ROAD SAFETY COUNCIL
REPORT ON ACTIVITIES
2011‐12
as required by Section 13 of the
Road Safety Council Act 2002
Road Safety Council Report on Activities 2011‐2012 2
The Honourable L Harvey, MLA Minister for Police; Road Safety STATUTORY REPORT – ROAD SAFETY COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT ON ACTIVITIES 2011‐2012 Pursuant to section 13 of the Road Safety Council Act 2002, the Road Safety Council submits its
report on the activities of the Council for the financial year ending 30 June 2012.
Yours sincerely
Professor C. D’Arcy J. Holman Independent Chair ROAD SAFETY COUNCIL
Road Safety Council Report on Activities 2011‐2012 3
CONTENTS
1. Introduction 4
2. Membership of the Road Safety Council during 2011‐2012 5
3. Identifying and recommending measures to improve road safety and
reduce death and serious injury 7
4. Co‐ordinating Implementation of road safety activity 25
5. Evaluating and monitoring the effectiveness of measures 30
6. Evaluating and monitoring the safety of the State’s roads 34
7. Managing the Road Trauma Trust Account 39
8. Road Trauma Trust Account Revenue and Expenditure 2011‐2012 40
1. INTRODUCTION
The Road Safety Council was established in 1997 as a statutory body under section 4 of the Road Safety Council Act 2002 (‘the Act’) to coordinate the development and implementation of policy and strategies to improve road safety in Western Australia.
Section 5 of the Act specifies that the Council’s functions are to:
identify measures to improve the safety of roads in the state, and to reduce the deaths of people, the injuries to people, and the damage to property, resulting from incidents occurring on roads in the State;
recommend to relevant bodies and persons the action that should be taken to implement those measures;
co‐ordinate the implementation of those measures by relevant bodies and persons;
evaluate and monitor the effectiveness of those measures;
evaluate and monitor the safety of roads in the State; and
recommend to the Minister how money standing to the credit of the Account should be spent to implement those measures and to facilitate the performance of the Council’s functions; and
make recommendations to the Minister in compliance with directions given by the Minister under Section 6A.
[Section 5 amended by No. 30 of 2011 s.4.]
This document summarises the Road Safety Council’s activities in relation to its functions for the financial year 2011‐2012.
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2. MEMBERSHIP OF THE ROAD SAFETY COUNCIL DURING 2011‐2012
Under section 6 of the Act, the Road Safety Council is to consist of 12 members appointed by the Minister, those being —
(a) a person to be the chairman of the Council; (b) a person to represent users of roads; (c) a person to represent local government, nominated by the Western Australian Local
Government Association; (d) a person employed in the department of the Public Service principally assisting the
Minister in the administration of the Road Safety Council Act 2002 whose duties relate to road safety;
(e) a person nominated by the Minister administering the provisions of the Road Traffic Act 1974 that relate to licensing provisions;
(f) a person nominated by the Minister administering the Police Act 1892; (g) a person nominated by the Minister administering the School Education Act 1999; (h) a person nominated by the Minister administering the Health Act 1911; (i) a person nominated by the Minister administering the Main Roads Act 1930; (j) a person nominated by the Minister administering the Transport Co‐ordination Act
1966; (k) a person nominated by the Minister administering the Planning and Development Act
2005; and (l) a person nominated by the Minister administering the Insurance Commission of
Western Australia Act 1986.
There are 11 members on the Council, with the Department of Transport responsible for both the Road Traffic Act 1974 and the Transport Co‐ordination Act 1966.
There was only one change to the membership of the Road Safety Council during 2011‐12, namely:
Western Australia Police – Acting Assistant Commissioner Michelle Fyfe was replaced by Gary Budge, Assistant Commissioner, Specialist Enforcement and Operations.
Table 1 overleaf lists Road Safety Council members and their nominated deputies as at 30 June 2012.
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Table 1: Road Safety Council Members and Deputy Members 2011‐2012 As at 30 June 2012
REPRESENTING MEMBER DEPUTY MEMBER
Chair D’Arcy Holman Chair in Public Health, The University of Western Australia
No Deputy
Department of Education
Lindsay Hale A/Executive Director Statewide Planning and Delivery
Peter Jones Manager, Regional Development
Department of Health
Andrew Robertson Deputy Chief Health Officer Disaster Management, Regulation and Planning
Revle Bangor‐Jones Acting Principal Medical Officer
Department of Planning
John Chortis Director of Infrastructure and Planning
B. Imre Szito Manager Land Use and Infrastructure Planning
Department of Transport
Nina Lyhne Managing Director, Transport Services
Michael D’souza General Manager Driver & Vehicle Services
Insurance Commission of WA
Lew Watts General Manager Insurance
Fab Zanuttigh Manager Motor Vehicle Personal Injury Division
Local Government
Steve Martin President of the Shire of Wickepin, WALGA Deputy President
Vacant at 30 June 2012
Main Roads WA Des Snook Executive Director, Road Network Services
Maurice Cammack Manager Road Safety
Office of Road Safety
Iain Cameron Executive Director
Jon Gibson Director Policy & Strategy
Road Users
Matthew Brown Head of Member Advocacy Services, Royal Automobile Club of WA
Jill Darby RAC Councillor Royal Automobile Club of WA
WA Police Service Gary Budge Assistant Commissioner, Specialist Enforcement and Operations
Michelle Fyfe Commander State Traffic Operations
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3. IDENTIFYING AND RECOMMENDING MEASURES TO IMPROVE ROAD SAFETY
AND REDUCE DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY
Each year in Western Australia, approximately 200 people are killed and a further 2,800 are
seriously injured on our roads. Apart from the emotional impact on the families and friends of
those involved, this road trauma results in a financial cost to our state of approximately $2.3
billion dollars.
Western Australia was once the second best Australian jurisdiction in terms of the road fatality
rate per head of population and is now the worst performing State. While gains have been
made in WA in recent years, the other States have improved at a faster rate. In all other areas
of public health, strong economic performance delivers better health outcomes. Road trauma is
the exception and continued strong economic growth will place continued pressure on the level
of road trauma occurring on WA roads unless substantial countermeasures can be
implemented in a timely and effective way.
In March 2009, the Western Australian Government endorsed the State’s Road Safety Strategy
for 2008‐2020, Towards Zero. The Strategy is based upon a ‘Safe System’ framework which
recognises two key limits regarding people using the road transport system: first, that people
make mistakes as well as take risks and, second, that there are physical limits to the amount of
force the body can take before injury occurs.
Towards Zero is a world‐leading road safety strategy which, if implemented fully, will reduce
road trauma by up to 40 per cent, saving about 11,000 people from being killed or seriously
injured in the period to 2020. A 40 per cent reduction would again see Western Australia
approach current best performance in Australia (NSW and Victoria), assuming moderate rates
of improvement in the same period in other states.
The Road Safety Council has estimated that full implementation to achieve these gains requires
an additional investment of $200m per year for 12 years.
In August 2011, an amendment to the Road Safety Council Act 2002 increased the
hypothecation of photographic based speed and red light camera infringements into the Road
Trauma Trust Account (RTTA) from one‐third to two‐thirds in 2011‐12 and 100 per cent from
2012‐13 onwards. This will greatly enhance the State’s ability to deliver quality road safety
measures that will lead to significant and lasting improvement in road trauma.
In taking stewardship of this increased funding investment in 2011‐12, the Road Safety Council
was strongly united around a number of important core principles which were to be taken into
account in recommending a budgeted action plan in the ‘post 100 per cent’ funding
environment. A key principle agreed by the Road Safety Council in 2011‐12 is that all uses of
RTTA funds should be consistent with the priorities of the Government’s Towards Zero strategy,
with at least 80 per cent of the funds being applied to direct implementation of five priority
road safety measures that will deliver the best safety returns for the investment made.
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Foremost among the priorities recommended by the Road Safety Council for implementation of
its action plan are:
enhanced speed enforcement;
enhanced drink/drug driving enforcement including enhanced booze bus deployment
and a comprehensive repeat drink‐driver interlock intervention;
safe system treatments to regional roads (state and local government, on a crash
reduction priority basis as per Towards Zero) to reduce run‐off‐road crashes;
safe system treatments to urban intersections, on a crash reduction priority basis as per
Towards Zero, to reduce multiple vehicle crashes; and
enhanced vehicle safety and occupant protection.
During 2011‐2012, the Road Safety Council identified and coordinated implemented of a range
of measures to improve road safety in Western Australia, in line with the priorities of Towards
Zero. Many of these activities are carried out by the individual Road Safety Council agency that
has direct responsibility and accountability for the delivery of functions as described in their
governing legislation.
Table 2 details the areas of responsibility for road safety of each Road Safety Council member
agency.
Table 2: Road Safety Council Member Agencies ‐ Areas of Responsibility
ROAD SAFETY COUNCIL MEMBER AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR ROAD SAFETY
Chairman Presides at Road Safety Council meetings
Communication of Council recommendations
Advocates for road safety improvement
RAC WA Inc Represents all road users on the Road Safety Council
Educates the community (particularly in relation to safe roads and safe vehicles)
Advocates for road safety improvement
Western Australian Local Government
Association Represents local Government on the Road Safety
Council
Provides leadership to and advocacy for local Government (which designs, builds and maintains the local road network)
Educates the community
Advocates for road safety improvement
Department for Transport Sets safety standards for the licensing of drivers and vehicles
Licenses drivers and vehicles for safe entry exit and use of the road transport system
Supports and encourages the use of alternative forms of transport
Department for Planning Encourages urban design and planning that enhances road safety
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Table 3 (cont.): Road Safety Council Member Agencies ‐ Areas of Responsibility
ROAD SAFETY COUNCIL MEMBER AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR ROAD SAFETY
Western Australia Police Enforces road user behaviour for safe use of the roads
Collects and analyses information about road crashes
Department of Education
(on behalf of the Catholic Education
Office and the Association of
Independent Schools WA)
Educates young road users through early childhood centres, school and TAFE systems via Road Aware programs
Provides road safety information to parents and carers for infants, children and young people via Road Aware programs
Provides professional learning about road safety to teachers and community based professionals via Road Aware programs
Department of Health Treats those injured in road crashes
Collects and analyses road crash injury data
Main Roads Western Australia Designs, builds, operates and maintains the state road network
Manages Black Spot and Safer Roads and Bridges program
Sets speed limits
Collects and analyses road crash injury data
Main Roads Western Australia
(Office of Road Safety)
Provides secretariat support to the Road Safety Council and the chairman
Provides leadership among key agencies in the
co‑ordination of road safety activities
Undertakes community education, research, policy development and data analysis
Monitors and reports on progress
Insurance Commission of Western
Australia Manages motor vehicle injury claims
Collects and analyses road crash injury data
Provides supplementary funding to support agreed road safety initiatives
In addition to agency core areas of responsibility, Road Safety Council agencies identify priority road safety initiatives that are over and above current functions and that meet the requirements of section 5 (f) of the Act, and apply for specific project funding from the Road Trauma Trust Account (RTTA). (See section 7 – Managing the RTTA for further details on the application and allocation of RTTA moneys).
