Road Issues & Advocacy
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Our Road Safety Issues category includes media updates relating to this topic.
Australasian College of Road Safety
The Australasian College of Road Safety promotes and implements improved road safety practices throughout Australasia.
Deadly Roads (US)
Deadly Roads is an advocacy site operating as a living memorial to fatal hit and run crash victims, and as a grass roots effort at bringing public attention to this ever increasing problem. Called leaving the scene of an accident, hit-skip, hit and run, and failure to render aid, charges against hit-run drivers who leave behind death and injury can range from a felony in 44 states, to a misdemeanor in six others. Hit and run drivers come in all ages, races, nationalities and professions, as do the victims of a hit and run crash.
Drug Info Clearinghouse: Drugs and Driving (Vic)
Many drugs can affect our ability to drive safely. These drugs include illegal (illicit) drugs, as well as legal drugs such as alcohol and medicines (prescribed and over-the-counter). Of all drivers and motorcyclists killed on Victoria’s roads in 2003, over a quarter had a Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of .05 or higher, and approximately 31 per cent were found to have drugs other than alcohol in their system.
Integrated Transport - YeatesiT.biz (QLD)
Everyone agrees that other people should make space on the road for cars when they are driving their car! It is a natural result of having few if any reasonable alternatives to the car. And of course everyone, well almost everyone, says they have no alternative! Often this is true or at least partly true but more often it is an incorrect belief, most often based on the rather obvious fact that those who rely on using a car probably will not know much about the other choices. Most often these beliefs are based more on what people hear from other people, rarely from personal experience.
Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) was founded in 1985 to promote environmentally sustainable and equitable transportation policies and projects worldwide. ITDP was created by leading sustainable transport advocates in the U.S. to counteract promotion of the U.S. model of costly and environmentally damaging dependence on the private automobile in developing countries.
Kapunda Road Royal Commission (SA)
The Kapunda Road Royal Commission is a royal commission created by the Government of South Australia to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the hit and run death of Ian Humphrey and the circumstances around the trial and conviction of Eugene McGee. The Royal Commissioner is Greg James QC. The first hearing of the Commission was on 12 May 2005 and the report was scheduled to be delivered on 20 June 2005.
Monash Accident Research Centre
The Accident Research Centre is a leading Australian injury prevention and control research institute. Its charter includes safety in all modes of transport, in the workplace, in the community and in the home.
Operation Countdown (Vic)
From 1982 until 1990, Operation Countdown was an annual Police operation to highlight the importance of vehicle road-worthiness. On 1st July 1990 a program trust was established as trustee for Operation Countdown Limited. This company is limited by guarantee, does not have share capital and does not trade in its own right. The company was established as “an association of free enterprise and Victoria Police, dedicated to the maximisation of support for road safety awareness”.
Road Peace (UK)
RoadPeace, the UK’s national charity dedicated to supporting bereaved and injured road crash victims, was set up in February 1992 to meet the overwhelming need for a national organisation to represent and support this huge group of victims and draw attention to their almost non-existent rights.
Road Safe
In Victoria, there are 24 RoadSafe Community Road Safety Councils made up of volunteers who tackle local road safety issues. Membership often includes road user groups, Victoria Police, health and education professionals, emergency services, senior/youth representatives, local businesses, local government and media representatives.
Road Trauma Support Team Victoria
The Road Trauma Support Team was first established in Launceston, Tasmania in 1989 by Colleen Hall who had lost 7 members of her family in road fatalities. Colleen Hall recognised that people involved in road collisions frequently experienced physical, emotional and psychological trauma which may be relieved through counselling, information and support.
Roadrage (UK)
UK road campaign resource centre
Slower Speeds Initiative (UK)
Slower Speeds Initiative aims to highlight the impacts of speed through sound research and effective advocacy.
TAC Road Safety
In 1989 the growing road toll and cost of accidents were causing widespread community concern. To address the problem of lives being lost and serious injuries on Victoria’s roads, Victoria Police, VicRoads and the TAC adopted a concerted, integrated approach to accident prevention.
Transport Research Laboratory UK: Safer Roads, Safer Vehicles, Safer People
TRL has an enviable reputation throughout the world for its contribution to the excellent safety record of British roads and vehicle safety standards worldwide. Our advice has led to the setting of national casualty reduction targets, allows road authorities and businesses to better target resources to manage risk and assists engineers to design, test, manufacture, sell and even race safer vehicles.
Traffic Safety Education
Key projects and responsibilities in the Health, Physical and Sport Education Section.
Transport Accident Commission
The TAC is a Victorian Government-owned organisation set up in 1986. Its role is to pay for treatment and benefits for people injured in transport accidents. It is also involved in promoting road safety in Victoria and in improving Victoria’s trauma system. Funding used by the TAC to perform these functions comes from payments made by Victorian motorists when they register their vehicles each year with VicRoads.
VicRoads CrashStats
This is the internet edition of CrashStats, the Victorian accident statistics and mapping program. CrashStats is provided to users by VicRoads for the purpose of supplying information about road crashes in Victoria. This road safety initiative is for educational purposes and allows users to better understand some of the key issues about road crashes.
Victoria Transport Policy Institute (Canada)
The Victoria Transport Policy Institute is an independent research organization dedicated to developing innovative and practical solutions to transportation problems. We provide a variety of resources available free at this website to help improve transportation planning and policy analysis.
If you have additional links and information, please contact us and we’ll add them here.
Our Road Safety Issues category includes media updates relating to this topic.
Australasian College of Road Safety
The Australasian College of Road Safety promotes and implements improved road safety practices throughout Australasia.
Deadly Roads (US)
Deadly Roads is an advocacy site operating as a living memorial to fatal hit and run crash victims, and as a grass roots effort at bringing public attention to this ever increasing problem. Called leaving the scene of an accident, hit-skip, hit and run, and failure to render aid, charges against hit-run drivers who leave behind death and injury can range from a felony in 44 states, to a misdemeanor in six others. Hit and run drivers come in all ages, races, nationalities and professions, as do the victims of a hit and run crash.
Many drugs can affect our ability to drive safely. These drugs include illegal (illicit) drugs, as well as legal drugs such as alcohol and medicines (prescribed and over-the-counter). Of all drivers and motorcyclists killed on Victoria’s roads in 2003, over a quarter had a Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of .05 or higher, and approximately 31 per cent were found to have drugs other than alcohol in their system.
Integrated Transport - YeatesiT.biz (QLD)
Everyone agrees that other people should make space on the road for cars when they are driving their car! It is a natural result of having few if any reasonable alternatives to the car. And of course everyone, well almost everyone, says they have no alternative! Often this is true or at least partly true but more often it is an incorrect belief, most often based on the rather obvious fact that those who rely on using a car probably will not know much about the other choices. Most often these beliefs are based more on what people hear from other people, rarely from personal experience.
Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) was founded in 1985 to promote environmentally sustainable and equitable transportation policies and projects worldwide. ITDP was created by leading sustainable transport advocates in the U.S. to counteract promotion of the U.S. model of costly and environmentally damaging dependence on the private automobile in developing countries.
Kapunda Road Royal Commission (SA)
The Kapunda Road Royal Commission is a royal commission created by the Government of South Australia to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the hit and run death of Ian Humphrey and the circumstances around the trial and conviction of Eugene McGee. The Royal Commissioner is Greg James QC. The first hearing of the Commission was on 12 May 2005 and the report was scheduled to be delivered on 20 June 2005.
Monash Accident Research Centre
The Accident Research Centre is a leading Australian injury prevention and control research institute. Its charter includes safety in all modes of transport, in the workplace, in the community and in the home.
Operation Countdown (Vic)
From 1982 until 1990, Operation Countdown was an annual Police operation to highlight the importance of vehicle road-worthiness. On 1st July 1990 a program trust was established as trustee for Operation Countdown Limited. This company is limited by guarantee, does not have share capital and does not trade in its own right. The company was established as “an association of free enterprise and Victoria Police, dedicated to the maximisation of support for road safety awareness”.
Road Peace (UK)
RoadPeace, the UK’s national charity dedicated to supporting bereaved and injured road crash victims, was set up in February 1992 to meet the overwhelming need for a national organisation to represent and support this huge group of victims and draw attention to their almost non-existent rights.
Road Safe
In Victoria, there are 24 RoadSafe Community Road Safety Councils made up of volunteers who tackle local road safety issues. Membership often includes road user groups, Victoria Police, health and education professionals, emergency services, senior/youth representatives, local businesses, local government and media representatives.
Road Trauma Support Team Victoria
The Road Trauma Support Team was first established in Launceston, Tasmania in 1989 by Colleen Hall who had lost 7 members of her family in road fatalities. Colleen Hall recognised that people involved in road collisions frequently experienced physical, emotional and psychological trauma which may be relieved through counselling, information and support.
Roadrage (UK)
UK road campaign resource centre
Slower Speeds Initiative (UK)
Slower Speeds Initiative aims to highlight the impacts of speed through sound research and effective advocacy.
TAC Road Safety
In 1989 the growing road toll and cost of accidents were causing widespread community concern. To address the problem of lives being lost and serious injuries on Victoria’s roads, Victoria Police, VicRoads and the TAC adopted a concerted, integrated approach to accident prevention.
Transport Research Laboratory UK: Safer Roads, Safer Vehicles, Safer People
TRL has an enviable reputation throughout the world for its contribution to the excellent safety record of British roads and vehicle safety standards worldwide. Our advice has led to the setting of national casualty reduction targets, allows road authorities and businesses to better target resources to manage risk and assists engineers to design, test, manufacture, sell and even race safer vehicles.
Traffic Safety Education
Key projects and responsibilities in the Health, Physical and Sport Education Section.
Transport Accident Commission
The TAC is a Victorian Government-owned organisation set up in 1986. Its role is to pay for treatment and benefits for people injured in transport accidents. It is also involved in promoting road safety in Victoria and in improving Victoria’s trauma system. Funding used by the TAC to perform these functions comes from payments made by Victorian motorists when they register their vehicles each year with VicRoads.
VicRoads CrashStats
This is the internet edition of CrashStats, the Victorian accident statistics and mapping program. CrashStats is provided to users by VicRoads for the purpose of supplying information about road crashes in Victoria. This road safety initiative is for educational purposes and allows users to better understand some of the key issues about road crashes.
Victoria Transport Policy Institute (Canada)
The Victoria Transport Policy Institute is an independent research organization dedicated to developing innovative and practical solutions to transportation problems. We provide a variety of resources available free at this website to help improve transportation planning and policy analysis.
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