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Cycling Auditor Course February Recap
Last week we took an enthusiastic group of engineers, designers and planners out on the Melbourne bicycle network to experience first-hand the safety issues. Complete with guest presentations from Phil Gray, Kenn Beer and Hugo Nicholls, the Cycling Auditor Training...
Safe System Snippet #21
Raised intersections on arterial roads can reduce casualty crashes by up to 40%. Also known as platform intersections, raised junctions or plateaus, these speed management devices typically aim to reduce the speed of vehicles to 50 km/h or less. The entire...
Safe System Snippet #20
Correctly used Chevron Alignment Markers (CAMs) can reduce run-off-road crashes by 30%. The use and layout of CAMs is documented in AS 1742.2. First, identify what the advisory speed is for the curve: • Determined by measuring the centripetal force exerted on a...
Safe System Snippet #19
ABS on motorcycles...
Safe System Snippet #18
Quote from the Inquiry into the National Road Safety Strategy: “[The Safe System Assessment Framework] needs to be used on all road infrastructure projects at all levels of government and within the private sector. While road safety audits can pick up specific design...
Upcoming Safe System Training
Have you been following our Safe System Snippets? Learn more about the Safe System including how to conduct Safe System Assessments at our upcoming Safe System Principles & Assessment training in a city near you: Adelaide - 5 & 6 March 2020 Sydney - 2 & 3...
Safe System Snippet #17
Gateway treatments can reduce casualty crashes by up to 35%. Gateway treatments (also referred to as entry treatments or thresholds) are used to delineate the transitions from higher speed to lower speed environments. This is achieved through the use of speed signs,...
Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety Recap
Missed the Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety? Our Strategy Lead, Johan Strandroth, was in Stockholm last...
Safe System Snippet #16
Compound curves (sometimes call double radius curves) are especially hazardous for motorcyclists. To alert motorcyclists (and other road users) to these hazardous curves, Victoria has been trialing this sign on our rural road network.
Safe System Snippet #15
In Australia and the US, passenger vehicle rollovers constitute only 2-3% of all crashes but contribute to 30% of crash fatalities. SUVs...
Safe System Snippet #14
The end of a barrier (the terminal) is the most dangerous part of the barrier system. Gating Redirective Energy Absorbing...
Safe System Snippet #13
Image: Police reported motorcycle crashes by Victorian Local Government Area (highest 40, last 5 years). It’s not just the touring routes like the Black Spur, Great Ocean Road or the Heidelberg-Kinglake Road where our riding community are being killed and injured. In...
Safe System Snippet #12
Can raised school crossings be confused with raised pedestrian crossings (wombat crossings) when the flags are not out? This concern is often aired in contemplating raising a school crossing to improve the safety of children crossing. We feel that: 1. We should aim...
Safe System Snippet #11
Kinetic Energy = ½ Mass x Velocity^2
For a 1000kg car:
60km/h is equivalent to a 14m fall
80km/h is equivalent to a 25m fall
100km/h is equivalent to a 40m fall
(Video credit: WheelBump)…
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Our Cycling Auditor Training Course Is Now Running!
Next month we are running our Cycling Auditor Training Course – a very popular course where we get participants out on bikes (eBikes available) and cycling the Melbourne network. This hands-on experience provides participants the opportunity to discover the issues...
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...