metropolitan adelaide region road safety 2020 a safer tomorrow starts today the metropolitan adelaide includes the how many road fatalities and serious following local government areas injuries occur? • Adelaide City Council The number of fatalities and serious injuries in the • The City of Burnside Metropolitan area has fluctuated between 569 and • Campbelltown City Council 840 in the last decade - how many are we prepared to • City of Charles Sturt accept in the future? • City of Holdfast Bay • City of Marion where do the injured come from? • City of Mitcham Local residents often become complacent to the road • City of Norwood, Payneham & St Peters conditions, traffic and speed limit when driving on • City of Onkaparinga familiar roads. The majority of drivers and riders killed or • City of Playford injured in the metropolitan Adelaide area were residents • City of Port Adelaide Enfield Road Safety in Metropolitan Adelaide of the area. • City of Prospect Metropolitan Adelaide includes the following Local Government Areas • City of Salisbury While we all try and drive safely, making errors is . Adelaide City Council• City of Tea Tree Gully. City of Playford . The City of Burnside . City of Port Adelaide Enfield inevitable. Even if we are familiar with the road, we can . Campbelltown City• Council City of Unley . City of Prospect still be momentarily distracted, take our eyes off the . City of Charles Sturt• The Corporation of. Citythe of Town Salisbury of Walkerville . City of Holdfast Bay . City of Tea Tree Gully road or misjudge a gap in traffic. A simple error is often . City of Marion • City of West Torrens. City of Unley . City of Mitcham . The Corporation of the Town of Walkerville the reason for crashes on our roads. City of Norwood, Payneham & St Peters . City of West Torrens . City of Onkaparinga fast facts residence of driver and rider fatalities and serious injuries Fast facts: 2000 - 2009 Compared to the whole ofThe South metropolitan Australia, Metropolitan AdelaideAdelaide accounts for: . 70% of the population . 38% of fatalities accounts for: 100% 89% . 48% of serious injuries 90% • 70% of the population 80% How many road fatalities• 38% and seriousof fatalities injuries occur? 70% • 48% of serious injuries The number of fatalities and serious injuries in the Metropolitan area has fluctuated between 569 and 840 in6 0% the last decade - how many are we prepared to accept in the future? 50% numberNumber of offatalities fatalities and serious serious injuries injuries, 2000 2000 – 2009 – 2009 40% 900 30% 20% 800 10% 5% 5% 700 1% 0% Metropolitan Adelaide Rural Adelaide Hills & Gawler Interstate 600 Number of 500 fatalities & serious on what type of roads do the crashes injuries 400 occur? 300 The majority of fatal and serious injury crashes that have 200 occurred in metropolitan Adelaide in the last decade 100 are on roads with a speed limit of 60km/h. This is to be 0 expected since a lot of travel in the area is on roads with 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 a speed limit of 60km/h. Where do the injured come from? Local residents often become complacent to the road conditions, traffic and speed limit when driving on familiar roads. The majority of drivers and riders killed or injured in the metropolitan Adelaide area were residents of the area. While we all try and driveroad safely, safety making 2020 errors a safer is inevitable. tomorrow Even starts if we aretoday familiar with the road, we can still be momentarily distracted, take our eyes off the road or misjudge a gap in traffic. A simple error is often the reason for crashes on our roads. can you imagine a future where no deaths or serious injuries occur on our roads? Compliance with the speed limit is important because By identifying particular crash types we can try and we know that even small reductions in average make improvements to the road system to prevent travelling speeds results in large reductions in death crashes or if a crash does occur, the outcomes are less and injuries. It is also important that speed limits match severe. For example, using right turn arrows at signalised the qualities of the road to reduce the severity of injury intersections has the potential to reduce crashes at in case a crash occurs. For example, minor residential those locations by 45%. streets should have lower speed limits than main roads number of fatal and serious crashes by crash type with medians and clearways. 2000-2009 casualty crashes by speed limit of road 2000 – 2009 70% 65% 60% 50% all other crash types Percentage 40% of fatal & 30% serious injury intersection crashes 30% crash 49% 20% 17% 10% run-off road 10% crashes 3% 4% 1% 21% 0% below 50km.h 50km/h 60km/h 80km/h 100km/h 110km/h what are the main crash types? The most prevalent fatal and serious injury crash types *all other crash types include those hitting pedestrians, What are the mainin metropolitancrash types? Adelaide occur at intersections. Run animals, objects on road and parked vehicles as well as The most prevalent fataloff androad serious crashes injury crashalso typeoccurs in metropolitanbut are less Adelaide common occur at andintersection s. Run off road crashes also occur but are less common and involve single vehicles running off the road, rolling over head on and side swipe collisions between vehicles. or striking trees or polesinvolve. single vehicles running off the road, rolling over or striking trees or poles. To find out more about events and updates, road safety By identifying particular crash types we can try and make improvements to the road system to prevent crashes or if a crash does occur, the outcomes are less severe. For example, using right turn arrows at information and links to road safety research please visit signalised intersections has the potential to reduce crashes at those locations by 45%. www.dtei.sa.gov.au/roadsafety Number of fatal and serious injury crashes by crash type in Metropolitan Adelaide, 2000-2009 road safety advisory council All other crash types 3An0% initiative of the Road Safety Advisory Council, responsible for recommending road safety solutions to the Minister for Road Safety and the Government of South Australia, and includes members of the following Intersection organisations: crashes 49% Run-off Crashes 21% Government of South Australia representatives include the Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure, * All other crash types Departmentinclude those hitting pedestrians, of Education animals, objects and on road Children’sand parked vehicles Services as well as head and on and sideSA Health. swipe collisions between vehicles. road safety 2020 a safer tomorrow starts today.