An overview of the significant RTTA funded projects that were progressed in 2011‐2012, grouped by lead agency, is given below. A breakdown of RTTA funds allocated to these and other RTTA projects is given in Section 8 – RTTA Revenue and Expenditure.
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3.1.1 ROAD SAFETY COUNCIL’S COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM
Community Education Campaigns
During 2011‐12, the Office of Road Safety, on behalf of the Road Safety Council, conducted
eight major state‐wide community education programs. The campaigns are summarised below
with results achieved reported in Section 5.
Speed; Behaviour – The Enjoy the Ride campaign was a new and innovative approach to addressing community education on speed in Western Australia. Enjoy the Ride presented the benefits of slowing down to the individual and to the community, rather than threatening the public about the consequences of speeding. Using the key message, ‘The way we drive is a symptom of the way we live,’ the campaign took a holistic approach to the issue of speed on the road and in day‐to‐day life. It aimed to create a cultural shift in the way Western Australians think about speeding. Its objective was to encourage drivers to take a more relaxed, enjoyable approach to driving.
This campaign was launched in March 2011 and was promoted throughout the year through television, radio, cinema, online and outdoor advertising.
Speed; Enforcement – A new campaign entitled Post‐It Notes was launched in 2012 to support and educate the community about enforcement against speeding in Western Australia. The intent of this new campaign is to generate awareness of enforcement against speeding within the target audience of 17‐39 year olds. The advertisement encourages each member of the Western Australian community to stop speeding on the roads, reminding them that the WA Police will be enforcing speed limits to improve road safety.
Enforcement activities by WA Police are an integral part of the overall fight against death and serious injuries on our roads. The aim of supporting these policing activities with the Post‐It Notes community education campaign is to increase the perceived likelihood for drivers that if they chose to drive above the posted speed limit, they will be caught. The ultimate aim is to influence driver behaviour and reduce the occurrence of speeding.
Safer Vehicles – The Stay in Control with ESC campaign aired between April and May 2012 in regional WA. The campaign was communicated through press, radio and online advertising and set the scene for a more comprehensive campaign in 2012/13. The campaign introduced the safer vehicles’ message to regional WA and focused on Electronic Stability Control, explaining what it is and how it helps to prevent run‐off‐road crashes. A new TV commercial was developed in 2012 and will be aired as part of a new campaign in 2012/13.
Restraints – In 2011‐12, the restraints campaign continued its collaboration with WIN television delivering the Belt Up message to young males (17‐39 years old) in remote and regional communities. The campaign was delivered through the Off‐the‐Boot weekly country football program and placement during the AFL football screening on GWN. A comprehensive campaign was run, including a new TV commercial (Sashes), radio, billboards and online components.
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Drink Driving; Behaviour – The drink driving education campaign Drink Driving, It’s Never OK was launched in November 2011 and ran until September 2012. The campaign used television and outdoor advertising and aimed to encourage the community to view drink driving on any level as unacceptable and, thereby, contribute to a reduction in drink driving in Western Australia and resulting road trauma.
Drink Driving; Enforcement – Drink driving enforcement community education ran throughout the 2011‐2012 financial year. The aim of the commercial You Deserve It, produced in 2010, was to support WA Police enforcement of drink driving legislation. It highlighted that whatever the occasion, enforcement of drink driving can take place anywhere and at anytime.
Driver Distraction – The 2011‐2012 driver distraction campaign Behind Closed Doors aimed to raise public awareness of the dangers of in‐car distractions while driving. The commercial showed a series of distracting situations and the repercussions of not paying full attention to the driving task and surroundings.
The mass media campaign ran during September 2011, January 2012 and March/April 2012, with the television commercial supported by radio and outdoor advertising.
Road Sense – The objective of this ongoing project is to promote greater awareness and understanding in the community about general road rules, road craft skills, Double Demerits, legislative changes and road death and serious injury.
During 2011‐2012, ‘Street Smarts’ advertising ran weekly and continues to do so. Its aim is to raise awareness on general road rules, road craft skills and Double Demerits. It is also used to inform the public on recent changes or additions to legislation. The number of road fatalities was also advertised weekly to inform the community about current road death statistics. It also includes a road safety message, often relating to the program that is currently running.
Aboriginal Road Safety – The Office of Road Safety, on behalf of the Road Safety Council, has continued its long standing partnership with Goolarri Media to promote Indigenous road safety. In particular, the campaign targets drink driving, speeding, fatigue and restraint use through the development of Indigenous specific television and radio advertising through the PAKAM network (Kimberley and Pilbara outlets). The Office of Road Safety also promotes safe road use to Aboriginal youth via the David Wirrpanda Foundation’s Troy Cook Health and Leadership program and the Deadly Sista Girlz program, which reaches 500 young people.
Legislative Changes – Changes to drink and drug driving legislation were introduced on 1 October 2011. The changes reflect the increased risk of crashing as alcohol or drug intake increased. Changes affected monetary fines and disqualifications for the first, second and subsequent offences. In addition, a zero blood alcohol content requirement was introduced for drivers of a range of vehicle classifications. These legislative changes were promoted in the press, radio, online and in industry magazines between 4 September and 8 October 2011. There was also a direct mail through the Department of Transport to people holding licences in the driver categories affected by the introduction of zero BAC.
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3.1.2 MAIN ROADS WA
In addition to managing the safety of the State’s road network through maintenance, dedicated Black Spot and Safer Roads programs, Main Roads WA undertakes a number of RTTA funded projects to inform road safety strategies and contribute to the implementation of the Towards Zero road safety strategy. In 2011‐2012, the following projects were funded:
Motorcycle Crashes into Roadside and Median Crash Barriers
Roadside and median barriers are an effective means of preventing vehicles from leaving or crossing the road and potentially colliding with roadside objects or other vehicles and for absorbing some of the crash energy involved in collisions. Western Australia is contributing to a significant four‐year study being funded by a number of sources across Australia into the nature of motorcycle crashes involving these barriers and possible areas for improvement in design. The RTTA has funded the project since 2008‐2009.
In 2011‐2012, a report outlining the characteristics of 50 selected motorcycle fatality crashes involving barrier impacts and/or cross over median crashes was produced. This was in addition to the 50 crash types investigated in 2010‐2011. Survivability envelopes for motorcycles crashing into different barrier systems were also identified, and a final study and evaluation report was produced.
Speed Monitoring Project
Main Roads WA has been conducting state‐wide speed monitoring surveys on an annual or biennial basis since 2000, measuring vehicle speeds and compliance with speed limits at a range of sites on rural and metropolitan roads. These surveys can be used to modify speed‐related programs to ensure they achieve effective outcomes. The indices derived from the speed surveys may be used as a basis for assessment of effectiveness of the existing programs and for formulation of new speed‐related strategies.
The key findings of the most recent speed monitoring surveys, conducted in 2011, are given in Section 5 – Evaluating and Monitoring the Effectiveness of Measures.
Crash Tool re‐development project (Stage 3)
Crash Tool is a software package that was developed to assist Main Roads and Local Government to accurately identify crash black spots on the road network and, as a consequence, enable more effective targeting of road safety at high crash locations. Since its introduction as a prototype it has been used extensively by the road engineering fraternity.
In 2011‐2012, stage three of the project was implemented. This involved an upgrade of the existing Excel software tool by integrating it with the Main Roads database IRIS, and new functionality and enhancements were incorporated.
Safety Performance Reporting and Mapping Project
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This project continues the presentation of crash mapping to highlight and focus attention on the high‐risk fatal and serious injury crash locations. During 2011‐2012, Main Roads produced crash performance mapping and ranking information for 2006‐2010 data; crash data analysis and preparation of reports; and collation and validation of the five‐year crash data. This crash mapping and analysis provides Main Roads and other stakeholders with information enabling them to target high priority sites to reduce fatal and serious injuries.
3.1.3 WA POLICE
Strategic Traffic Enforcement Project
The Strategic Traffic Enforcement Project provides funding for WA Police to undertake traffic enforcement above baseline levels to increase actual and perceived levels of enforcement and ultimately to change driver behaviour. The WA Police allocates program funds across police districts on a crash priority basis to ensure that funded enforcement operations are intelligence led, based on both local and strategic expertise, address key contributing behaviours and target locations where crashes are occurring.
In 2011‐12, more than 14,000 additional traffic patrol hours were conducted across the State, more than 500 Anywhere, Anytime operations were conducted to apprehend drink/drug drivers, and the capability and portability of the new Vitrionic cameras enabled a significantly higher than expected amount (480) of speed camera operations.
