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Safe System Snippet #6
A clear road planning framework is crucial to achieving high alignment with Safe System principles. Understanding where on the Movement and Place matrix an area sits is the first step in deciding on the treatments that will be employed to improve road safety. For...
Safe System Snippet #5
Trucks are more likely to roll than skid when travelling too quickly through a curve/corner (unlike cars). The trailer tips first due to...
Safe System Snippet #4
Nothing beats a good night’s rest, but here are a few things that were trialled on the Princes Highway East in Victoria to alert fatigued drivers: Different coloured guideposts Vehicle Activated Variable Message Signs (VMS) Varying road surface textures along the...
Safe System Snippet #3
Roundabouts reduce casualty crashes by 75% for all vehicles, yet when looking at motorcyclists in particular, they only reduce casualty crashes by 37%. Our research shows that the top 10 road environment factors that influence risk for motorcyclists at roundabouts...
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Safe System Snippet #1
A Danish Offset (also called a Z-Crossing) is the use of an offset in the middle of a multi-lane crossing that uses pedestrian fencing to steer and shield pedestrians onto a central median. As pedestrians walk (or cycle) through the fenced area, they are forced to...
Road Safety Forum Jiaozou
Henan, the birthplace of Chinese civilization, has undergone major road infrastructure construction and upgrades in the last few years. Last month the China Research Institute of Highway (RIOH), with the support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and iRAP,...
David Francis joins Safe System Solutions Pty Ltd
NSW’s newest Safe System Assessors
Congratulations to NSW's newest Safe System Assessors. With a $55.6 billion transport infrastructure spend over the next four years and the...
Motorcyclists and Road Maintenance
Motorcyclists - the canaries in the coal mine when it comes to road maintenance. Richard Clayton, one of our motorcycle safety...
International Cycling Safety Conference
Last week the International Cycling Safety Conference came to Brisbane. A great learning and networking experience, interacting with researchers and practitioners from across the globe. There is a strong desire to create a Safe System for people that ride bikes. From...
World Engineering Convention
Great to see so many familiar faces at the World Engineers Convention last week. We were proud to have two of our team presenting at the event - Kathy Doukouris on ‘Capability Building in Road Authorities’ and Kenn Beer on ‘Safe System Assessments’.
ATLM Motorcycle Safety Study
Are Audio Tactile Line Markings a hazard for motorcyclists? Nowhere near as much as you might think. Here’s a short video from our ATLM motorcycle study that we conducted at CrashLab for the NSW government. Thank you Joseph Le, Cassidy Southern, Drew Sherry, Steve Hopfe, Duncan McRae, Paul Apap, Greg Lapham, John Poynton, Kenn Beer, Richard Clayton, Jack Fitzgerald and Dr. Tana Tan for your contribution to this study!
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RAISED PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS – ‘WOMBATS’
Wombat Crossings? It must be a sign. Take a look at the above examples of wombat crossings across Victoria. What do you notice about the signage at each crossing? Currently there is no consistency with the way wombat crossings are signed. While the regulatory...
Cycling Auditor Training
Last week’s one day cycling auditor course in 3 minutes. Can you spot any road safety issues?
MAKING ROADS MOTORCYCLE FRIENDLY COURSE BAW BAW SHIRE
Baw Baw Shire Council was our launch partner in delivering the first full-day Making Roads Motorcycle Friendly course. The course consists of a 1/2-day road engineering theory component and a 1/2-day practical component, road design and maintenance engineers geared up...
Measuring Progress In Road Safety Strategies
What gets measured gets done. Our evaluations team has been assisting Moonee Valley City Council to analyse and measure progress on their 2016 road safety strategy. Keep up the good work Moonee Valley City Council. ...
ROAD SAFETY IMMERSION WORKSHOP
We would like to thank all those that presented to the delegation from Tamil Nadu, India last week. Kenn Beer, David Shelton,...
MOTORCYCLE SAFETY IN KARACHI, PAKISTAN
The World Bank and the Government of Sindh are investing in a new Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) system for Karachi, Pakistan. Motorcycle use in Karachi has increased from 36% to over 60% in the last 10 years and as a result so too have fatal and serious injuries. The BRT...
DRR Road Safety Training Workshop
We would like to thank all those who presented to the DRR road safety training workshop, including Peter Bellion, Dr George Rechnitzer, Mark Amos, Mohammad Fahim Zafar, VicRoads, Victoria Police, MUARC, and the TAC. The Thai Government continues to expand on their...