Transcript Safer Journeys New Zealand`s Road Safety Strategy to 2020

Safer Journeys:
New Zealand’s Road Safety
Strategy to 2020
Chris Foley
NEW ZEALAND
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Road Safety Performance
New Zealand
8.9 deaths per 100,000 population
Australia
6.9 deaths per 100,000 population
United Kingdom
4.2 deaths per 100,000 population
Statistics are the same or worse on a vehicle km travelled basis
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If New Zealand had Road Safety Performance
similar to Australia or the United Kingdom:
New Zealand’s 2009 Road Toll
384
With Australia's Road Safety level
298 (-86)
With the UK’s Road Safety level
186 (-198)
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Safer Journeys’ vision
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A safe road system increasingly free of death
and serious injury
This recognises that while all road crashes
can never be prevented from happening, we
could ultimately stop many of them resulting
in death and serious injury.
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Safer Journeys’ framework
Safe system approach to road safety
– minimise the level of unsafe road user
behaviour
– make the road transport system more
accommodating of human error
– manage the crash forces that injure people in a
crash to a level the human body can tolerate
without serious injury
– road safety is everyone's responsibility
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What is a Safe Road System?
Safe road use – road users who are skilled and
competent, alert and unimpaired. They comply with
road rules, take steps to improve safety, and demand
and expect safety improvements.
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First Steps
•Alcohol and drug impaired drivers
•Young drivers
•Motorcyclists
•Roads and roadsides
 Proposed first initiatives are the ones
most likely to make the greatest impact
on the road crash problem
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High concern
Reducing
alcohol
/drug
impaired
driving
Safer roads
and
roadsides
Increasing
the safety of
motorcycling
Safer
speeds
Medium concern
Reducing
the impact
of high risk
drivers
Improving
the safety
of heavy
vehicles
Increasing the
level of
restraint use
Addressing
distraction
Reducing
the impact
of fatigue
Increasing the
safety of older
New Zealanders
Safer
walking and
cycling
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Safer Journey’s priority areas
Areas of high
concern
Where we will take action across the Safe
System
Safe roads
Safer
and roadsides speeds
Reducing alcohol/drug
impaired driving
Increasing the safety of
young drivers
Safer roads and roadsides
Safer speeds
Increasing the safety of
motorcycling
Safe vehicles Safe road use
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Young Drivers (15-24)
•105 Fatalities last year
• Represent 14.5% of population, but 37% of all
fatal crashes
• 60% higher than Australia (per capita basis)
• If we can match Australia, 25 lives could be
saved annually
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Motorcyclists
1. Raise the driving age to 16.
2. Make the restricted licence test more difficult to
encourage 120 hours of supervised driving
practice.
3. Introduce a zero alcohol drink drive limit for drivers
under 20.
4. Raise public awareness of young driver risk
5. Improve the road safety education available to
young people and increase access to it.
6. Investigate vehicle power restrictions for young
drivers.
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Motorcyclists
• The risk of a motorcyclist being killed or seriously
injured in a crash is approximately 18 times higher than
for a car
• Motorcyclists represent:
14% of all road deaths
18% of all serious injuries
* Statistics for Australia are similar
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Motorcycling Proposed Initiative
1. Improve motorcycle rider training and
licensing, including licensing moped
riders
2. Introduce a power to weight restriction
for novice drivers
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Alcohol and Drug Impaired Drivers
•31% of fatal crashes
– 22 Australians die in alcohol-related road
crashes per one million population
– 28 New Zealanders die in alcohol-related
road crashes per one million population
– If we achieved a similar rate to Australia,
this would save 25 lives annually
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Alcohol and Drug Impaired
Driver Proposed Initiatives
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Allow Courts to impose alcohol interlocks for repeat
drink- drivers and high-level first time offenders (BAC
of 0.16 or higher)
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Zero BAC limit for repeat drink-drivers
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Conduct research on the level of risk from drivers
with a BAC between 0.05 and 0.08
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Double prison sentence for dangerous driving
causing death from five years to ten years
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What is a Safe Road System?
Safe speeds – travel speeds suit the
function and level of safety of the road.
People understand and comply with the
speed limits and drive to conditions.
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Safer Journey’s priority areas
Areas of medium
concern
Where we will take action across
the Safe System
Safe roads and Safer speeds
roadsides
Improving the safety of the
light vehicle fleet
Safer walking and cycling
Improving the safety of
heavy vehicles
Reducing the impact of
fatigue
Addressing distraction
Reducing the impact of
high risk drivers
Safe vehicles
Safe road use
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Safer Journey’s priority areas
Areas of
continued and
emerging focus
Where we will take action across
the Safe System
Safe roads
and
roadsides
Increasing the level of
restraint use
Increasing the safety
of older New
Zealanders
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speeds
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Safe road use
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Illegal Street Racing
Major problems in many large cities, more
than a transport matter.
– New local authority bylaw making power
– Mandatory 28 day vehicle impoundment
– Reduced fines & increase demerit points
– Introduced a new DL reinstatement fee
– Introduced a new vehicle crushing law
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Roads and Roadsides
• Head on crashes account for 23% of all
fatal crashes
• 90% of them could be avoided by
having a median barrier
• 21% of fatal crashes occur at
intersections
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Safer Roads and Roadsides
Proposed Initiatives
1. Develop a classification system for the roading
network (KiwiRAP)
2. Focus safety improvements on high risk rural
roads and high risk urban intersections
3. Change the give way rules for turning traffic
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Future efforts
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Development of a three-year action plan (two
further three-year plans to take us to 2020)
The actions in Safer Journeys are not a complete
list of everything that will be done to improve road
safety over the next ten years.
Current initiatives that are effective in reducing
road trauma and provide value for money will also
continue.
Key - flexibility for continual improvement
More information www.transport.govt.nz (look for ‘Safety Sam’/ ‘Hāmi
Haumaru’)