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Creating age-friendly pedestrian environments within Safe System principles Presenter: Janet Dore, Chief Executive Officer

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Creating age-friendly pedestrian environments within Safe System principles

Presenter: Janet Dore, Chief Executive Officer

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TAC overview Older road users Victorian Road Safety Strategy Safe System approach Action specific to older road users The TAC’s vision

OUTLINE

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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

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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

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$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

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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+

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OLDER ROAD USERS

Of older pedestrians killed: 57% male 78% occurred in metro Melbourne 45% aged 85+

Risk increases at age 65+

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OLDER ROAD USERS

Projected drivers and pedestrians

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Ron and Chris ‘The Personal Cost’

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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

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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

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THE ‘SAFE SYSTEM’

Safer ROADS

Safer SPEEDS

Safer CARS

Safer PEOPLE

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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

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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

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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

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SAFER PEOPLE

Issues

Distractions (incl. mobile phones) Speeding Drink driving Drug driving Fatigue Seatbelt wearing Young drivers Motorcycling

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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

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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

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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

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Raised pedestrian crossing threshold Level with footpath to reduce risk of tripping Prioritises pedestrians Reduces speed of oncoming vehicles

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Electronic speed sign Prioritises street for vulnerable road users Provides high awareness of speed limit for

drivers Reduces speed of traffic

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Kerb extensions Reduces width of the crossing area Slows traffic down Indicates area where pedestrians are

likely to be

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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

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Our vision is ZERO deaths and serious injuries on our roads

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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

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Janet Dore Chief Executive Officer

Transport Accident Commission

Thank you