Edition 54, March 2008

Victoria introduces a new road safety strategy

Victoria has announced a range of road safety initiatives designed to achieve a significant reduction in the road toll. The initiatives, part of the Victorian Government's arrive alive 2008-2017 road safety strategy, follows from the successful first arrive alive strategy.

The new road safety strategy includes:

  • drivers who record a blood alcohol level of 0.10 will be taken off the road immediately, rather than waiting until they go to court
  • a new program to give drivers the chance to redeem demerit points by undertaking a comprehensive road safety program
  • a peer passenger restriction on first-year probationary drivers, (from 1 July, P-platers will no longer be able to carry more than one peer passenger (aged between 16 and 21) for the first year of their licence at all hours)
  • mandating the instalment of electronic stability control in all new cars built after 31 December 2010
  • mandating the instalment of head protection technology, such as side-curtain airbags in all new cars built after 31 December 2011
  • introducing electronic stability control and head protection technology to the government fleet over the next three years
  • increased funding to the Safer Roads Improvements Program.

Victoria, in the past five years, has had a 20 per cent reduction in fatalities and an 11 per cent reduction in people admitted to hospital for more than one day. The Victorian Government has committed itself to improving on these figures by achieving the following targets by the end of 2017 :

  • a 30 per cent reduction in the road toll
  • a 30 per cent reduction in the number of serious injuries
  • reducing the severity of serious injuries

For further information, visit www.arrivealive.vic.gov.au

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