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Safe System Snippet: #212 Bicycle markings – what colour?

Safe System Snippet: #212 Bicycle markings – what colour?

Coloured pavement markings for cyclist safety are used around the world for a variety of purposes, including to highlight areas where a conflict point exists between vehicles and cyclists, to direct cyclists along a particular path and also to highlight areas...

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Safe System Snippet: #211 When baseline data doesn’t exist.

Safe System Snippet: #211 When baseline data doesn’t exist.

We’re often asked to undertake an evaluation of recently installed infrastructure, or recent road safety initiatives, but unfortunately there is often a large gap in baseline data (read: it doesn’t exist).   While not ideal, one should not despair. There are a few...

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Safe System Snippet: #210 The Gore Area

Safe System Snippet: #210 The Gore Area

The gore area is the wedge between a freeway/motorway exit and the continuing road. Drivers need to navigate, decelerate, and change lanes at, or on the approach to, gore areas through specified and compacted geometry. This makes gore areas highly crash-prone...

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Safe System Snippet: #209 High Profile Barrier Kerbs

Safe System Snippet: #209 High Profile Barrier Kerbs

There are a variety of High Profile Barrier Kerbs (sometimes called High Containment Kerbs) available. Midwest profile has been tested under NCHRP350 Test Level 2, vehicle speed 70km/h, impact angle 25 degrees and vehicle mass 2000kg. VicRoads RDN03-01 states it...

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Safe System Snippet: #207 Bicycle storage boxes

Safe System Snippet: #207 Bicycle storage boxes

Bicycle storage boxes are intended to aid cyclists being seen, and give them an area to store during a red signal phase. However, according to two European studies, only 22% of all cyclists used the advanced stop line. The main reason for the low utilisation was that...

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Safe System Snippet: #205 Seatbelt use by truck drivers

Safe System Snippet: #205 Seatbelt use by truck drivers

 In a study of seat belt wearing amongst vehicle drivers, wearing rates for light vehicle drivers in NSW are well over 90% but the rates of seatbelt use by truck drivers were considerably lower at around 75%.  Some of the main findings of the report were:  There are...

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Safe System Snippet: #203 Bicycle crash under-reporting

Safe System Snippet: #203 Bicycle crash under-reporting

There are approximately eight bicycle crashes for each bicycle crash that is reported in official crash statistics. When this under-reporting is considered, the crash rate for cyclists is almost 20 times that of car occupants.  More than 80% of all bicycle crashes...

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Safe System Snippet: #201 Slip base (frangible) poles

Safe System Snippet: #201 Slip base (frangible) poles

Slip base (frangible) poles are designed to shear at the base when impacted by errant vehicles. The height of the shearing plane should be 75mm above ground level with a ±25mm tolerance. Too high and the pole may snag a vehicle. Too low and the pole may not...

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Employee Spotlight: Julian Toveneti

Employee Spotlight: Julian Toveneti

Julian has been with SSS for 18 months as a Graduate Engineer. As an accredited Road Safety Auditor, he is one of our team delivering on the mission of creating safer roads for our communities. He recently organized an initiative with his colleagues that is close to...

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Cycling Auditor Course in the beautiful city of Warrnambool

Cycling Auditor Course in the beautiful city of Warrnambool

Last week, Safe System Solutions Pty Ltd had the pleasure of running our highly informative and engaging Cycling Auditor Course in the beautiful city of Warrnambool. The course covered a wide range of topics related to cycling infrastructure, including best practices...

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Our Road Safety Audit Course in Melbourne, March 2023

Our Road Safety Audit Course in Melbourne, March 2023

 We're well and truly back into the swing of things for 2023 and all geared up to bring you more face-to-face training throughout the year. First up is our ROAD SAFETY AUDIT COURSE, with face-to-face training being held in Melbourne over March 20 & 21, 2023. Led...

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