Stronger road safety performance monitoringperformance monitoring in South Australia

Presented by Tamra FedojukSenior Statistician

R d S f t P liRoad Safety Policy

Outline

•Introduction

•Challenges for road safety in South Australia•Challenges for road safety in South Australia

•Current progress

K P f I di t•Key Performance Indicators

•Road Safety Progress Report

•Conclusion

Introduction

•South Australia has experienced the greatest road safety improvement of all jurisdictions in Australasia in the last 5 yearsyears

•The reduction in road trauma has been achieved through implementing a range of initiatives

•In consolidating recent progress and preparing for further improvements, attention has been given to improving South Australia’s road safety performance monitoring systemsy p g y

Challenges for Road Safety in South Australia

South Australia has a total population of around 1.6 million people

Challenges for Road Safety in South Australia

South Australia has a total population of around 1.6 million people

•Two thirds live in the it l it f Ad l idcapital city of Adelaide

Challenges for Road Safety in South Australia

South Australia has a total population of around 1.6 million people

•Two thirds live in the it l it f Ad l idcapital city of Adelaide

•One third lives in rural and remote areas of the Stateremote areas of the State

Challenges for Road Safety in South Australia

South Australia has approximately 125 fatalities and 1300 serious injuries per year

O t f t lit t i 6 2 f t liti 100 000Our current fatality rate is 6.2 fatalities per 100,000 population. This compares to:

•Australia 7 3•Australia – 7.3

•Sweden – 5.2 (2007)

G B i i 0•Great Britain – 5.0 (2007)

•USA – 13.6 (2007)

•South Korea – 12.7 (2007)

Challenges for Road Safety in South Australia

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Challenges for Road Safety in South Australia

Main contributors to the road toll in South Australia:

Speed•Speed

•Drink and drug driving

•Non wearing of seatbelts

•Fatigue

•Inattention

South Australia’s Targetsg

South Australia has set two main road safety targets as

part of the ‘South Australia’s Strategic Plan 2007’:p g

•To reduce road fatalities to less than 90 persons per

year by 2010y y

•To reduce serious injuries to less than 1000 per year

by 2010.by 2010.

South Australia’s Progress & Target- Fatalities

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South Australia’s Progress & Target- Serious injuries

The South Australian Road Safety Action Plan

2008-2010 was released by the Government of

South Australia in July 2008.South Australia in July 2008.

The Action Plan outlines four key areas containing

f S fpriority road safety actions based on the Safe

System approach, they include:

•Safer Roads

•Safer Speeds

•Safer Road Users

Safer Vehicles•Safer Vehicles

Performance Indicators

OECD recommends developing safety performance indicators that

include:

• Levels of mean traffic speeds

• Levels of drink driving• Levels of drink driving

• Vehicle safety ratings

Performance Indicators

Performance indicators are essential in determining road safety performance

Outcome measures clearly indicate current road trauma trends and opportunities for intervention.

Safety performance indicators should contain data that is:Safety performance indicators should contain data that is:

• Clearly defined

• reliable• reliable

• readily available and within a reasonable timeframe

South Australia’s Key Performance yIndicators (KPIs)

South Australia has two headline KPIs:

1. Number of fatalities in a 12 month period

2. Number of serious injuries in a 12 month period

South Australia’s Key Performance yIndicators (KPIs)

A further set of KPIs were developed that sit under the four main

i th A ti Plareas in the Action Plan.

These KPIs monitor the implementation of new and ongoing

initiatives and the progress towards the 2010 target.

KPI – Safer Roads

Strategy 1: To create safer roads and more forgiving roadsides

to minimise the impact of human error on road trauma

KPIKPI: Single vehicle run off road casualty ycrashes

Photograph courtesy of RARU Research Report ‘Severe and Fatal Crashes due to Roadside Hazards’

Safer roadsKPI Si l hi l ff d hKPI – Single vehicle run off road crashes

Large proportion of crashes occur in rural and remote

areas:areas:

•60% of fatal crashes•60% of fatal crashes

•50% of serious crashes

The majority of these areThe majority of these are

single vehicle crashes

Safer roadsKPI Si l hi l ff d hKPI – Single vehicle run off road crashes

•This KPI measures the scale of programs and safety improvement in

maintaining and upgrading safer roadsides in South Australia.

•Safer roads includes general improvements, maintenance and

targeted investments in road infrastructure e.g.

•Shoulder sealing

•Median wire rope barriers

•Black spot treatments

Safer roadsKPI Si l hi l ff d hKPI – Single vehicle run off road crashes

P t d tProgress to date

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KPI – Safer Speedsp

Strategy 2: Lower traffic speeds for the benefit and protection

of all road users

KPIs:

• Average traffic speed in• Average traffic speed in

urban areas (km/h)

Average traffic speed in• Average traffic speed in

rural areas (km/h)

Safer speedsKPI – Average traffic speeds in both urban and rural areas

Lower travel speeds = fewer crashes.

Decreasing travel speeds

chosen by drivers and riderschosen by drivers and riders

is essential in gaining a safer

road systemroad system.