Enhanced Traffic Intelligence Model
This project promotes the safe system road safety approach by improving the effectiveness of enforcement through the use of intelligence when conducting traffic enforcement operations. The objective is to implement the Traffic Intelligence Services Model to capture all data relating to road user complaints and other traffic‐related information from a variety of sources and uses it to effectively target and apprehend errant road users. Using the Traffic Intelligence Model, packages of profiles of interest are disseminated to Police districts and the Traffic Enforcement Group (TEG).
In 2011‐12, WA Police exceeded all targets in terms of the number of packages produced to assist action by Districts and the TEG. Nearly 500 Traffic Intelligence Packages (weekly suspended driver profile package) were produced, around 80 monthly intelligence packages with traffic‐related data (traffic complaints, hoon behavior, road rage, speeding, suspended drivers) were produced and disseminated, and nearly 300 additional target or problem profiles identified through data processing were provided to Districts and TEG.
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Traffic Officer Capacity Building and Career Pathway Development
The expansion of road policing skills within the WA Police is a key component of providing an effective traffic enforcement presence on Western Australian roads. In 2010‐2011, WA Police developed a framework for specialised training of road policing enforcement officers. The first road policing two‐week course was conducted in November 2011. During the year, 125 officers were trained on road policing enforcement, 100 staff members were trained to deliver specialized equipment training, 120 learning events were delivered, 300 officers were trained in basic crash investigation, 360 officers were trained as breath testing operators, and 175 officers were trained in speed detection using hand‐held devices.
3.1.4 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Road Aware
Road Aware provides road safety education for young people from birth to age 18 years with the aim of positively influencing road user behaviour. The program is delivered by the School Drug Education and Road Aware (SDERA) program which is a partnership involving the three education systems and sectors (Association of Independent Schools WA, the Catholic Education Office and Department of Education). SDERA has a dedicated consultant in the major regional centres of Western Australia and in the metropolitan area.
During 2011‐2012, the Road Aware program of SDERA:
Led the development and dissemination of Road Safety Education: Directions and Action Plan 2011‐2013
Provided evidence‐based and age‐appropriate road safety education resources focusing on key road safety issues and, in particular, young drivers. This included: developing a community version of Keys for Life for CALD, ESL, Aboriginal, remote
and at‐risk people developing three road safety storybooks for children aged two to four years, and
developing two storybooks in collaboration with VicRoads that focus on road safety messages for children aged four to eight years
redeveloping Challenges and Choices road safety education resources for children aged four to twelve years. A draft was completed in June 2012 and sent to the Australian Curriculum Authority for comment and alignment with the development of the National Curriculum
Delivered road safety education, professional development for educators, stakeholders and parents. For example, an ‘in development’ version of a new online learning environment was created to increase access to best practice road safety education resources and information for early childhood services, teachers, undergraduate teachers, community‐based trainers, parents and students. Development has been delayed due to a reduction in funds. During the year, SDERA engaged nearly 13,000 participants in professional learning, and engaged 307 schools and 62 agencies
Engaged early childhood services, schools and community groups in road safety education initiatives targeting vulnerable road users. For example, SDERA developed a presenters kit in March 2012 to increase the engagement of trained health and community professionals who deliver road safety education for parents and carers
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Evaluated and monitored project activities. For example, SDERA addressed recommendations within resource capacity from evaluations conducted by the Child Health Promotion Unit at Edith Cowan University
Promoted best practice in road safety education, which included contributing to the development of the national early childhood education research project
Communicated and advocated for road safety education at regional, state and national levels. This included coordinating a road safety education workshop at the Australasian Research Policing and Education Conference in November 2011, which had the highest number of participants (43) of all the workshops conducted at the conference
3.1.5 WESTERN AUSTRALIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
The Western Australian Local Government Association (WALGA) is funded by the RTTA to deliver a number of road safety services. The primary vehicle for this activity is WALGA’s specialist road safety program, RoadWise.
In 2011‐2012, WALGA utilized five RoadWise sub programs to engage and facilitate the involvement of local governments and the community road safety network on a state‐wide basis to contribute to the implementation of the Towards Zero road safety strategy.
Local Government Policy, Advocacy and Leadership
WALGA takes a leadership role to inform and engage local government involvement in road safety initiatives. Key local government initiatives in 2011‐2012 included:
Local Government Enhanced Speed Enforcement Management Project
Project Plans for Urban Intersection Crashes Program and Regional Run‐off Road Crashes Program
Rail and road Interface Agreements
Local Government involvement in setting speed limits
Local Government Road Crash Statistics
WA Bicycle Network Plan
Heavy Vehicles, Mass Management – Road Safety Impacts
Local Government Safe System Project
The Local Government Safe System Project aims to support and facilitate local government adoption of safe system principles for implementing Towards Zero. Phase One of the project commenced in May 2009 and was completed in July 2011. The focus of this initial phase was to establish a baseline for the level of safe system understanding within local governments, and to identify challenges and opportunities for local governments as they move toward a safe system approach. Phase Two of the project commenced in August 2011. This second phase focuses on the implementation of the safe system approach into local government strategies and operations.
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Community Road Safety Network
The RoadWise community road safety network, which extends across 11 metropolitan, regional and remote regions of Western Australia, aims to increase stakeholder and community participation in the delivery of local road safety activities. In 2011‐2012, 87 per cent of the 83 RoadWise committees were active and there was an upward trend in the number of committees with action plans aligned with Towards Zero.
Community Road Safety Grants Program
WALGA manages the Road Safety Council’s Community Road Safety Grants Program, which funds the delivery of regional and local road safety projects, events and workforce development. The Program encourages collaborative, community‐based road safety activities.
In 2011‐2012, WALGA administered the allocation of more than $235,000 worth of grants to local community and stakeholder groups across Western Australia. Eighty seven road safety community grants in total were allocated to 11 projects, 67 event sponsorships, two speed display trailers and seven workforce development grants.
Type 1 Child Car Restraints Fitting Service
RoadWise coordinates the state‐wide Type 1 Child Car Restraints Fitting Service, which involves the training of Type 1 child restraints fitters, providing a dedicated help line and website for Type 1 Fitters and members of the public, and promoting the adoption of child car restraints units of competency by Registered Training Organisations.
In 2011‐12, 12 training courses were conducted with 77 new child restraint fitters trained in Perth and regional areas. These trained fitters provide regular opportunities for members of the community to have child car restraints installed and checked to ensure maximum safety.
3.1.6 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT
Motorcycle Graduated Rider Training and Licensing Project
An independent review of best practice licensing systems for motorcycle riders made a number of recommendations for change to the way riders of powered two wheelers (motorcycles and mopeds) are licensed in WA. The Department of Transport is managing the policy development and implementation of a Motorcycle Graduated Rider Training and Licensing system.
The first phase of the project involved the development of a training and licensing model for motorcyclists based on public consultation in respect to the Review of Best Practice in Licensing Systems for Motorcycle Riders through various mechanisms including surveys, workshops, presentations and a discussion paper, and key outcomes from the Motorcycle and Scooter Safety Action Group forums.
During 2011‐2012, the new computerized theory test for motorcycle riders was released and a rider competency standard was developed and published on the Department of Transport website.
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In December 2011, a ‘Decision Regulatory Impact Statement’ regarding power‐to‐weight ratio for motorcycle licensing was endorsed by the Department of Treasury’s Regulatory Gatekeeping Unit. Legislative and system changes are progressing on track to implement a Learner Approved Motorcycle Scheme in Western Australia.
In March 2012, a draft report on Hazard Perception Testing for motorcyclists was presented, with a final report expected in 2012/13.
3.1.7 ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Road User Coordinator
The RAC is the road user representative on the Road Safety Council, and is supported in this role through additional funding from the RTTA. The additional support improves the ability of the RAC to engage with all road user stakeholders, particularly vulnerable road users such as motorcyclists, pedestrians and cyclists.
The RAC manages a number of forums, groups and committees as part of the internationally used ‘OLAF’ process for practical action to engage with road users and ensures effective communication between road users and the Council. The ‘OLAF’ process involves the presentation and discussion of objective data, followed by the presentation and discussion of a list of solutions/actions. Plans of agreed practical actions by each stakeholder are then addressed and follow up is undertaken.
The RAC has previously hosted a series of Motorcycle and Scooter Action Group (MSSAG) forums to address the increasing trend in motorcycle and scooter involvement in serious crashes. The final action‐oriented forum was held in September 2010, with a range of actions agreed and implemented by agencies and motorcycling stakeholders. In November 2011, a follow‐up motorcycle and scooter safety forum was held to update participants on outcomes and indentify areas of emerging concern. The current status of the actions can be found at <http://www.ors.wa.gov.au/Demographic‐Pages/I‐am‐a‐Motorcyclist/MSSAG.aspx>.
The success of the ‘OLAF’ process over a number of years in addressing the over‐representation of motorcyclists and scooter riders’ fatalities and serious injuries in WA led the RAC to use the same process during 2011‐2012 to address pedestrian and cyclist fatalities and serious injuries. The RAC hosted two cycling safety forums during the year, and aims to host additional cycling safety forums and its first pedestrian safety forum in 2012‐2013. The RAC manages the Vulnerable Road Users Advisory Group, which oversees the Pedestrian and Cycling ‘OLAF’ process.
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3.1.8 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
WA Injury Prevention aided by State Trauma Registries
Hospital trauma and injury data is vital for research, education and strategic planning purposes as well as for monitoring the Western Australian Trauma System from the time of injury to rehabilitation. The Department of Health is funded to collect and analyse data on trauma patient admissions and to make this data available to road safety agency stakeholders.
One of three project milestones for 2011‐2012 was for each hospital to produce an Annual Trauma Report at the end of each calendar year for the previous year. As at the end of June 2012, the majority of the five metropolitan hospitals were making progress with reports for 2009‐2010 and/or 2010‐2011. Royal Perth Hospital had produced a Trauma Report for 2009 and commenced a combined 2010‐2011 report; Fremantle Hospital had completed a 2010 report; and Joondalup Health Campus had commenced a 2010 report. There was also ongoing deployment of the State Trauma Registry Database during the year to facilitate uniform, consistent and comprehensive data collection across these metropolitan hospitals, and the Database was expanded to include Joondalup Health Campus.
