Road Safety: SA Road Safety Action Plan
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The South Australian Road Safety Action Plan 2008-2010 was released in July 2008 to provide direction for the remaining years of the South Australian Road Safety Strategy 2003-2010.
The action plan reinforces the South Australian Government’s commitment to achieving the road safety targets in the South Australian Strategic Plan.
Road safety targets by 2010:
- reduce road fatalities to less than 90 fatalities per year
- reduce serious injuries to less than 1000 per year.
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Safer Roads Actions through to 2010
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| Safer Roads Strategy 1. Identify and treat hazardous locations |
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Review metropolitan Adelaide’s road safety to investigate improvement options and their impact on different road users and traffic efficiency. |
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Ensure that rural road safety improvements are targeted at rural roads with high crash volumes identified through road safety audits. |
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Continue to invest in the State Black Spot Program and support the Federal Black Spot Program. |
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Continue programs to address poorer performing rural intersections, and to improve skid resistance. |
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Improve access and safety for pedestrians and cyclists by continuing the arterial bike lane program, local links and off road shared paths. |
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Continue upgrading of level crossings. |
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Upgrade and expand roadside rest areas for heavy vehicles and all road users. |
| Safer Roads Strategy 2. Make roads and roadsides more forgiving |
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Target shoulder sealing at high priority roads based on traffic volumes and the nature of the road and crash rates.
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Develop and implement prioritised programs to reduce the risk from roadside hazards in regional and metropolitan areas. |
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Undertake a trial of centerline wire rope safety barriers.
Continue to install overtaking lanes on rural roads where necessary. |
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Expand the use of audio tactile line marking and retroreflective raised pavement markers across the State. |
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Ensure programs to underground powerlines are oriented towards safety, and not just amenity purposes. |
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Safer Speeds Actions through to 2010
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Safer Speeds Strategy 1. Build community understanding of speed risk
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Focus public education campaigns on the impact of speed on road trauma, by working with communities to increase their understanding of the issue. |
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Improve awareness in regional areas of 100 km/h default speed limit. |
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Conduct urban and rural speed surveys to monitor safety progress. |
| Safer Speeds Strategy 2. Strengthen speed enforcement |
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Expand the safety camera network (red light/speed) at intersections with high crash rates. |
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Implement new speed enforcement technologies across the State e.g. fixed speed cameras. |
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Target speeding motorists in rural areas through enhanced automatic enforcement e.g. point-to-point cameras and through specific policing operations such as the Rural Highway Saturation Management Program. |
| Safer Speeds Strategy 3. Lower speed limits |
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Continue to review speed limits on all rural roads and better align limits to the standard of the road. |
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Extend lower limits in hilly terrains e.g. Fleurieu, Barossa and Adelaide Hills
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Continue to investigate and implement as appropriate lower speed limits in response to requests from local communities and Councils.
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| Safer Road Users Actions through to 2010 |
| Safer Road Users Strategy 1. Stronger legislation |
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Continue targeting repeat offenders, high risk offenders and hoons. |
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Introduce a mandatory alcohol interlock scheme for repeat and high level BAC offenders. |
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Introduce changes to child restraint laws. |
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Review the Graduated Licensing Scheme for novice drivers and
introduce further enhancements. |
| Safer Road Users Strategy 2. Improved communication and education |
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Maintain increased investment in the road safety advertising program whilst continuing to link enforcement with education and target key road safety issues. |
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Strengthen and provide increased support for Community Road
Safety Groups. |
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Develop a school road safety education policy with resources and appropriate support network for teachers to drive future activity. |
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Support the implementation of the South East Road Safety Strategy and work with other regional Local Government Associations to develop regional road safety strategies. |
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Continue to provide and further develop targeted education
programs for older road users and programs for L and P drivers
who lose their licence. |
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Continue to support Aboriginal organisations and communities in raising the profile of road safety as a key issue of concern to Aboriginal people. |
| Safer Road Users Strategy 3. Tougher policing |
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Expand random roadside drug testing of drivers and riders. |
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Increase the focus on drink driving enforcement including mobile breath testing and improved targeting of drink driving hot spots. |
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Maintain high visibility static random breath testing. |
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Target repeat and recidivist traffic offenders including unlicensed drivers. |
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Expand the enforcement of key road safety offences associated with serious casualty crashes, including non-restraint use, inattentive and dangerous driving, and handheld mobile phone use, and in regard to vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and cyclists. |
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Implement the national heavy vehicle driver safety reforms relating to fatigue and speed. |
| Safer Vehicles Actions through to 2010 |
| Safer Vehicles Strategy 1. Improve standards of vehicles |
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Work at a national level to encourage manufacturers to
incorporate more of the latest safety features and technologies
in all new vehicles. |
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Continue random safety checks of vehicles. |
| Safer Vehicles Strategy 2. Foster demand for safer vehicles |
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Develop a Government Fleet Vehicle Policy requiring all light
passenger fleet vehicles purchased to be fitted with ESC, where
practical and cost effective. |
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Investigate incentives to encourage fleet owners and operators to purchase vehicles with better crash ratings and the latest safety features and technologies. |
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Raise public awareness of importance of safety in vehicle
purchasing decisions. |
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Contribute to new and used car safety ratings programs
(ANCAP and UCSR) and work at a national level to promote the
‘Stars on Cars’ concept. |
