road user safety
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Road User Safety
at RoadworksBrendon Wiseman
ROAD SAFETY POLICY MANAGER
17 September 2015
Gareth Peers
A/ROAD SAFETY POLICY
COORDINATOR
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Keeping WA Moving
Keeping WA moving is our strategic direction for Main Roads. Our aspiration is to provide world class outcomes for the customer through a safe, reliable and sustainable road based transport system.
Area of focus: Safety
Provide improved safety outcomes
for all users of the transport network.
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MRWA Road Safety Strategy
– The Road Towards Zero
• We believe that no one should die or be seriously injured on the State’s road network, and will manage the network to minimise road trauma.
• Our Vision: To eliminate death and serious injury crashes on the Western Australian road network.
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Issues & Concerns
• Road user perspective
• Congestion
• Communication
• Non-compliance with
standards
• Accountability & responsibility
9%
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Incorrect / Inconsistent
Traffic Management
• Unsafe worksites:- Non compliance by drivers- Speed differentials- Insufficient warning signage- Inadequate levels of protection
• Inefficient worksites:- Increase in project construction time / cost- Increased congestion- Increased whole of Government costs.
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Understanding Human
Behaviour on the Road
There are two types of driver expectancy relevant to traffic management at roadworks (Naatanen and Summala 1976):
– Continuation expectancy• Events of the past will continue
– Event expectancy• Events which have not happened will not happen
When the Information does not match the driver’s expectations, system failures in the form of crashes and incidents are much more likely to occur.
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No speed zone credibility = no compliance
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Risks to Road Users
• Planning: consider workers and road users
• Road users are not limited to car drivers
• Pedestrians, such as school children and people with disabilities, cyclists, emergency vehicles, heavy vehicles and motor cycles all need to be catered for when planning roadworks.
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Hazards after works complete
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Traffic Control Hazards
DRIVER EXPECTATION
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Night-Time Hazards
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Night-Time Hazards
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Pedestrians and Cyclists
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Vulnerable Road Users
Not trafficable to cyclists or wheel chairs.
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Worksite Hazards
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Rail Crossings
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Contra Flow Hazards
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Detour Hazards
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Catering for all vehicles
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Innovations
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Truck / Trailer Mounted
Attenuators
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Electronic Variable
Speed Signs
• Makes the speed limit more obvious
• Motorists found to be more compliant
and slowed down when this type of
sign in use• Can be changed remotely
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Mobile Speed Advisory
Signs
• Will assist compliance to the speed limits at worksites
• Can be activated immediately on arrival on-site
• Collects data on individual vehicles by date, time and speed
• Can be set at a specified speed and if vehicles enter the site above that speed wrist bands worn by traffic controllers will vibrate.
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Portable Speed Humps
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Road Safety Barriers
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The Future
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The Future
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The Future
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The Future
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Code of Practice –
Recent updates
• New national unit of competency for TMA
operators
• TM Registration Scheme
• State Road TM Policy
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Moving Forward
• Harmonisation of learning and assessment
• Austroads: Safety at Road works Research Project (International best practice)
• Australian Standard 1742.3 Review
• TMA guideline (WA) and national unit
• TM Industry training package (national)
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Questions,
Comments?