iona

l doc

umen

t and

sub

ject

to c

hang

e. S

peci

fic d

ates

for s

ome

cam

paig

ns a

nd c

ours

es w

ere

not a

vaila

ble

at

the

time

of p

rintin

g. C

ampa

ign

plan

ning

in th

e ea

ster

n B

ay is

cur

rent

ly u

nder

way

but

was

als

o un

avai

labl

e at

the

time

of p

rint.

Key Yo

ung

Driv

ers

Alco

hol/

Drug

s

Spee

d

Cycl

ing

Rest

rain

ts

Fatig

ue

Non-

fund

ed is

sues

NZTA

Adv

ertis

ing

them

eJu

lyAu

gust

Sept

embe

rOc

tobe

rNo

vem

ber

Dece

mbe

rJa

nuar

yFe

brua

ryM

arch

April

May

Ju

neAl

coho

lYo

ung

Driv

ers

Spee

dAl

coho

lSp

eed

Alco

hol

Spee

dDr

ugs

Youn

g Dr

iver

sAl

coho

lSp

eed

Drug

sFa

tigue

Drug

sDi

stra

ctio

nsYo

ung

Driv

ers

Fatig

ueDr

ugs

Fatig

ueYo

ung

Driv

ers

Spee

dFa

tigue

Dist

ract

ions

Alco

hol

BOPR

C ca

mpa

ign

focu

sJu

lyAu

gust

Sept

embe

rOc

tobe

rNo

vem

ber

Dece

mbe

rJa

nuar

yFe

brua

ryM

arch

April

May

Ju

neAl

coho

lYo

ung

Driv

ers

Spee

dAl

coho

l/Dr

ugs

Spee

dAl

coho

l/Dr

ugs

Spee

dAl

coho

l/Dr

ugs

Youn

g Dr

iver

sAl

coho

l/Dr

ugs

Spee

dAl

coho

l/Dr

ugs

Fatig

ueAl

coho

l/Dr

ugs

Youn

g Dr

iver

sFa

tigue

Fatig

ueYo

ung

Driv

ers

Spee

dFa

tigue

Rest

rain

tsRe

stra

ints

Rest

rain

tsRe

stra

ints

Be b

right

Bike

wis

eBe

brig

ht

Roto

rua

July

Augu

stSe

ptem

ber

Octo

ber

Nove

mbe

rDe

cem

ber

Janu

ary

Febr

uary

Mar

chAp

rilM

ay

June

Alco

hol (

Alco

hol k

ills

driv

ing

skill

s)Al

coho

l/Dr

ugs

Spee

d (a

roun

d sc

hool

s)Sp

eed

on ru

ral

road

s 8

Dec

(rura

l saf

ety

day

& m

edia

ca

mpa

ign)

Spee

d (a

roun

d sc

hool

s)Yo

ung

Driv

ers

Expo

5-9

May

Be b

right

(A

pril-

July

)Gi

ve c

yclis

ts s

pace

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wis

eBe

brig

ht (A

pril-

July

)

Youn

g Dr

iver

s - 1

day

Driv

er

skill

s co

urse

16

July

Olde

r driv

ers

Youn

g Dr

iver

s - 1

day

Driv

er

skill

s co

urse

1

Oct

Road

s an

d Ro

adsi

des

- Sa

fety

on

rura

l ro

ads

8 De

c as

ab

ove

Ligh

t and

hea

vy v

ehic

les

Safe

wal

king

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Appendix 3

Taur

anga

/Wes

tern

July

Augu

stSe

ptem

ber

Octo

ber

Nove

mbe

rDe

cem

ber

Janu

ary

Febr

uary

Mar

chAp

rilM

ay

June

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hol a

nd d

rugs

(SAD

D)Al

coho

l & d

rugs

(Leg

ends

/Driv

e So

ber)

Bike

wis

eSc

hool

w

orks

hops

(in

clud

ing

alco

hol &

dr

ugs)

Driv

e so

ber

(dat

es?)

