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Paper Title:
New Zealand's Road Safety
Strategy 2010
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Authors:
Rachel Petrus
Abstract:
With New Zealand's road
safety targets expiring in December 2001, New Zealand's Road Safety
Strategy 2010 was developed to establish a new set of targets backed
up by new or improved road safety interventions, and a new performance
management framework with accountability assurances for the Strategy's
implementation. Initial work on the Strategy began with the development
of a robust target setting model. A realistic and achievable level
of safety was determined, to form the basis of proposals for the
consultation, taking into account current safety performance, forecast
increased mobility, and a set of new or intensified interventions.
Research was undertaken concurrently which looked at world's best
practice measures and into strategic directions being developed
overseas. Three sets of interventions were identified as broad options
for improving road safety: an engineering based option; an enforcement
based option; and an option with a mix of engineering and enforcement
measures. A public consultative process was developed to determine
the desired level of safety for 2010, before the final targets could
be set. A new performance management framework was proposed, which
recognised that interventions which address road user behaviour
are not the only way to tackle road safety problems. Changing the
roads and/or vehicles instead can often be more effective. With
government decisions in July 2001, this paper will outline the strategic
direction of New Zealand's road safety effort over the next decade.
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