Safer speedsKPI Average traffic speeds in both urban and rural areasKPI – Average traffic speeds in both urban and rural areas

This KPI measures the effect of introducing

countermeasures such as:•Fixed speed cameras

•Automatic enforcement

e.g. point to point cameras

•Specific policing operations for

rural highways

•Lower speed limits

Safer speedsKPI A t ffi d i b th b d l

P t d t b d

KPI – Average traffic speeds in both urban and rural areas

Progress to date on urban roads:

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KPI – Average traffic speeds in both urban and rural areas

Progress to date on rural roads:

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KPI – Safer Road Users

KPI

Strategy 3: Improve the key safety behaviours of all road users

KPIs:

• Number of drivers or riders killed

with BAC above the legal limitwith BAC above the legal limit

• Number of young people aged 16-

24 years killed or seriously injuredy y j

Safer road users - KPIs Number of drivers or riders killed with BAC above the legal limitNumber of young people (16-24) killed or seriously injured

Improving road user behaviour is fundamental in the achievement of

a safer road system.

Two main contributors to the South

Australian road toll:

•drink drivers (with BAC 0.05 or more)

•Younger people aged 16 to 24 years

Safer road users - KPIs Number of drivers or riders killed with BAC above the legal limitNumber of young people (16-24) killed or seriously injured

Actions specific to improving the behaviour and safety of

young people and reducing the incidence of drink driving

include:

•Stronger legislation such as mandatory alcohol interlocks g g y

for repeat drink drive offenders

•Reviewed graduated licensing scheme for novice driversg g

•Tougher policing and improved education

Safer road users - KPIsNumber of drivers or riders killed with BAC above the legal limitNumber of drivers or riders killed with BAC above the legal limit

Progress to date – drink drivers and riders:

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Safer road users - KPIsNumber of young people (16-24) killed or seriously injuredNumber of young people (16 24) killed or seriously injured

Progress to date – young people aged 16 to 24 years:

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KPI – Safer Vehicles

Strategy 4: Improve the crash worthiness of the South

Australian vehicle fleet

KPIs:

% f hi l ld i S th• % of new vehicles sold in South

Australia with a 4 star rating or higher

• % of new vehicles sold in South

Australia with electronic stability control

Safer vehicles - KPIs % of new vehicles sold with a star rating of 4 or higher% of new vehicles sold with ESC

South Australia has one of the oldest car fleets in Australia – average

age of vehicles are approximately 11 years

Improving vehicle safety:p g y

•Minimises the risk of crashes

•Reduces the severity of injury when

a crash occurs

Safer vehicles - KPIs % of new vehicles sold with a 4 star rating of 4 or higher% of new vehicles sold with a 4 star rating of 4 or higher

Progress to date – sales of new vehicles with a 4 or 5 star safety rating:

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Safer vehicles - KPIs % of new vehicles sold with ESC% of new vehicles sold with ESC

Progress to date – sales of new vehicles with ESC:

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Road Safety Reporting

To be successful in implementing change in road safety throughout

the community it is important to:

•Foster effective partnerships between organisations

•Enable community participation

•Regularly report road safety crash information

South Australian Road Safety Progress R tReport

The aim of the report is to:

•Review road safety activity in South Australia each quarter

•Report progress in implementing the road safety strategy by monitoring the

number of fatalities and serious injuries

•Collaborate all elements of road safety reporting including crash data, levels

of police enforcement data and compulsory third party insurance claims

•Make road crash information available and easily accessible and understood

to the wider public

South Australian Road Safety Progress Reporty g p

The report has been made possible by a partnership between three key

Government departments:

•South Australia Police

•South Australian Motor Accident Commission

•South Australian Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure

South Australian Road Safety Progress Report

The main elements of the report are:

•Fatalities and serious injuries against set targets

•Cost of road crashes

•Travel, economic and crash casualty indicators

•Speeding, drink driving, inattention and non restraint use

Police enforcement

Road crashesRoad crashes

•Overview of road user groups

•Reporting of fatal and serious crashes by local government areas•Reporting of fatal and serious crashes by local government areas

South Australian Road Safety Progress ReportF t liti d i i j i- Fatalities and serious injuries

•The monitoring of death and serious injury due

to road crashes is a meaningful indicator for

both road safety stakeholders and a daunting

reminder for the whole community.

•The report monitors fatalities and serious

injuries per month and progress towards the

2010 targets.

Conclusion

To consolidate recent improvements in the road toll two new reporting

frameworks were established:

•Key Performance Indicators

•Progress Reportg p

These reporting systems have been a key element in establishing a

collaboration between the 3 major road safety Government departments j y p

and has the real potential of achieving the set road safety targets.

Acknowledgements

Co authors: Martin Small and Paula NormanCo authors: Martin Small and Paula Norman

Organisations: South Australia Police SA Motor AccidentOrganisations: South Australia Police, SA Motor Accident

Commisssion and Dept for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure

Further information.www.dtei.sa.gov.au/roadsafety