During the year, Trauma Registry data for the metropolitan hospitals was either linked with the Data Linkage Branch at the Department of Health, or prepared for linkage. As at June 2012, the 2010 ‘Total’ data for Royal Perth Hospital had been linked; 2010 ‘Majors’ data for Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Fremantle Hospital had been linked; while a similar extract if data from Princess Margaret Hospital is being prepared. The clearing of backlog coding and finalisation of Ethics processes means that these four hospitals are now able to participate in Data Linkage projects enabling further research into road crash outcomes and aiding education programs.
Another key component of the project was to deliver the Prevent Alcohol Risk‐related Trauma in Youth (PARTY) program, an injury prevention initiative, to rural settings. Delivery commenced in February 2011 and had been delivered to nine rural schools as at June 2012.
Enhanced Data Linkage and Road Safety Analysis Project
Existing Road Safety Data Linkage and Analysis infrastructure in Western Australia is more advanced than in other jurisdictions, but linkages need to be maintained and regularly updated, and existing gaps need to be addressed. More emphasis also needs to be placed on analysing and interpreting data.
During the year, project outcomes included the extension and update of linkages to trauma, crash and insurance records. For example, trauma linkages for several hospitals were completed to the end of 2010 and progress was made with other hospitals. Memorandums of Understanding were also drafted for data linkage with the Royal Flying Doctor Service and St John Ambulance, and a MoU to link drivers’ licence records was signed and test data for linkage received.
Progress was made during the year in a number of other project areas, including improved remoteness measures and use in analyses, responding to data requests and providing advice on interpretation, and detailed input into the Enhance Road Safety Information System (ERSIS) proposal and discussions.
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Drug Driving Education Campaign
On behalf of the Road Safety Council, the Drug and Alcohol Office (DAO), which reports to the Minister for Mental Health through the Mental Health Commission, runs an annual campaign raising awareness of the risks of driving while under the influence of drugs, and the associated laws and penalties. The aim of DAO’s ongoing Drug Aware program is to modify driver behavior to reduce the incidence of drug‐related road trauma.
The 2011‐2012 multimedia drug driving campaign ran from October to November 2011 and again in January. The campaign predominantly used radio and online advertising, as well as outdoor advertising. By the end of June 2012, there had been 1,606 visits to the Drug Driving website, of which 654 visits occurred during the campaign period.
3.1.9 OFFICE OF ROAD SAFETY
Safety Performance Monitoring and Results Focused Budgeting
During 2011‐12, the Office of Road Safety (ORS) led the RSC in the development of a results focused, RTTA budget allocation process for 2012‐13 and beyond, guiding the preparation of six business cases outlining the major projects and associated budgets, milestones and performance indicators that are to be funded by the RTTA to reduce road trauma.
In support of this work, the ORS also led the development of a comprehensive framework for monitoring and reporting on the safety performance of the road transport system. The indicators will measure final and intermediate safety outcomes as well as agency activity on RTTA funded projects that are in support of the five desired results areas. Reporting against the new safety performance indicators will commence in 2012‐13.
Policy Development
The ORS co‐ordinates the development and implementation of a range of policy initiatives on behalf of the Minister for Road Safety and the Road Safety Council.
During 2011‐12, significant policy initiatives funded by the RTTA included WA Contribution to National Road Safety, managing the monitoring and reporting on implementation of Towards Zero 2008‐2020, and the following:
Repeat Drink Driving Strategy (RDDS) – Over a third of drivers killed have a BAC equal to, or in excess of, the legal limit of 0.05g/100mL. The RDDS seeks to introduce legislation designed to enhance the ability of police to enforce against drink driving in an effort to reduce the incidence of drink driving and associated harms in the community and introduce structural reforms that encourage drink drivers not to re‐offend. The Strategy involves the introduction of an alcohol interlock program for repeat drink drivers and includes vehicle sanctions with provisions to impound the vehicles of recidivist offenders, rehabilitations for offenders with serious alcohol problems, and initiatives to limit driving without a valid licence.
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During 2011‐12, drafting instructions for the mandatory and early participation in the interlock scheme were finalised and presented to the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office for commencement of drafting. A reference group of relevant agencies met throughout the year to guide the process.
Speeding, Restraints and other Regulations Penalty Review – including management of recidivist speed offenders – Penalties for breaching road traffic law are a known deterrent for engaging in illegal behavior, and it is important that penalties reflect the risk of crashing and potential severity of resulting injuries. In 2011‐12, a review of speed and other penalties under the Road Traffic Code 2000 was conducted by an independent consultant, the Centre for Automotive Safety Research in Adelaide. The consultants were also asked to identify options for managing recidivist speed offenders.
A report from the consultants was presented to the Road Safety Council in August 2012, with further work to be undertaken by the Road Safety Council on identifying options for addressing speeding by novice drivers and punitive and non‐punitive options for recidivist speeders before a recommendation is made to Government.
Novice Driver Review Implementation Program – Research clearly indicates that young, novice drivers are over‐represented in road crashes, compared to more experienced drivers. During 2010‐2011, the Office of Road Safety, in conjunction with the RSC’s Novice Driver Review Implementation Working Group, progressed a number of initiatives to improve the safety of young drivers, including requirements for supervising drivers and peer passenger restrictions. The final element of the novice driver reform package, mobile phones, was endorsed by the Road Safety Council in September 2011. The efficacy and potential form of peer passenger restrictions for novices remain under investigation.
In regard to supervised driving hours for leaner drivers, the Minister for Transport has announced that they will be increased from 25 to 50 hours before the end of 2012.
Enhanced Speed Enforcement Project (formerly Best Practice in Speed Enforcement) – The objective of this project was to develop a Business Case for the implementation of the Enhanced Speed Enforcement Strategy that has previously been supported by the Road Safety Council. As a result of the 100 per cent RTTA allocation and 2012‐13 budget submission process, the development of this business case was largely done in house by WA Police, with support from an independent consultant as required. This Business Case formed the basis of the Key Result Area 3 – Reducing Excess and Inappropriate Speed ‐ budget submission for 2012‐13.
Safer Vehicles Program – This program is a key component of Towards Zero and provides policy input into the RSC Safer Vehicles campaign. The Safe Driving Policy Framework, developed by the Office of Road Safety in conjunction with State Fleet in 2011‐12, was refined and adopted by the then Western Australian Department of Treasury and Finance. The policy made it mandatory, from 1 October 2011 onwards, for Western Australian State government agencies to purchase 5‐star ANCAP (Australasian New Car Assessment Program) rated passenger vehicles, unless otherwise approved by State Fleet. WA was the second jurisdiction to implement such a policy following the Australian Government.
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In May 2012, discussions commenced with State Fleet to seek 4‐star ANCAP ratings for the government commercial fleet. A recent announcement by State Fleet has confirmed that the WA Government will adopt a 5‐star ANCAP requirement for light commercials from 1 January 2014 onwards.
The national Vehicle Safety Research Group, to which the Road Safety Council is a contributor, undertook its annual research program and released its Used Car Safety Ratings for 2011. Testing of new vehicles under the Australian New Car Assessment Program also continued on schedule, with latest star rating results published.
Business Case for an Enhanced Road Safety Information System – In 2011, the first step toward developing an enhanced road safety information system (ERSIS) for WA based on the Safe System paradigm was completed. This research sought to identify and undertake the fundamental groundwork prior to the establishment of ERSIS. In 2011‐12, considerable work was undertaken to develop a Business Case and stakeholders from RSC agencies were consulted. A Business Analyst was appointed in April 2012 and a Systems Architect from Beacon Consulting was also appointed. The Business Case is due to be presented to the RSC in November 2012.
Road Safety Management Systems – The aim of this project is to work with the International Standards Organisation PC 241 working group to develop an international standard for a road safety management system to ensure better integration of road safety into the decision making of commercial and non‐commercial organizations. In June 2012, a Final Draft International Standard (FDIS) was completed by ORS for circulation by the Swedish secretariat on 30 April 2012. The FDIS was circulated to ISO member country ballot in June 2012, with ballot closing on 1 August 2012. The ISO 39001 Road Safety Management System Standard was released to the market in October 2012.
Indigenous Drink Driving and Licensing Project – Drink driving and access to licensing is a significant concern to indigenous communities. During 2011‐2012 work progressed on two components of the Indigenous Drink Driving and Licensing project:
A community organisation was contracted in September 2011 to coordinate the Alcohol Interlock trial in Roebourne. This organisation is promoting a drink driving message and supporting volunteers in the community to fit alcohol interlocks in their cars. A separate contract was awarded to an interlock provider in February 2012. The Indigenous Alcohol Interlock trial is an integral part of the Road Safety Council’s Repeat Drink Driver Strategy.
The Indigenous Drink Driving and Licensing Education Resource Kit was launched in November 2011. These resources became available on the ORS website in August 2012. To date, almost 400 kits have been distributed to stakeholders and feedback has been very positive on the use of the kits.
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Remote Area Safe System Demonstration Project, Stage Two – This project, conducted in association with Austroads, aims to examine existing capacity and systems across government and stakeholder groups to implement the safe system approach in the remote community of Bidyandanga in the Kimberley and document a methodology to implement these principles in other areas. Stage Two, which involves funding for safe system treatments and programs in Bidyadanga, follows the completion of Stage One in 2010/11. In May 2012, the Shire of Broome agreed to take responsibility for the works that are to be installed in Bidyadanga. The proposed works underwent an independent engineering survey in June 2012, with a view to installation in early 2012‐2013.
Legislation
The Office of Road Safety co‐ordinates the legislative amendments required to give effect to road safety policy and programs recommended by the Road Safety Council and approved by Government. During 2011‐12 progress was made with the following legislation:
On 16 August 2011 amendments to the Road Safety Council Act (2002) were assented to, increasing the amount of speed and red light camera revenue provided to the Road Trauma Trust Account to two‐thirds in 2011‐12 and to 100 per cent from 1 July 2012.
