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Safe System Snippet 505: Motorcycles & Intersection Collisions

Safe System Snippet 505: Motorcycles & Intersection Collisions

One of the most common crash types leading to motorcycle injuries in urban areas is the right turn against crash, when a driver turns in front of a motorcyclist who is travelling straight. This crash type also happens between cars, and between cars and cyclists, but...

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Safe System Snippet 500: A Holistic Approach to Road Safety

Safe System Snippet 500: A Holistic Approach to Road Safety

🎉 We're celebrating 500 Safe System Snippets 🎉 This incredible video from Norway highlights some fantastic vehicle safety features in modern larger vehicles. This is an essential part of the Safe System approach, and it’s a brilliant demonstration of how advanced...

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Safe System Snippet 498: Reverse vs Angle Parking

Safe System Snippet 498: Reverse vs Angle Parking

Converting angle parking to parallel parking reduces casualty crashes by up to 35% (Elvik and Vaa, 2004). The awkward sight lines for drivers reversing out of angle parking causes them to be more likely to miss a vehicle in the through lane. This is particularly the...

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Safe System Snippet 497: Run-Off-Road Roulette

Safe System Snippet 497: Run-Off-Road Roulette

This video from Darwin went viral and we can understand why. The astonishingly low chance that this speeding vehicle didn’t collide with another car or a pedestrian. It’s a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities in our road/street system. How can a vehicle reach such...

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Safe System Snippet 496: Motorcyclists and Kerbs

Safe System Snippet 496: Motorcyclists and Kerbs

In road safety engineering, kerbs (or "curbs" for our North American friends) are generally considered mountable. This means that when a vehicle exits the roadway, it will traverse the kerb and continue on without redirection. While larger or higher kerbs can be...

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Safe System Snippet 494: Pedestrians and Roundabouts DO mix

Safe System Snippet 494: Pedestrians and Roundabouts DO mix

Roundabouts with raised pedestrian crossings (Wombats) create a safe and accessible environment for all road users. And it’s great to see this now appear in the Austroads Guide to Road Design Part 4B: Roundabouts. An evaluation of the installation of wombat crossings...

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Safe System Snippet 492: Roundabout Rollover

Safe System Snippet 492: Roundabout Rollover

Ever wondered why roundabouts are often designed with adverse crossfall? It’s all about: Drainage: To ensure water flows out efficiently. Visibility: Making the roundabout more pronounced and noticeable. Ease of Construction: To tie into the existing road crossfall....

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Safe System Snippet 491: Road Surface and Motorcyclists

Safe System Snippet 491: Road Surface and Motorcyclists

Unlike cars with their four-wheeled stability, motorcycles rely on only two small contact points with the road, making them highly sensitive to changes in surface conditions. Even subtle variations in texture, dips, ruts, or patches of loose gravel can disrupt their...

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Supporter Spotlight: Safe System Solutions & Victoria Walks

Supporter Spotlight: Safe System Solutions & Victoria Walks

We're proud to be corporate supporters of Victoria Walks - an organisation committed to transforming public spaces into safe, vibrant and walkable spaces. Victoria Walks is an evidence-based health promotion charity, leading the move for walkable communities in...

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⭐ SSS continues to grow AusRAP capability ⭐

⭐ SSS continues to grow AusRAP capability ⭐

Congratulations to Benjamin Ryan, Engineer at Safe System Solutions, on achieving his iRAP accreditation. This is another great step in our ongoing work to support governments by Star Ratings for roads, streets and upgrade designs. Using Star Ratings to show the...

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Safe System Snippet 489: Mind the Gap… the vertical one

Safe System Snippet 489: Mind the Gap… the vertical one

A recent UK study found that 43% of people driving a large vehicle did not know the height of the vehicle they were driving. The video below showcases one of Melbourne’s most struck rail bridges - Racecourse Road. For a deeper dive into this issue, check out our...

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Safe System Snippet 488: Right Turns and Pedestrian Priority

Safe System Snippet 488: Right Turns and Pedestrian Priority

Rule 72 of the Australian Road Rules states that a driver turning into a road must give way to any pedestrian at or near the intersection who is crossing the road the driver is entering. Unfortunately, this rule is neither well-known nor consistently obeyed. Just have...

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