; Po

lice

18-2

1 Ap

ril

Alco

hol &

dr

ugs

expo

Ju

ne 3

-5

Youn

g Dr

iver

sFa

tigue

Youn

g Dr

iver

sRe

stra

ints

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right

(Apr

il-Ju

ne) a

nd h

elm

ets

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d (a

roun

d sc

hool

s)Sp

eed

(aro

und

scho

ols)

Spee

d (a

roun

d sc

hool

s)Sp

eed

(aro

und

scho

ols)

Spee

d - d

rive

to th

e co

nditi

ons

Spee

d - w

inte

r hig

hway

sCy

cle

Safe

ty y

r 5/6

'Kid

s Ca

n Ri

de'

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e Sa

fety

yr 5

/6 ‘K

ids

Can

Ride

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ared

Pa

thw

ays

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ling

and

pede

stria

nsSc

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vel p

lans

- W

hole

yea

r pro

gram

me

incl

udes

saf

e w

alki

ng, s

afe

cycl

ing,

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s sa

fety

, sco

oter

saf

ety,

car

saf

ety

arou

nd s

choo

l gat

es e

tc -

0-12

yea

rs (t

his

is

exte

ndin

g to

17-

18 y

ears

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ol T

rave

l pla

ns -

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afe

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, saf

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safe

ty, s

coot

er s

afet

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ar s

afet

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sch

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ates

etc

- 0-

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ears

(thi

s is

ex

tend

ing

to 1

7-18

yea

rs)

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s an

d Ro

adsi

des

- urb

an in

ter-

sect

ions

3-9

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Road

s an

d Ro

adsi

des

- urb

an

inte

rsec

tions

Road

s an

d Ro

adsi

des

- urb

an in

ter-

sect

ions

Dist

ract

ion

24-3

0 Ju

ne

Road

s an

d Ro

adsi

des/

urba

n in

ter-

sect

ions

Mot

orbi

kes

17-2

3 Se

p M

otor

bike

s12

-18

Nov

Mot

orbi

kes

Mot

orbi

kes

Heav

y ve

hicl

e

Olde

r driv

ers

East

ern

Bay

July

Augu

stSe

ptem

ber

Octo

ber

Nove

mbe

rDe

cem

ber

Janu

ary

Febr

uary

Mar

chAp

rilM

ay

June

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Text here

Bay of Plenty Regional Council5 Quay Street, WhakātaneP O Box 364, Whakatāne Telephone: 0800 884 880Email: [email protected]

This document is also available on our website:www.boprc.govt.nz

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8.00075





Safe System Signature Project

Executive Summary

In 2013 the National Road Safety Committee will develop a Safe System partnership programme and in 2014, develop at least two new initiatives (signature projects) with new partners. Regional stakeholders, led by Inspector Kevin Taylor and Brett Gliddon, have begun to meet with stakeholders a view to the region being selected for one of the signature projects.

1 Recommendations


1 Receives the report, Safe System Signature Project.

2 Background

Safer Journeys is the government's strategy to guide improvements in road safety between 2010 and 2020. The Safer Journey’s vision is a safe road system increasingly free of death and serious injury and introduces the Safe System approach to New Zealand.

The Safe System recognises that people make mistakes and are vulnerable in a crash. It reduces the price paid for a mistake so crashes don't result in loss of life or limb. Mistakes are inevitable - deaths and serious injuries from road crashes are not.

The National Road Safety Committee (NRSC) are increasingly using the Safe System approach as a reference point in planning, developing and maintaining road transport.

The NRSC is a group of central government agencies with responsibilities for road safety. The NRSC developed and is responsible for implementing the Safer Journeys strategy and Safer Journeys action plans.

The NRSC members include the Ministry of Transport, New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA), Police and the Accident Compensation Corporation. NRSC

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Safe System Signature Project

2

associate members include Local Government NZ, the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority, the Ministries of Justice, Health, Education and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Department of Labour).

3 Signature Projects

In the first year of the Safer Journeys action plan, the NRSC will identify signature projects that have the potential to make demonstrable advances in reducing road trauma for all road users (riders, drivers and pedestrians) by implementing the Safe System approach within regions and communities (examples include addressing high-risk corridors, and communities and regions with proven treatments and innovative trials).

These signature projects will be well-resourced initiatives that demonstrate innovation, and give effect to Safe System principles and reduce road casualties. Their purpose will be to showcase best or emerging practice, develop understanding and demand for improved road safety from a wider audience, and reduce road trauma.

The Safe System programme includes an action that in 2013 a Safe System partnership programme will be developed and at least two new initiatives with new partners will be developed in 2014.

4 An Eastern Bay Signature Project?

Recognising an opportunity for the region to benefit, Inspector Kevin Taylor (Police) and Brett Gliddon (NZTA) have taken a lead in the region seeking an outcome that one of the two proposed signature projects will be planned and deployed in the region. Early discussions amongst a range of regional stakeholders has concluded that such a project could be pursued for the eastern Bay of Plenty sub-region.

Inspector Taylor will speak to this item at the meeting.

Garry Maloney Transport Policy Manager


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