Legislation to change drink and drug driving penalties including fines and disqualification periods and to extend the zero BAC to various drivers was introduced and passed by Parliament and came into effect on 1 October 2011. This legislative amendment increased fines and disqualification periods for drink and drug drivers and extended a zero BAC to include a range of drivers such as drivers of heavy vehicles, buses, taxis and vehicles carrying dangerous goods.
Australian Road Rules – The objective of this project is to ensure consistency with other states in key areas of road traffic law. It involves ongoing maintenance of the national Australian Road Rules (ARR) and implementation of amended rules in the WA Road Traffic Code 2000. The National Transport Commission (NTC) presented the Australian Road Rules Ninth Amendment Package to Ministers of the Standing Committee on Transport and Infrastructure for approval in November 2011 approving, with formal advice on its approval being received in February 2012. The Ninth package of ARR amendments addresses a small number of anomalies that have been identified by jurisdictions, including some minor refinements to the Eight package dealing with child car restraints. Staff shortages in the ORS Policy Branch meant that approval to draft the package into WA law was not sought in 2011‐12. The Tenth Amendment Package, which was commenced in Perth in April 2010, was reconfirmed and new items were added at the ARR Maintenance Group meeting in Brisbane in June 2012.
Research Program
The Office of Road Safety co‐ordinates a range of research activities on behalf of the Road Safety Council to identify potential measures that may assist in implementing Towards Zero, the State’s 12 year road safety strategy, which was endorsed by the Government in March 2009.
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During 2011‐12, the research activities funded from the Road Trauma Trust Account included a Road Safety Research and Analysis Project, the publication of crash statistics, and the following:
C‐MARC –WA based Road Safety Research Centre
The Curtin‐Monash Accident Research Centre (C‐MARC) receives funding from the Road Trauma Trust Account to undertake world‐class research into the causes of road trauma in WA; identify new, and evaluate existing, safety measures for WA; research the prevention of injuries; research improvements to occupational safety; provide information to government, industry and the public to reduce trauma in WA; and develop a strong, local research capacity in this vital area.
The 2011‐2012 C‐MARC baseline work plan saw the following research project plans progress during the financial year:
Population prevalence of blood alcohol content in drivers: Measuring the current extent of drink driving through road side surveys
Surveys were undertaken at a total of 36 individual Police based RBT sites across the Perth metropolitan area every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night for 6 weeks, from Thursday 19th April until Saturday 26th May 2012. A total of 8,400 individual driver/rider RBT results were collected. Analysis of the survey data and the drafting of a final report are currently in process and on track to be completed by the end of November 2012.
Estimating road safety outcomes based on economic factors
The effect of changes to macroeconomic factors, such as GDP and employment, on road safety outcomes has been investigated, but has not been applied to forecasting or estimating future changes. Changes to macroeconomic factors can affect the transport system by changing travel demand or travel patterns and modes, which may positively or negatively affect travel and, therefore, road safety. Initial background work on this project has commenced, but delays have occurred as further work is awaiting completion of the previous project, and staff changes at C‐MARC have resulted in the project being renegotiated with the ORS to agree suitable requirements and completion.
Safe roads and roadsides – Improved curve delineation
Main Roads requires recommendations for decisions for specific countermeasures based on experience elsewhere and investigation of the outcomes in WA. This work will investigate one of these potential countermeasures: improved curve delineation. This project has commenced and the first draft of the report is expected November 2012.
Designing safer roads to counter driver errors – rural crashes
This research will assess the respective roles of inadvertent errors and unsafe driver behaviour and specifically, speed and speeding in rural road crashes; and identify road design features, which aim to minimise the occurrence of inappropriate speeds and other errors, and their consequences. This project is on track for completion in December 2012.
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Road safety advocacy
The purpose of this activity is to promote accurate road safety knowledge and safe practices to the public and to decision makers through a range of media and other avenues, including Conference attendances. Advocacy activity continues to raise road safety as community and government issues, transfers knowledge to the road safety partners, and increases C‐MARC's profile and credibility.
Power to Weight Ratio Research for Novice Drivers
The objective of this project was to investigate the relationship between motor vehicle power to weight ratio and the risk of fatal and serious injury crash involvement for novice drivers. The final report, tabled at the Road Safety Council in May 2012, found that only a small number (0.2 per cent) of serious crashes involved young drivers in high performance vehicles and this alone severely limited the value of any restrictions. In addition, many vehicles with a high power ratio come with 5 star safety features, which have life saving benefits. Following consideration of this report, the Minister for Police; Road Safety announced on 21 April 2012 that power to weight restrictions would not be introduced for novice drivers. At the same time the Minister announced that peer passenger restrictions and a ban on mobile phone use are being considered for introduction.
Partnerships Program
Strategic partnerships with corporate, stakeholder and community organisations have been identified as an effective means of influencing and transferring road safety knowledge and safe system philosophy. The Road Safety Council’s Partnership Program, administered by the Office of Road Safety, supports partners in the development of road safety policies, educational programs and the attainment of safer vehicle fleets within their own organizations as well as positively influencing the broader community.
The Partnership Programs’ key achievements during 2011‐2012 include:
The creation of the Partnership E‐newsletter Partner‐Up in Road Safety. The inaugural edition was published in December 2011, with a second edition published in April 2012.
Continued efforts of the innovative South West Industry Road Safety Alliance (IRSA) to drive a coordinated and proactive approach to road safety by implementing a number of initiatives and projects aiming to reduce deaths and serious injuries in the region. These initiatives included the implementation of road safety campaigns throughout the region leading up to the holiday season and refreshing artwork on road safety billboards located on key routes. Key messages were also reinforced in Alliance member’s workplaces through, for example, toolbox meetings combined with strategically aligned road policing and enforcement.
The establishment of a new Industry Road Safety Alliance in the Mid West following the success of industry alliances in the Pilbara and South West of WA. An increase in heavy vehicle movements has proven to be a big issue on the Mid West road network as it faces a growing freight task and the diversity and volume of mining and agricultural product steadily increases. The continuing evolution of the tourism industry will also place additional demands on the road infrastructure. The alliance model is a partnership
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initiative that promotes a cooperative approach towards improving road safety and reducing road trauma on road networks in regional WA.
Securing commitment from Caltex and McDonalds, road safety partners of the Road Safety Council, to showcase, at no cost to Government, the Belt Up road safety message on the back cover of more than 3,800 of the 2012 edition of the UBD/Caltex Street Directories and in 29 metropolitan McDonalds stores respectively.
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4. CO‐ORDINATING IMPLEMENTATION OF ROAD SAFETY ACTIVITY
4.1 Road Safety Council
The Road Safety Council’s regular monthly or bi‐monthly meeting is the Council’s primary mechanism for co‐ordinating the implementation of its recommended measures. During 2011‐12 the Road Safety Council met on the following dates:
28 July 2011
25‐26 August 2011 (included Planning Day)
29‐30 September 2011 (regional ‘metro’ visit – Mindarie)
2 November 2011 (Budget Recommendation Meeting)
25 November 2011
22 February 2012
29‐30 March 2012 (included Annual Planning Day)
25 May 2012
At these meetings, the Road Safety Council monitored:
Police enforcement and crash statistics, together with the findings of emerging research, to re‐confirm its directions and identify effective countermeasures to reduce deaths and serious injuries on Western Australian roads;
the progress of agencies in implementing the measures the Council had identified as priorities; and
revenue into and expenditure from the Road Trauma Trust Account.
In accordance with section 11 of the Act, the Council has maintained accurate minutes of each of these meetings.
The regional meetings provide an opportunity to liaise with local stakeholders in the development and implementation of initiatives to reduce the high rate of trauma occurring on WA’s regional roads.
4.2 Road Safety Council Finance Sub‐Committee
The Road Safety Council’s Finance Sub‐committee was formed in 2009 to provide financial advice to Council on the RTTA budget and expenditure. Its purpose is to:
recommend the annual Road Trauma Trust Account budget to Council;
ensure that projects put forward for funding address established criteria and contribute to the outcomes of the State’s road safety strategy;
consider strategic financial matters relating to the RTTA and the implementation of road safety in Western Australia;
analyse and report on the results of RTTA projects; and
identify funding for road safety in WA.
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The Road Safety Council Finance Sub‐committee assesses each submitted project proposal on its ability to support the Towards Zero road safety strategy, along with other factors such as total funding available and past performance, to recommend full, part or no payments or defer projects, to ensure the expenditure budget is aligned to the expected inflows for the year.
The Road Safety Council Finance Sub‐Committee met during 2011‐2012 to conduct a mid‐year
review of RTTA budget savings and develop a budget for the 2012‐13 financial year. Mid‐year
review and budget recommendations are subject to endorsement by the Road Safety Council
and approval by the Minister for Road Safety and Cabinet. A meeting was held on 13 October
2011, prior to the Council submitting its recommended budget to the Minister for Road Safety
for approval.
Members of the Road Safety Council Finance Sub‐Committee in 2011‐2012 are listed in Table 3.
Table 3: Finance Sub‐Committee Members 2011‐12
MEMBER REPRESENTING POSITION
Lew Watts (Chair) Insurance Commission WA General Manager Insurance
Matthew Brown Road Users Head Member Advocacy Services, RAC
Terri‐Anne Pettet Local Government WA Local Government Association
Roger Farley Office of Road Safety Director, Strategic Communications
Andrew Robertson Department of Health Deputy Chief Health Officer
Michelle Fyfe WA Police A/Assistant Commissioner
Paul Gregson Office of Road Safety Principal Financial Officer
Maurice Cammack Main Roads WA Manager Road Safety
Michael D’Souza Department of Transport General Manager, Driver and Vehicle
Services
Peter K. Jones Department of Education Deputy Representative
4.3 Safer Roads Advisory Committee
The Safer Roads Advisory Committee is a sub‐committee of the Road Safety Council managed by Main Roads WA. The Committee aims to ensure that the policies and strategies guiding the implementation of road safety initiatives undertaken by MRWA and Local Government on the existing road network and associated road environment maximise safety outcomes for all road users. To achieve this aim, the committee performs a number of roles:
Information sharing
Coordination of agencies involved in safer roads initiatives under the Towards Zero Strategy
Monitoring and reviewing the impact of current and planned policy and programs
Provision of advice to MRWA, Local Government and Road Safety Council
Communication with key stakeholders.
