eyre and western region road safety 2020 a safer tomorrow starts today

the eyre & western region includes the where do the injured come from?

following local government areas Visitors and tourists can find driving and travelling on • The District Council of Ceduna unfamiliar roads a challenge. However, their contribution • District Council of Cleve to the number of road crashes is often less than people • District Council of Elliston imagine. The majority of drivers and riders killed or injured • District Council of Franklin Harbour in the Eyre and Western region were local residents of • District Council of Kimba the area. • District Council of Lower • City of While we all try and drive safely, making errors while Where do the injured come from? • District Council of Streaky Bay driving is inevitable. Even if we are familiar with the road, • District Council of Tumby Bay Visitors and touristswe can can find still driving be momentarily and travelling on distracted unfamiliar roads in the a challenge. car, take However, their contribution to the number of road crashes is often less than people imagine. The majority of drivers and • City of riders killed or injuredour in theeyes Eyre off and the Western road region or weremisjudge local residents a gap of thein traffic.area. A simple error is often the reason for crashes that happen • While we all try and drive safely, making errors while driving is inevitable. Even if we are familiar with the • Yalata road, we can still beon momentarily our roads. distracted in the car, take our eyes off the road or misjudge a gap in traffic. A simple error is often the reason for crashes that happen on our roads.

residence of driver and rider fatalities and serious injuries fast facts Residence2000 - of 2009 driver and rider fatalities and serious injuries, 2000 - 2009 90% 79% TheEyre & Western region 80% accounts for: Road Safety in the Eyre & Western Region 70% • 4% of the population 60% The Eyre and Western region includes the following Local Government Areas Percentage • 4% of fatalities of driver 50% . The District Council of Ceduna . & rider . District Council of• Cleve4% of serious injuries. District Council of Streaky Bay fatalities & . District Council of Elliston . District Council of Tumby Bay 40% . District Council of Franklin Harbour . serious . District Council of Kimba . Wudinna District Council injuries 30% . District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula . Yalata

how many road fatalities and serious 20% Fast facts: 10% injuries occur? 10% 5% 6% Compared to as a whole, the Eyre and Western region accounts for: . 4% of the popDespiteulation the lower traffic volumes that exist on rural roads, . 4% of fatalities 0% . 4% of serioustraffic injuries generally travels at higher speeds making fatalities Metropolitan Eyre & Western Other rural Interstate more likely if a crash occurs. Region

How many road fatalities and serious injuries occur? on what type of roads do the crashes Despite the lowerThe traffic number volumes ofthat fatalitiesexist on rural roads,and trafficserious generally injuries travels atin higher the speedsYorke making fatalities more likely if a crash occurs. On what type of roadsoccur do the? crashes occur? and Mid North region has fluctuated between 76 and The number of fatalities and serious injuries in the Yorke and Mid North region has fluctuated between 76 The majority of fatal Theand s majorityerious injury of crashes fatal that and have serious occurred injury in the Eyrecrashes and Western that haveregion in the last and 54 in the 54last decadein the – howlast many decade are we prepared – how to accept many in the are future we? prepared to decade are on roadsoccurred with a speed inlimit the of 110km/h. Eyre and This Western is to be expected region since in a the lot of last travel in the region is accept in the future? on roads with a speed limit of 110km/h. Number of fatalities and serious injuries, 2000 – 2009 decade are on roads with a speed limit of 110km/h. This number of fatalities and serious injuries 2000 – 2009Compliance with the speed limit is important because we know that even small reductions in average is to be expected since a lot of travel in the region is on 80 travelling speeds can result in large reductions in death and injuries. It is also important that speed limits match the qualities ofroads the road with and a reduce speed the slimiteverity of of 110km/h. injury in case a crash occurs. For example roads 70 that are winding or narrow should have lower speed limits than straight roads with good clearance to roadside trees.

60 Compliance with the speed limit is important because we know that even small reductions in average 50 Number of travelling speeds can result in large reductions in death fatalities & 40 serious and injuries. It is also important that speed limits match injuries 30 the qualities of the road and reduce the severity of

injury in case a crash occurs. For example roads that are 20 winding or narrow should have lower speed limits than

10 straight roads with good clearance to roadside trees.

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casualty crashes by speed limit of road, 2000 – 2009 number of fatal and serious crashes by crash type in Fatal and serious injury crashes by speed limit of road, 2000 – 2009 2000-2009 40% 37%

35%

30% all other intersection 25% crash types Percentage 22% crashes of fatal & 18% 22% serious 20% 18% injury crashes 15% 14%

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5% 5% 4% run-off road 0% crashes below 50km/h 60km/h 80km/h 100km/h 110km/h 60% 50km/h

what are the main crash types? What are the main crash types? The most prevalent fatal and serious injury crash type The most prevalent fatal and serious injury crash type that occurs in the Eyre and Western region involves single vehicles running thatoff the occurs road, rolling in the over Eyre or hitting and trees Western or poles. region Intersection involves crashes also occur but are less common. single vehicles running off the road, rolling over or hitting *all other crash types include those hitting pedestrians, trees or poles. Intersection crashes also occur but are By identifying particular crash types we can try and make improvements to the road system so if a crashanimals, objects on road and parked vehicles as well as does occur the outcomesless are common. less severe. For example, sealing the edge of major rural roads has the potential to reduce fatal and serious injury crashes by more than 40%. head on and side swipe collisions between vehicles.

NumberBy ofidentifying fatal and serious particular injury crashcrashes types by crash we type,can 2000try and-2009 To find out more about events and updates, road safety

makeAll othe rimprovements crash to the road system so if a crash information and links to road safety research please visit types www.dtei.sa.gov.au/roadsafety does1 8occur% the outcomes are less severe.Interse cFortion example, crashes sealing the edge of major rural roads has22 %the potential

to reduce fatal and serious injury crashes by more than 40%.

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the60 %Minister for Road Safety and the Government of South Australia, and includes members of the following organisations:

*All other crash types include those hitting pedestrians, animals, objects on road and parked vehicles as well as head on and side swipe collisions between vehicles.

Government of South Australia representatives include the Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure, Department of Education and Children’s Services and SA Health.

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