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Safe System Snippet 365: Reverse Angle Parking

Safe System Snippet 365: Reverse Angle Parking

Click on the factsheet above to check out some pros, cons and handy pointers.  What’s been your experience with Reverse Angle Parking?   -------------  Sign up to our mailing list for more snippets and news:...

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Safe System Snippet 364: Seagull intersections

Safe System Snippet 364: Seagull intersections

While seagull intersections can reduce traffic delays through their staged right-turn movements, their implementation has not always translated to improved safety outcomes. Studies have revealed increased crash rates at some seagull intersections. This can be...

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Safe System Snippet 363: What influences drink driving?

Safe System Snippet 363: What influences drink driving?

What influences drink driving?  Compared with sober drivers, drink drivers are significantly more likely to be alcohol dependent. Compared with sober drivers, drink drivers are significantly more likely to be male, have lower socio-economic status, and no academic...

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Safe System Snippet 361: Safe Travel to School

Safe System Snippet 361: Safe Travel to School

Keeping kids safe traveling to and from school isn’t rocket science; prioritise the most vulnerable mode (walking, riding, scooting), remove vehicles where possible, slow any vehicles that remain.   Of course, the devil’s in the detail, but click on the image above to...

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Safe System Snippet 360: Lateral Protection Devices

Safe System Snippet 360: Lateral Protection Devices

Fitted to trucks, Lateral Protection Devices (LPDs) are an effective way to lessen the severity of a crash with a pedestrian or cyclist. According to Knight et. al (2005) the effectiveness of LPDs in preventing fatalities in crashes with the side of large trucks range...

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Safe System Solutions on Channel 7 Road Torque series

Safe System Solutions on Channel 7 Road Torque series

Safe System Solutions’ Max McCardel was interviewed for Channel 7’s Road Torque series about safety on rural roads in Tasmania. A road safety specialist, Max spoke about the pivotal role of the Safe System approach in reducing road trauma – including the key pillar of...

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Safe System Snippet 359: Continuous barriers

Safe System Snippet 359: Continuous barriers

High volume roads with high speeds require continuous safety barriers because users will leave the road at random points along the whole route.   Rather than designing isolated barriers to shield road users from specific hazards, continuous barriers are designed as a...

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Safe System Snippet 358: Same Vehicle, Different Safety

Safe System Snippet 358: Same Vehicle, Different Safety

Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) tests are undertaken on standard vehicles, without bullbars or other accessories fitted. As part of the ANCAP rating, a vehicle must provide protection to pedestrians and other vulnerable road users that may be struck by...

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How we can reduce road trauma through a Safe System approach

How we can reduce road trauma through a Safe System approach

By Kenn Beer, Safe System Solutions Principal Engineer When we think about workplace safety, there’s no question that we need to put reasonable measures in place to prevent injuries and death while we’re at work. So why doesn’t society view safety on our roads in the...

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Road safety barrier training helps to address skills gap

Road safety barrier training helps to address skills gap

Australia and New Zealand are on the international stage as leaders in road safety barrier expertise this week as it’s revealed more than 600 local road designers, technicians and engineers have undertaken specialist barrier training since late 2016.  Kenn Beer, Safe...

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Road safety project support now available

Road safety project support now available

Safe System Solutions is proud to be involved with the TAC’s Local Government Grants Program again this year, from pre-application support to post-construction auditing. Councils across Victoria can apply for grants of up to $100,000 for road safety projects that...

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Safe System Snippet 356: Hay, stop that!

Safe System Snippet 356: Hay, stop that!

Larger vehicles exhibit significant track shift, a phenomenon where the rear axle trajectory diverges from the front axle path due to their axle spacing. This spacing, measured from the centre of the rear trailer axle to the centre of the lead axle, directly...

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Safe System Snippet 354: Rear-end crashes

Safe System Snippet 354: Rear-end crashes

Converting Auxiliary Right Turn (AUR) lanes to Channelised Right Turn Lanes (CHRs) is expected to reduce rear-end crashes by 30% (TMR Road Safety Policy Fact Sheet). This is because the vehicle propped to turn right has their own dedicated road space.   ------------- ...

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Safe System Snippet 353: Barrier Systems

Safe System Snippet 353: Barrier Systems

The facts: motorcyclists crashing into barrier systems represent 1.4% of all fatal crashes in Australia and New Zealand. What type of barriers are in these 1.4% of fatal crashes? W-beam (72.7% of the 1.4%) Concrete (10.4% of the 1.4%) as per the above video Wire rope...

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Safe System Snippet 352: Design vehicle and checking vehicle

Safe System Snippet 352: Design vehicle and checking vehicle

Road/street designers use a ‘design vehicle’ to set characteristics of the road or intersection. However, designing for comfortable use by the occasional large truck often results in overly wide roads or high-speed turns by cars, and opportunities are lost to create...

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New podcast: Road Safety Conversations

New podcast: Road Safety Conversations

Our Principal Engineer Kenn Beer is hosting a new podcast series in the lead-up to the 2024 Australasian Road Safety Conference. Episode one with Dr Ian Johnston is out now: https://australasianroadsafetyconference.com.au/podcasts/

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