Table 4: Safer Roads Advisory Committee Members 2011‐12
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MEMBER REPRESENTING
Des Snook (Chair) Main Roads WA
Iain Cameron Office of Road Safety
Mal Shervill WA Local Government Association
Anne Still Royal Automobile Club of WA
Maurice Cammack Main Roads WA
Jane Geisler Main Roads WA
Mike Hoare Main Roads WA
The Committee did not meet during the 2011 to 2012 financial year. It did meet on 3 June 2011, and the next meeting is scheduled for 28 August 2012.
4.4 Towards Zero Outcomes Review Group
The Towards Zero Outcomes Review Group, which was formerly known as the Measuring Progress Advisory Group, was established as a committee of the Road Safety Council in 2006. Its purpose, as set out in its Terms of Reference, is to ensure that the combined knowledge, information and data gathering resources of all Road Safety Council agencies are enhanced, applied and shared to enable more accurate and timely measurement, analysis, monitoring and reporting of the progress of the implementation of Towards Zero, and to better inform future road safety policy development and implementation across all agencies.
This group met during 2011‐2012 on the following dates:
18 August, 2011
17 November, 2011
7 March, 2012
31 May, 2012
Members of the Road Safety Council’s Towards Zero Outcomes Review Group are listed in Table 4, overleaf.
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Table 5: Towards Zero Outcomes Review Group Members 2011‐12
MEMBER REPRESENTING POSITION
Andrew Robertson
(Chair)
Department of Health Director, Disaster Management,
Regulation and Planning
Directorate
Diana Rosman Department of Health Program Manager, Data
Linkage Branch, System Policy
and Planning
Vince Tamigi Department of Transport Assistant Director, Strategy,
Policy and Governance
Brett Hughes Curtin University Director, Curtin‐Monash
Accident Research Centre
Michelle Fyfe Western Australia Police Acting Assistant Commissioner
Andy Garkaklis Western Australia Police Superintendent
Fab Zanuttigh Insurance Commission of Western
Australia
Manager, Motor Vehicle
Personal Injury Division
Maurice Cammack Main Roads Western Australia Manager Road Safety
Linley Crackel (Acting in
place of Jon Gibson
since August 2011)
Office of Road Safety Acting Director, Policy and
Strategy
Richard Kay Office of Road Safety Senior Policy Officer
Claire Thompson Office of Road Safety Senior Policy Officer
4.5 Ministerial Council on Road Safety
The Ministerial Council on Road Safety was established in December 1995 to provide a mechanism for coordinating road safety at the Ministerial level. The purpose of the Ministerial Council, which is chaired by the Minister for Road Safety, is to facilitate high level co‐ordination of road safety issues and to provide a significant understanding and voice for road safety issues in Cabinet.
During 2011‐2012, the Ministerial Council on Road Safety met on 16 January 2012. Members in 2011‐2012 are listed in Table 6, overleaf.
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Table 6: Ministerial Council on Road Safety Members 2011‐2012
MEMBER
(as of 29 June 2012) RELEVANT PORTFOLIO
PREVIOUS MEMBER
(prior to 29 June 2012)
Hon. Liza Harvey MLA
(Chair) Minister for Police; Road Safety
Hon. Rob Johnson MLA
(Chair)
Hon. Dr Kim Hames
MLA
Deputy Premier; Minister for Health;
Tourism
Hon. Peter Collier MLA Minister for Education; Energy;
Indigenous Affairs
Hon. Dr Elizabeth
Constable MLA
Hon. Troy Buswell MLA Treasurer; Minister for Transport;
Emergency Services
Hon. John Day MLA Minister for Planning; Culture and the
Arts; Science and Innovation
Hon. John Castrilli MLA Minister for Local Government;
Heritage; Citizenship and Multicultural
Interests
Hon. Terry Waldron
MLA
Minister for Sport and Recreation;
Racing and Gaming
Ministerial Council was supported by a Chief Executive Officers Group, comprised of Agency heads of department. The CEO’s group met prior to Ministerial Council in November 2011.
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5. EVALUATING AND MONITORING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MEASURES
At the end of each financial year, the Road Safety Council notes the progress of each project funded from the Road Trauma Trust Account. A Score Card report details the objectives of each project and the extent to which the associated performance indicators, budgets and estimated timelines have been met.
Table 7 summarises the number of Road Trauma Trust Account funded projects completed on budget and time during 2011‐12.
Table 7: Number of Road Trauma Trust Account Projects completed on Budget and Time
Source: ORS
*Totals have been calculated without including exempt projects, which are largely of an ongoing or
administrative nature.
In addition to the standard review of the extent to which each project has met its performance indicators and timelines, the following interventions were specifically evaluated during 2011‐12:
Monitoring Road Safety Council community education campaigns
During the 2011‐2012 year, the Community Tracker contract renewal was not approved. This meant that the Office of Road Safety was not able to conduct its regular survey of community attitudes to road safety. The final tracker survey was conducted for the period July to September 2011.1
The ORS continued to conduct individual campaign evaluations to demonstrate the awareness levels achieved by community education campaigns. The key results are outlined below.
Drink Driving Behaviour and Enforcement Campaign Evaluation Results
An evaluation of the 2011‐12 drink driving campaigns conducted in July 2012 showed that both campaigns performed well in terms of awareness achieved and relevance to the target group.
The enforcement campaign ‘You Deserve It’ was associated with a short term increase in the perceived likelihood of being stopped for a random breath test, although these perceptions were not sustained.
1 http://www.ors.wa.gov.au/Statistics/Community‐Attitudes.aspx
RESULT ON BUDGET ON TIME
NUMBER % NUMBER %
Yes 47 89 46 88
No 6 11 6 12
TOTAL * 53 100 52 100
Exempt 13 14
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Over the campaign period, there was a notable increase in community acknowledgement that drink driving is a problem. ‘Ok is not Ok’ and ‘You Deserve It’ are both likely to have contributed to this increased salience of drink driving.
Speed Behaviour and Enforcement Campaign Evaluation Results
An evaluation of speeding campaigns in 2011‐12 show an increasing proportion of the community regarding speeding as a socially acceptable behaviour. Key points of note from the evaluations include:
seven in 10 people do not believe in the legal definition of speeding.
over half of the respondents report they occasionally drive 6‐10km/h over the posted speed limit. One quarter said they occasionally drive 11km/h over the posted limit and just under one third don’t believe speeding is wrong, just because it is against the law. Additionally, two in five people feel that it is possible to drive safely while speeding.
There is strong community support for the enforcement and policing of existing speed limits.
Driver Distraction Campaign Results
The most recent evaluation of the Driver Distraction campaign was reported in September 2011.2 The results are as follows:
Although Driver Distraction continues to be recognised as a community problem by 80 per cent of the community, the degree of association with it as a problem behaviour has weakened
While most community members recognise the dangers that various activities pose, notable decreases in recognition of the following as potential distractions have been identified:
Making/receiving a call while driving on a hands free phone as a high‐level distraction
Motorbike/scooter drivers as low‐level distractions Outdoor advertising/billboards/signs as low‐level distractions
Surfing the internet and sending and receiving messages on a mobile phone remain the most recognised high‐level distractions
Less than a third of community members believe that they are likely to be caught using a hand held phone while driving
Males and younger people (17‐34) are less likely to recognise the perceived risks associated and dangers posed by distracting activities
People link distraction with personal behaviours rather than the end consequence of serious injury/death on the road
2 Please note that three bursts of media activity have run since this report. No results are available as yet (September,
2012).
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Attitudes toward driver distraction are more positive among females and older members of the community (35+)
Attitudes toward driver distraction are more positive in remote areas than in metropolitan and regional locations
Restraints’ Campaign Results
Evaluation results for the 2011‐12 restraints campaign found that 70per cent of non‐seatbelt wearers had a prompted recall of the campaign and 39 per cent of non‐seatbelt wearers intended to change their behaviour.
Network travel speeds
There are strong empirical relationships between mean travel speeds and crashes which show that for every one per cent reduction in average travel speed on roads zoned at various speeds there is a corresponding reduction of four per cent in fatal and three per cent reduction in serious injury crashes. Measures of mean speed and compliance with speed limits are therefore a key indicator of the progress being made in relation to speeding‐related trauma.
Main Roads Western Australia conducts regular surveys of on‐road compliance with speed limits in metropolitan and rural WA. Both the metropolitan and rural surveys were conducted in 2011, following the last rural survey conducted in 2009 and metropolitan survey in 2010. Only free flow travel speed is analysed, with congestion affected travel excluded from the analysis.
The 2011 surveys show that average travel speeds on all roads in WA remain at or below the speed limit, with travel speeds reducing on most roads over the past 12 months (See Tables 8 and 9). Compliance with speed limits across the rural road network continued to improve in 2011, while speed compliance on metropolitan roads remained relatively stable (See Tables 10 and 11). Other findings of note were:
Metropolitan areas
Average speeds remain at or below the applicable speed limit for all speed zones.
Vehicles travelling 10+ km/h over the limit fell from 6.4 per cent in 2010 to 5.8 per cent in 2011.
Falls in 10+ km/h illegal speeding were seen in all speed zones except 100 km/h zones.
Rural areas
Average speeds remain at or below the applicable speed limit for all speed zones
Vehicles travelling 10+ km/h over the limit increased slightly from 5.1 per cent in 2009 to 5.3 per cent in 2011.
