During the past 16 years, the road accident fatality rate in the State of Victoria has been reduced from being one of the highest among motorised countries to among the lowest. It has dropped progressively from 8.1 deaths per 10,000 registered vehicles in 1970 to 2.7 in 1986.The paper examines various countermeasures which have contributed to this reduction, as applied to road users, vehicles and the road system. These include compulsory use of seat belts, drink/driving countermeasures, motorcycle engine capacity limits for novice riders, promotion of bicycle safety helmets, vehicle safety features, accident black-spot programs, roadside hazard reduction and various traffic engineering treatments. An attempt is made to predict future directions for measures aimed at reducing either the incidence of crashes or their severity.


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    Title :

    Road Safety in Victoria - An Overview


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:
    Vulcan, Peter (author) / Cave, Tim (author)

    Conference:

    4th International Pacific Conference on Automotive Engineering ; 1987



    Publication date :

    1987-11-08




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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