| Road Safety &
Traffic Management
The NSW Police
Service provides the public face of road safety to the community and
is a key road safety stakeholder. The Service is actively engaged in
all aspects of the 5 E's of road safety:
- engineering
- education
- encouragement
- enforcement
- evaluation
This combination of activities seeks to
achieve road trauma reduction and the free movement of traffic
through day to day on road activities.
Causal Factors in
Fatal Crashes
Speeding
During 1998 speed was a causal factor in:
- 42% of fatal crashes (up from 36% in 1997)
- 19% of serious injury crashes
- 12% of injury crashes
- 37% of speeding drivers involved in serious casualty crashes,
were males aged 17 to 25 years. This group holds only 8% of
licences.
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Drink
and Drug Impaired Drivers
During 1998 alcohol was a
causal factor in:
- 16% of fatal crashes (down from 19% in 1997)
- 15% of serious injury crashes
On Thursday, Friday
& Saturday nights alcohol was a factor in 60% of fatal crashes.
In 1996 of those drivers/riders admitted to hospital with illegal
BAC's - over 50% were high range, with young driver's (17-25) having
twice the incidence of illegal BAC levels.
Corporate
Plan - Program 3. Traffic Services
"To reduce road trauma by
encouraging safer road user behaviour and compliance with the road
laws." Providing an effective traffic policing service involves:
- encouraging improved road user behaviour through compliance
with traffic laws
- deterring inappropriate behaviour by road users
- facilitating the free movement of traffic, people and goods
- working with the local community and other stakeholder's
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Demerit
Points
People detected
committing driving offences, apart from the monetary penalty and
potential licence cancellation for some offences, may also be
subject to loss of demerit points.
Speed
Detection Equipment
Radar, Lidar devices (hand held
laser speed detection),
Speed
Cameras.
Occupant
Restraints
During 1998 motor vehicle
occupant casualties not wearing an available restraint resulted
in:
Driver
Fatigue
Fatigue is not
necessarily associated with long trips or heavy vehicles and it is
difficult to assess. In general terms:
Useful Road Safety Links
www.rta.nsw.gov.au
Roads
& Traffic Authority website, where you can download road user
handbooks and up to date traffic legislation.
www.maa.nsw.gov.au
Motor
Accidents Authority website, where you can obtain road safety
information, green slip quotes and information on Paralympians.
www.atsb.gov.au
Australian
Transport Safety Bureau website, in Canberra for access to national
road safety statistics and strategies.
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