The speed zones contributing most to the small increase in 10+ km/h speeding were the more urban 60 km/h and 70 km/h speed zones in rural areas.
Research shows that there is a strong relationship between the change in travel speed and the number of casualty crashes. In line with the general reduction in mean speeds across the road network seen in recent years, the number of speed‐related fatal and serious crashes reported to Police continued to trend down in 2011, down 25 per cent on the five year average (2006‐2010) and a modest 2.1 per cent on 2010 (see Table 12.)
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Table 8: Mean speeds on metropolitan roads in Western Australia
Table 9: Mean speeds on rural roads in Western Australia
Table 10: Speed compliance on metropolitan roads in Western Australia
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Table 11: Speed compliance on rural roads in Western Australia
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6. EVALUATING AND MONITORING THE SAFETY OF THE STATE’S ROADS
Around 190 people are killed on the roads each year in Western Australia and a further 2,800
people are seriously injured, according to the 10‐year average.
The majority of indicators reported in this section showed improvement in 2011 when
compared with the previous five‐year average, but there has been an increase in the number of
fatalities and serious injuries among vulnerable user groups. The largest increase in killed and
serious injury in 2011 was seen among motorcyclists, increasing 7.8 per cent on the five year
average to 403. The number of pedestrians killed and seriously injured increased from 205 in
2006‐2010 to 214 in 2011, an increase of 4.6 per cent. While the number of bicyclists killed and
seriously injured in crashes reported to Police in 2011 fell 5.4 per cent on 2010, there has been
a modest 1 per cent increase from 3.4 to 4 on the five year average.
It is important to note that in 2010 improvements were made to the way injuries were
recorded. These changes may affect the reliability of trends in time series that include figures
from both before and after 2010. These improvements, however, do not affect fatality counts
and have a limited impact on serious injuries. Most of the change will be seen in the minor
injuries and non‐injury crash statistics.
Table 12 provides the 2011 change in a number of Key Performance Indicators from both the
five‐year average and 2010. The data is based on Police‐reported crashes only.
In March 2010, the Road Safety Council of Western Australia endorsed the adoption of the
Willingness to Pay (WTP) approach for estimating the cost of crashes in economic valuations. It
is usually defined as the amount of money that individuals are willing to pay to reduce their risk
of premature death or injury while performing certain risky activities, such as using the road
network. This method is used to calculate the cost of road trauma in a number of countries
including New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The WTP valuation for 2011 reveals that road
crashes are estimated to have cost the Western Australian community approximately $2.7
billion3.
As part of the development of Towards Zero, problem areas were prioritised based on their
estimated contribution to the number of deaths and serious injuries, either because of their
frequency or because the associated risks were high. On this basis, three crash types were
identified as having the highest priority. Two crash types, intersection and run‐off‐road crashes,
were identified as a priority since each represented a third of the people killed and seriously
injured between 2005 and 2007. A third crash type, head on crashes, was chosen because the
risk associated with a person being killed or seriously injured is high.
3 The WTP valuations were obtained from the New South Wales Road Traffic Authority publication ‘Economic Valuation of Safety Benefits: Serious injuries –Final report. These figures are adjusted for inflation using the Perth‐specific CPI for the end of the June quarter 2011.
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Data for 2011 show that the majority (83 per cent) of intersection crashes occurred in the
Metropolitan area, whereas the majority (55 per cent) of run‐off‐road crashes occurred in
Regional/Remote areas. The majority (58 per cent) of head‐on crashes occurred in the
Metropolitan area, while 42 per cent occurred in Regional/Remote areas. Although fatalities
and serious injuries appear to have decreased in 2011 when compared with the five‐year
average, these crash types remain a concern due to the either their sheer volume, resulting
injury severity or overrepresentation in Regional and Remote communities.
Towards Zero also continues the traditional focus on changing behaviours, particularly the
priorities of reducing drink driving and speeding. In 2011, 14 per cent of the people killed and
seriously injured in Western Australia were involved in crashes where speed was believed to be
a contributing factor and 11 per cent were involved in crashes where alcohol was a factor – that
is, a crash that involved at least one driver or rider with a BAC of 0.05g/mL or above.
Table 12: Key Performance Indicators
Key Performance Indicators 2005‐2007 Avg
(Baseline) 2010 2006‐2010 5YA 2011
2011 Change from 5YA
2011 Change
from 2010
Estimated cost of crashes to the WA community1,2
Cost (2011 $m) ‐ Human Capital 1835.6 2052.9 1962.9 2055.5 4.7 0.1
Cost (2011 $m) ‐ Willingness to Pay n/a 2744.0 n/a 2721.8 n/a ‐0.8
Number and percentage of serious crashes by Towards Zero regions3
n % N % n % n % % % Metropolitan Perth 1,631 67.6 1,464 66.4 1,558 67.4 1,466 67.8 ‐5.9 0.1
Regional WA 454 18.8 459 20.8 459 19.9 443 20.5 ‐3.5 ‐3.5
Remote WA 328 13.6 283 12.8 294 12.7 253 11.7 ‐14.1 ‐10.6
Number and percentage of persons killed and seriously injured
Fatal 200 6.5 192 7.1 205 7.0 179 6.8 ‐12.6 ‐6.8
Serious injury 2,875 93.5 2,531 92.9 2,707 93.0 2,453 93.2 ‐9.4 ‐3.1
Persons KSI 3,075 100.0 2,723 100.0 2,912 100.0 2,632 100.0 ‐9.6 ‐3.3
Injury rates for persons killed and seriously injured4
Persons KSI per 100,000 population 149.2 118.6 134.1 111.9 ‐16.5 ‐5.6
Persons KSI per 10,000 registered vehicles 19.2 14.6 16.8 13.8 ‐18.0 ‐5.5
Persons KSI per 100 million km travelled 13.5 10.4 11.8 9.7 ‐18.1 ‐6.7
*Please note that in 2010 there was an improvement to the way injuries were recorded. This may impact long term trends which cover pre and post 2010.
1. The baseline and five‐year average for cost of crashes were calculated using the raw costs.
2. Willingness‐to‐Pay valuations are not available prior to 2007. Averages have not been calculated for Willingness‐to‐Pay values due to absent data.
3. Two cases were recorded with unknown region.
4. The denominators for rate calculations are obtained using ABS data (catalogue numbers: 9309.0, 9208.0, 3218.0). The 2008 and 2009 KSI rates per 100 million km travelled are based on
kilometres travelled (interpolated between 2007 and 2010 figure. The 2011 KSI rate is based on extrapolation from 2005‐2010.
5. These counts/percentages are of persons KSI in crashes attended by police.
6. These counts are based on mutually exclusive crash types
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Table 12: Key Performance Indicators (continued)
Key Performance Indicators 2005‐2007 Avg
(Baseline) 2010 2006‐2010 5YA 2011
2011 Change from 5YA
2011 Change
from 2010
n % n % n % n % % %
Number and percentage of persons killed and seriously injured in police‐attended crashes involving illegal behaviour5
Speed a factor in the crash 490 n/a 340 14.2 444 n/a 333 14.3 ‐25.0 ‐2.1
Alcohol a factor in the crash 335 n/a 282 11.7 327 n/a 248 10.6 ‐24.3 ‐12.1
Motor vehicle occupants KSI not wearing seat belt 204 n/a 133 7.5 167 n/a 121 7.2 ‐27.4 ‐9.0
Motorcyclists KSI not wearing a helmet 33 n/a 36 9.9 36 n/a 22 6.0 ‐39.2 ‐38.9
Bicyclists KSI not wearing a helmet 27 n/a 19 23.2 22 n/a 20 23.3 ‐9.1 5.3
Number and percentage of persons killed and seriously injured by road user type
Motor vehicle driver 1,615 52.5 1,369 50.3 1,485 51.0 1,307 49.7 ‐12.0 ‐4.5
Motor vehicle passenger 784 25.5 617 22.7 719 24.7 582 22.1 ‐19.1 ‐5.7
Motorcycle rider 343 11.2 392 14.4 374 12.8 403 15.3 7.8 2.8
Motorcycle passenger 23 0.7 29 1.1 26 0.9 21 0.8 ‐18.0 ‐27.6
Bicyclist 100 3.3 111 4.1 104 3.6 105 4 1.0 ‐5.4
Pedestrian 209 6.8 205 7.5 205 7.0 214 8.1 4.6 4.4
Number and percentage of persons killed or seriously injured in crashes at intersections by Towards Zero areas6
Metropolitan Perth 840 83.8 705 84.2 768 83.9 658 83.4 ‐14.3 ‐6.7
Regional WA 127 12.7 111 13.3 117 12.8 109 13.8 ‐7.0 ‐1.8
Remote WA 35 3.5 21 2.5 30 3.3 22 2.8 ‐26.7 4.8
Number and percentage of persons killed or seriously injured in head on crashes by Towards Zero areas6
Metropolitan Perth 98 58.1 86 52.8 94 56.0 86 57.7 ‐8.3 0.0
Regional WA 48 28.4 45 27.6 50 29.7 43 28.9 ‐13.7 ‐4.4
Remote WA 23 13.5 32 19.6 24 14.3 20 13.4 ‐16.7 ‐37.5
Number and percentage of persons killed or seriously injured in run off road crashes by Towards Zero areas3,6
Metropolitan Perth 428 42.3 301 36 391 41.3 354 44.5 ‐9.5 17.6
Regional WA 296 29.2 290 34.7 303 32.0 277 34.8 ‐8.6 ‐4.5
Remote WA 288 28.5 245 29.3 253 26.7 164 20.6 ‐35.1 ‐33.1
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7. MANAGING THE ROAD TRAUMA TRUST ACCOUNT
During 2011‐12, agencies were asked to submit project proposals for 2011‐12 Road Trauma Trust Account funding that demonstrated how the proposed project contributed to the priority outcomes of the Towards Zero Road Safety Strategy.
