1. ACT Road Safety Strategy 2011-2020
Implementation of the
ACT Road Safety Strategy
ACT Road Safety Forum
13 July 2016

2. Road Safety in the ACT 8,000 reported crashes every year
Average of 11 deaths and over 700 injuries

3. Drug driving: A Statistical Glance
Total injuries
Drug related injuries %
Total fatals
Drug related fatals
2011
808 3
<1 6 1
17%
2012
881 24 3% 12 8%
2013
785 38 5% 7 2
29%
2014
819 37 11
27%

4. ACT road safety policy framework
Vision Zero philosophy
Safe System approach

5. Vision Zero Vision Zero is a philosophy – not a target.
It recognises the physical limits of the human body and that people will always make mistakes.
It means that we must design, construct and manage the road transport system in such a way that people will not be killed or seriously injured in a crash.
The system must be designed and managed around people – not the other way around.

6. Safe System
Safe System provides a technical methodology for implementation of the Vision Zero philosophy

8. ACT intervention model: drug driving
Enforcement, including roadside testing
Education and awareness
Mass media
Learner driver education
Mandatory awareness course for offenders
Safe roads and safe vehicles also contribute to lessen the consequence of any drug related crash

9. Comparisons with drink driving
Intervention
Drink
Drug
Roadside testing
120,000 p.a.
2,500 p.a.
Mass media
Yes – 30+ years
Yes – only recent
Public education
Yes – lesser scale and more recent
Loss of licence & fines
Yes
Interlocks No
Offender education / treatment

10. Under Development Enhancements to learner driver education and testing
ACT Road Safety Forum

11. Contact information
Geoff Davidson
ACT Road Safety Manager
Justice and Community Safety Directorate, ACT Govt
Ph: