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CRICOS No. 00213J
Road Safety in Queensland:Successes and challenges
Professor Barry WatsonRoad Safety Decade of Action: Queensland Launch – 11 May 2011
Long-term trend in Queensland road fatalities: 1954 - 2010
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Fatalities in 1954 = 273Pop. = 1.32 millionFatality rate = 20.6 per 100,000
Fatalities in 1973 = 638Pop. = 1.98 millionFatality rate = 32.2 per 100,000
Fatalities in 2010 = 249Pop. = 4.52 millionFatality rate = 5.51 per 100,000
Source: Qld Transport & Main Roads
2010 road fatality rate by jurisdiction: per 100,000 population
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Source: Qld Transport & Main Roads
Qld NSW Vic SA WA Tas NT ACT Aust0
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5.51 5.82 5.257.17
8.4
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21.77
5.026.14
Fatalityrate
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2009 fatality rates for OECD and Australian jurisdictions: per 100,000 pop
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Source: BITRE, 2010
16th 5th
Road safety countermeasures: at a glance
Pre-crash stage
Crash stage Post-crash stage
Road user
Vehicle
Road Environment
Graduated driver licensing
Traffic law enforcement eg. RBT, speed cameras
Public education
Improved emergency services
Improved trauma management and rehabilitation systems
Improved primary safety eg. breaking systems
Australian Design Rules New Car Assessment
Program (ANCAP)
Improved secondary safety eg. occupant protection – seat belts, restraints, airbags
Helmets
Design improvements to allow access by emergency services
ITS crash reporting systems
Improved road design & maintenance standards
Crash ‘blackspot’ programs
Road safety auditing
Separation of traffic eg. divided roads
Roadside barriers Removal of hazardous
roadside objects
Emergency/break-down lanes
Note: Figure based on the Haddon Matrix
Challenges for the next decade (1)
Fatalities are only the ‘tip of the iceberg’ and we are having less success in reducing serious and minor injuries
Road casualties in Queensland: 2001-2008
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 20080
1000
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Fatality
Hospitalised
Medically treated
Minor injury
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sual
ties
Source: Qld Transport & Main Roads
Challenges for the next decade (2)
The impact of economic recovery & growth on road transport use
The need to cope with the influence of broader community trends:
− the wide availability of alcohol (and other drugs) in the community and increased binge drinking
− the proliferation of mobile phones and their impact on driver distraction
People ‘drive as they live’
− the need to more effectively manage recidivist offenders
Challenges for the next decade (3)
The need to maintain community interest in the road safety issue:
− to fully understand the impact of road crashes on the community
− to support further road safety initiatives
The Decade of Action represents a means of focusing community attention on road safety
Closing thoughts:
How well does the community understand the magnitude of the
road safety problem?
Community perceptions relating to the magnitude of the road toll
Estimated number of road fatalities in Queensland in 2006 (N = 883) (Actual number = 336)
<50 51-100 101-200 201-300 301-400 400-800 800+0
5
10
15
20
25
11.2
14.3
15.616.6
20.1
13.5
8.7
Source: Fleiter & Watson, unpublished
%
41.1%
57.7%