In accordance with Section 5(a) of the Road Safety Council Act 2002, moneys standing to the credit of the Account can only be expended on measures that aim to:
improve the safety of roads in the state; and
reduce the deaths of people, the injuries to people, and the damage to property, resulting from incidents occurring on roads in the state.
The Road Safety Council observes a strict conflict of interest policy in regard to all business before the Council, including the formation of its recommendations on allocations from the Road Trauma Trust Account. The policy requires that all Council members provide relevant information to a register of standing interests maintained by the Council secretariat. The policy also requires that Councillors disclose any changes to their standing interests or any matters that might be perceived as creating a conflict of interest at the commencement of each Council meeting. Road Safety Council members are not required to declare their relationship with their principal employers as a standing interest as this information is regarded as self‐evident to the meetings.
In 2011/12 the Road Safety Council lifted its previous moratorium against the use of Road Trauma Trust Account funds to support what was perceived to be core agency business, provided the applying agency could demonstrate how the funds would add to the level of evidence‐based activity that will contribute to improving road safety outcomes.
To recommend a budget for the 2011‐12 Road Trauma Trust Account, the Road Safety Council’s Finance Sub‐committee assessed each project submitted by agencies on its ability to support the Towards Zero road safety strategy, along with other factors such as total funding available and past performance.
The Road Safety Council recommended budget for 2011‐2012 was approved by the Minister for Road Safety, in accordance with Section 12(6) of the Road Safety Council Act 2002, on 21 April 2011.
In 2011‐2012, funding worth $27,564,137 (including carryovers and midyear review approvals) was allocated to 66 approved projects. The Insurance Commission of Western Australia provided $3,860,750 funding for six of those projects through the Road Trauma Trust Account.
In August 2011, an amendment to the Road Safety Council Act 2002 increased the hypothecation of photographic based speed and red light camera infringements into the Road Trauma Trust Account from one‐third to two‐thirds in 2011‐12 and 100 per cent from 2012‐13 onwards. This amendment was passed after the 2011‐12 Road Trauma Trust Account budget had been approved by the Minister, with the additional revenue flowing into the Account after August 2011 being credited to the Account for expenditure on major road improvement projects in 2012‐13 and future years.
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8. ROAD TRAUMA TRUST ACCOUNT REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE 2011‐12
Table 13 shows the projected budget and the actual income for the Road Trauma Trust Account.
Table 13: Sources of Road Trauma Trust Account Revenue
SOURCE OF FUNDS
PROJECTED
BUDGET
$
ACTUAL REVENUE
$
Comments
ICWA Funding 3,860,750
Total: 3,504,726
$1,717,234 received in
2010/11 financial year.
$1,787,492 received in
2011/12 financial year.
Jurisdiction contributions
to national Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Island Health
InfoNet website
(6250) Expected
contribution
from
Commonwealth
to the national
Aboriginal and
Torres Strait
Islander health
infonet website
for 2010/11
was not
received and
debited to
RTTA in
2011/12.
Infringement Inflows 17,500,000 57,887,059
Other Revenue 100,000 549,926
Unspent Funds Returned
to the RTTA
925,061
Interest 200,000
Total: 1,190,128
$748,445 received in 2010/11
financial year.
$441,683 received in 2011/12
financial year.
Funds from Balance of
Account Fund 5,903,387
TOTAL 27,564,137 64,050,650 Source: ORS.
Funding from the Road Trauma Trust Account reflects the four Towards Zero cornerstones iesafe speeds, safe roads and roadsides, safe vehicles, safe road use and the supporting safe system foundations.
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Table 14 shows the amounts the allocated to individual projects and initiatives in the 2011‐2012 financial year, and also lists the actual expenditure in these areas over the year.
Table 14: Project Funding recommended by the Road Safety Council and Actual Project Expenditure4
Project Agency Total
Funding 2011/12
Actual Expenditure
$ $
Safe Speeds 3 2,300,000 1,952,039
Speeding Community Education ORS 2,000,000 1,781,319
Best Practice in Speed Enforcement Project (Business case and implementation ORS 150,000 20,721
Speed Monitoring/Measure distributions of vehicle speeds at a set of sites MRWA 150,000 150,000
Safe Roads and Roadsides 2 205,000 25,000
Motorcycle Crashes into Roadside & Median Crash Barriers MRWA 25,000 25,000
Crash Testing of Wire Rope Safety Barriers MRWA 180,000 0
Safe Vehicles 3 960,000 737,816
Safer Vehicles Publicity ORS 450,000 429,641
Safer Vehicles Program ORS 395,000 216,219
Workplace Road Safety ORS 115,000 91,957
Safe Road Use 16 9,704,268 7,393,222
Restraints Community Education ORS 500,000 420,557
Drink Driving Community Education ORS 2,100,000 1,985,462
Strategic Traffic Enforcement Project – ICWA funded WAPOL 2,395,106 1,852,751
Access and Equity Project – Phase 3 DOT 120,000 0
Drug Driving Community Education DAO 210,000 210,000
Repeat Drink Driving Strategy Implementation ORS 112,191 73,936
Indigenous Drink Driving and Licensing Project ORS 360,000 189,723
Novice Driver Program ORS 350,000 83
Road Sense Community Education ORS 175,000 172,213
Aboriginal Road Safety Community Education ORS 144,250 144,071
Motorcycle Graduated Rider Training & Licensing Project DOT 300,000 166,105
Distraction Community Education ORS 832,910 437,875
Regional and Statewide Restraint Promotion – ICWA funded ORS 854,811 490,448
Road Aware Parents DOE 458,802 458,802
Road Aware Kids DOE 412,592 412,592
Road Aware Drivers DOE 378,606 378,606
Safe System Foundations 42 14,394,869 11,669,601Road Safety Management Systems ‐ Development of International Standard (ISO) ORS 10,000 5,656
Power to Weight Vehicles for Novice Drivers Research ORS 41,027 41,027
Road Safety Council Research Program ORS 570,000 560,138
Legislative Changes – Policy and Communication ORS 130,000 100,129
Website development and maintenance ORS 326,225 281,890
Events ORS 290,000 168,147
Australian Road Rules ORS 35,000 18,853
Road User Consultation Support RACWA 190,000 187,670
4 Most overspends on project budgets are due to previous year invoices being processed in the current year. This has the
effect of inflating current year costs.
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Table 14 (continued): Project Funding recommended by the Road Safety Council and Actual Project Expenditure
Project Agency Total
Funding 2011/12
Actual Expenditure
Road Safety Strategy 2008‐2020 ORS 278,000 18,981
RoadWise (includes Child Car Restraint Fitting & Checking Program & Community Grants) WALGA 2,580,000 2,580,000
ORS Business Support Services ORS 450,000 270,687
Road Safety Research and Analysis project ORS 420,750 248,175
Legal Services (External Support DOT) DOT 153,500 153,500
Tracking and Community Attitude Monitoring ORS 800,000 682,490
RSC Business Support Services ORS 150,000 54,518
Data linkage and road safety analysis project DOH 200,000 162,085
Stakeholder Communications ORS 300,000 205,372
Annual Crash Stats Book ORS 262,730 207,142
Partnership Program ORS 455,000 458,202
Promoting Road Safety Through Public Health Advocacy DOH 214,402 178,418
Procurement Savings Reduction GOV 358,000 358,000
Community Education Coordination ORS 383,616 285,356
Traffic Intelligence Model – ICWA funded WAPOL 486,855 475,322
Specialist Traffic Training Pathway Development – ICWA funded WAPOL 581,088 527,894
WA Contribution to National Road Safety ORS 225,286 199,081
Road Safety Forum & Awards – RTTA funded ORS 40,000 0
Safety Performance Report and Mapping MRWA 120,000 96,244
Crash Tool Redevelopment Project MRWA 100,000 77,329
Media Strategy & Planning ORS 600,000 556,509
Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference 2011 ORS 200,000 404,602
Community Engagement Development and Coordination ORS 418,390 252,507
ORS Support for Business Services ORS 460,000 498,568
Management of ICWA Funded Projects – ICWA funded ORS 232,000 170,709
Regional Stakeholder Project (RSC Coordination) – ICWA & RTTA funded ORS 131,000 31,783
Penalty Review ORS 70,000 55,000
WA Injury Prevention Aided by State Trauma Registries DOH 137,000 137,000
Neurotrauma Research Program DOH 1,600,000 800,000
Safe Systems Technical Exchange MRWA 25,000 0
Remote Area Safe Demonstration Project – Stage 2 ORS 30,000 35,723
Making Roads Motorcycle Friendly Training Package MRWA 120,000 0
Business Case for an Enhanced Road Safety Information System ORS 80,000 0
ORS Finance Support for RSC ORS 140,000 124,895
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Project Agency Total
Funding 2011/12
Actual Expenditure
Projects that had 2010/110 funding that were finalised 12 0 173,313
After Hour Enforcement Project WAPOL 0 126,394
Fatigue Community Education ORS 0 1,239
Supervised Driving Benefits Community Education ORS 0 893
Operation Octopus WAPOL 0 3,460
Road User Coordination and Communication Project ORS 0 132
Strategy Components Community Education ORS 0 2,351
Intelligent Speed Adaption ORS 0 95
Road Safety Research Centre ORS 0 32
International Visitors ORS 0 15
Road Aware Drivers – Impact Evaluation ORS 0 6,321
Double Demerits Community Education ORS 0 32,338
Repeat Speed Offender Program Investigation ORS 0 43
TOTAL FOR RTTA/ICWA FUNDED RSC PROJECTS5 66 27,564,137 21,950,991
ICWA‐Funded Projects6
Strategic Traffic Enforcement Project WAPOL 2,078,750 1,855,620
Regional and Statewide Restraint Promotion ORS 500,000 490,448
Traffic Intelligence Model WAPOL 450,000 390,550
Traffic Officer Capacity Bldg & Career Pathway Dev. WAPOL 450,000 450,000 Source: ORS.
5 These figures include carryovers from 2010‐2011. 6 These figures do not include carryovers from 2010‐2011.