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Title: Australian and international road safety developmentsPresenter’s Name:Joe MothaEconomy:Australia
33rd APEC Transportation Working Group Tokyo, JapanOctober 10-14 2010
JAPAN 2010
33rd APEC Transportation Working Group, Tokyo, Japan, October 10-14 2010
Moscow conference• First Global Ministerial Road Safety
Conference
• Moscow – 19 -20 November 2009
• Moscow declaration
• Decade of Action
JAPAN 2010
33rd APEC Transportation Working Group, Tokyo, Japan, October 10-14 2010
Decade of Action• UN resolution – 10 March 2010
• Global launch on 11 May 2011
• Arrangements for launch – rolling 24 hour-event
• Launch of national plans
JAPAN 2010
33rd APEC Transportation Working Group, Tokyo, Japan, October 10-14 2010
Australian road safety• Around 1,500 road deaths and 30,000 serious injuries
each year
• Annual cost of crashes is A$18 billion/$27 billion
• Road deaths declined by 18% between 2000 and 2009
• However, progress has been slower than expected
– National Road Safety Strategy 2001-2010 set a target of 5.6 deaths per 100,000 population by end of 2010
– Actual rate to August 2010 was 6.3 deaths per 100,000 people
JAPAN 2010
33rd APEC Transportation Working Group, Tokyo, Japan, October 10-14 2010
Annual deaths per 100,000 population
5.6
6.3
JAPAN 2010
33rd APEC Transportation Working Group, Tokyo, Japan, October 10-14 2010
Road safety conference • Australasian Road Safety Research,
Policing and Education Conference 2010
• 31 August -3 September 2010 in Canberra
• International delegates invited• Conference papers at: www.rsconference.com
JAPAN 2010
33rd APEC Transportation Working Group, Tokyo, Japan, October 10-14 2010
National Road Safety Council• NRSC established on 30 April 2009• 7 members• 5 ambassadors• Facilitate implementation; raise profile; establish
partnerships• Priority areas: young driver safety; fleet safety; safer
speeds; Indigenous road safety; motorcycle safety; alcohol and drug awareness
JAPAN 2010
33rd APEC Transportation Working Group, Tokyo, Japan, October 10-14 2010
National Road Safety Strategy• New strategy for 2011-2020• Strategy drafted• Approved by Ministers for public consultation
soon (available from: www.infrastructure.gov.au)• Based on Safe System approach• Safe roads, safe speeds, safe vehicles, safe
people
JAPAN 2010
33rd APEC Transportation Working Group, Tokyo, Japan, October 10-14 2010
Other national strategies• National Railway Level Crossing Strategy
2010-2020
• National Cycling Strategy 2011-2016
Available from:
http://www.atcouncil.gov.au/documents
JAPAN 2010
33rd APEC Transportation Working Group, Tokyo, Japan, October 10-14 2010
Young drivers• Young drivers are significantly over-represented in road
trauma statistics
– drivers aged 17-25 years make up 14% of licence holders but are involved in 25% of all fatal and serious injury crashes
• Young drivers are most at risk in the first year after gaining their licence
• Australian states have introduced graduated licensing to reduce the risks in the early stages of driving:
– zero BAC, passenger and night driving restrictions, mobile phone bans, restrictions on high-power vehicles, higher penalties
JAPAN 2010
33rd APEC Transportation Working Group, Tokyo, Japan, October 10-14 2010
keys2drive• Australian Government provided $17 million over 5 years
to 2011-12• Improve safety for young learner drivers• Free supervised driving lesson for learners accompanied
by parent/mentor• National driver instructor accreditation scheme• Interactive website: www.keys2drive.com.au
JAPAN 2010
33rd APEC Transportation Working Group, Tokyo, Japan, October 10-14 2010
Motorcycle safety• 225 riders killed in 2009 and about 7000 hospitalised
• Rider deaths increased by 18% from 2000 to 2009
– reflects the growth in motorcycling activity over the decade
• Riders aged over 45 years account for much of the upward trend in casualties
• Riders are 30 times more likely to be killed than car occupants (per distance travelled)
• Young riders are most at risk
JAPAN 2010
33rd APEC Transportation Working Group, Tokyo, Japan, October 10-14 2010
Motorcycle safety• Motorcycle and Scooter Safety Summit in April 2008
– report at: http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/safety/publications/2009/pdf/msss_report.pdf
• Victorian motorcycle GLS – discussion paper
– paper at: http://www.arrivealive.vic.gov.au/motorcyclegls
• APEC project: Compendium of safety measures
• Stage 1 report completed