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Creating age-friendly pedestrian environments within Safe System principles
Presenter: Janet Dore, Chief Executive Officer
TAC overview Older road users Victorian Road Safety Strategy Safe System approach Action specific to older road users The TAC’s vision
OUTLINE
Sole provider of personal injury insurance for transport accidents in Victoria
No fault scheme
Compulsory premiums paid with annual vehicle registration
TAC funds: Treatment / rehabilitation / income / lifetime care
TAC invests in: Marketing and road safety / safer road infrastructure
ABOUT THE TAC
THE NUMBERS 5.7 million population 4.4 million vehicles 6 deaths every week
2 severe brain injuries every week 1 paraplegic/quadriplegic every 18 days 8 hospitalised claims every day
$1.1 billion claim payments 2013/14
$10.9 billion liabilities as at June 2014
22,012 new claims lodged 2013/14
47,115 people received funded support in 2013/14
CLAIMS OVERVIEW
OLDER ROAD USERS
Of older drivers killed: 71% male 15% not wearing a seatbelt 55% occurred on rural roads All licenced and no blood alcohol
content of 0.05 or above
Risk increases at age 75+
OLDER ROAD USERS
Of older pedestrians killed: 57% male 78% occurred in metro Melbourne 45% aged 85+
Risk increases at age 65+
OLDER ROAD USERS
Projected drivers and pedestrians
Ron and Chris ‘The Personal Cost’
VICTORIA’S ROAD SAFETY STRATEGY 2013-2022
Developed and agreed to by road safety partners – TAC, Department of Justice, VicRoads and Victoria Police
Safe System based 16 areas of priority Aim is to reduce death and serious injuries by more than 30%
by 2022
SAFE SYSTEM PRINCIPLES
Health and well-being is paramount
BUT …
We make mistakes
AND …
We have injury tolerances to external forces
SO …
We need to develop a system to accommodate our mistakes
THE ‘SAFE SYSTEM’
Safer ROADS
Safer SPEEDS
Safer CARS
Safer PEOPLE
SAFER ROADS
Safe Systems Roads Infrastructure Program
$1 billion over 10 years
Targeting high risk locations
Focusing on intersections and run-off road crashes
Fund innovation
SAFER SPEEDS
Low-level speeding – large
contributor of trauma
5km/h over the speed limit doubles the risk of crashing
In areas of high pedestrian activity – best course of action is to lower speed limit
SAFER CARS
“If we all could drive the very safest car in our class, then road trauma levels could … reduce by a third.” Monash University Accident Research Centre
SAFER PEOPLE
Issues
Distractions (incl. mobile phones) Speeding Drink driving Drug driving Fatigue Seatbelt wearing Young drivers Motorcycling
ACTIVE AGEING FRAMEWORK
Safe Systems approach aims to keep all road users safe The TAC is also committed to developing age-friendly road safety and
older pedestrians’ safety strategies Links with the World Health Organisation’s active ageing framework for
age-friendly cities
LOCAL GOVERNMENT GRANTS Grants totalling $1 million a year Aims to encourage local government involvement in
cyclist and pedestrian safety projects that are consistent with Victoria’s Road Safety Strategy
Provides councils with funding to develop and
implement small scale, effective infrastructure treatments or the trialling of innovative measures
DEMONSTRATION PROJECT Committed $125,000 to the Darebin City Council Selected due to the council’s commitment to protect vulnerable road
users and encourage people to walk, cycle or take public transport – area also has an ageing demographic
Focus on busy shopping strip carrying large volume of traffic Project seeks to improve the safety conditions and pedestrian
environment through a number of traffic calming and public amenity activities
Raised pedestrian crossing threshold Level with footpath to reduce risk of tripping Prioritises pedestrians Reduces speed of oncoming vehicles
Electronic speed sign Prioritises street for vulnerable road users Provides high awareness of speed limit for
drivers Reduces speed of traffic
Kerb extensions Reduces width of the crossing area Slows traffic down Indicates area where pedestrians are
likely to be
NEXT STEPS Outcomes of the Darebin project will be documented and
evaluated and shared with all councils Local Government Grants are open to all councils in Victoria 94 applications received in 2014 round– nearly ready to
announce allocations Next round in August 2015
Our vision is ZERO deaths and serious injuries on our roads
IN CONCLUSION We do have an ageing population
The trends – particularly in relation to pedestrian injuries – line up with the growing number of older people in our community
Keeping all Victorians safe, especially the most vulnerable, is a shared responsibility under the Safe System approach
Janet Dore Chief Executive Officer
Transport Accident Commission
Thank you