An overview of road safety in Victoria James Holgate, Director, Road User Safety May 2012

1. Victoria’s road safety strategy

2. Governance

3. Inter agency coordination

4. Road safety capacity

Today’s presentation

Road safety in Victoria

Best practice

Aggressive targets

Specific target groups, eg. children, vulnerable road users

www.atcouncil.gov.au/documents/files/NRSS_2011_2020_20May11.pdf

National Road Safety Strategy

Targets

Safe system principles

Shared responsibility

Corporate responsibility

International collaboration

Interventions

Directions – achievements by 2020

First Steps – actions by 2014

Future steps – issues for consideration

But responsibility for implementation is largely with the States and Territories

[PDF]: www.atcouncil.gov.au/documents/files/NRSS_2011_2020_20May11.pdf

Victoria’s Road Safety Strategy

Victoria’s road safety strategy

The Safe System approach

Agreed and publicised targets

Overarching range of actions at any time

Understanding

crashes and risks

Admittance to

system

(driver licensing)

Education and

information

supporting road

users

Enforcement of

road rules

Safe System

(aims to reduce the number of crashes, and should a crash occur reduce the severity of

injury by the management of crash forces to survivable levels through the interaction of

Safer Speeds, Safer Roads & Roadsides and Safer Vehicles)

Safe Road

Users

Safe Roads &

RoadsidesSafe Vehicles

· Comply with speed

limits

· Comply with road rules

· Wearing seatbelts/

helmets

· Not affected by alcohol,

drugs or fatigue

· Speed limits to match

infrastructure

· Roads & roadsides

designed to highest

safety standards

practicable

· Vehicles

manufactured

featuring high

standard safety

features

arrive alive

2008-2017

Reduce road

trauma by 30%

Action Plans

Coordinated delivery approach

Reduced risk of being killed or seriously injured

Higher crash risk of young drivers

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four

Peer passenger restrictions

Novice driver fatal crash risk increases four times when carrying more than one peer passenger

Around 26% of first year probationary drivers involved in fatal crashes are carrying two or more peer passengers

From 1 July 2008, P1 probationary drivers have been restricted to carrying one peer passenger

Targeted road improvements

Electronic stability control (ESC)

ESC helps drivers to avoid crashes by reducing the danger of

skidding, or losing control

Australian research indicates that ESC reduces the risk of

single vehicle crashes:

– by 30% across all vehicle types

– by over 50% For 4WD vehicles

Governance

Partnership model

Meeting of Ministers

Parliamentary Road Safety Committee

Watchdogs

Managing road safety in Victoria

Transport Cabinet Committee Minister for Roads

Minister for Police & Emergency Services

Minister Responsible for TAC

Road Safety Executive Group

Road Safety Management Group

Victorian Community Road

Safety Alliance

National Issues Road Safety Education Group

Local Government External Stakeholder

Consultation

Parliamentary

Road Safety Committee

ENSURES THE ACHIEVEMENT

OF A CO-ORDINATED

APPROACH TO ROAD

SAFETY IN VICTORIA

DIRECTION / ENDORESEMENT REPORTING

CO-ORDINATION BY VICROADS

Agency roles

Road safety policy, management of the road safety strategy, management of the Road Safety Act, communications

Courts system, infringements system, road safety camera program

Third party insurance, communications

Enforcement

Frequent, formal meetings

Road Safety Management Group

Road Safety Executive Group

High level, day-to-day meetings

Road safety capacity - framework

Framework

Results focus

Coordination

Legislation

Funding and resource allocation

Promotion

Monitoring and evaluation

Research and development and knowledge transfer

Extending capacity beyond government

Research

Advocacy

Corporate involvement in road safety

Community engagement

Research

Victoria conducts substantial road safety research programs

Key challenge: transfer research knowledge to build capacity among practitioners, policy makers and to inform public debate

Advocacy

Active support across all levels

Importance of continuing to promote Safe System thinking and building strong support for key road safety initiatives

Local government and community road safety councils are important partners at the local level, with major roles in advocacy and increasing the understanding of road safety issues in their community

Corporate involvement

Corporations have established relationships with employees and the community

Talk to community through their brand

Strength of influence

OHS

Good corporate citizenship

Community engagement

Community involvement in local settings:

– Providing government and other decision-makers with a clear and accurate understanding of the public’s priorities and needs, especially at the local level

– Promoting Safe System thinking and building strong support for key road safety initiatives

– Disseminating tailored, relevant information quickly to the right target audiences locally

– Advocating for road safety as well as

encouraging others too

– Key challenge: encouraging personal

responsibility for road safety