Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference 2012
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8/05/2013 4:06 p.m.
The 2012 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference took place in Wellington from 4–6 October 2012, following the Safety 2012 World Conference (1–4 October).
The aim of the conference was to:
- present current research and best practice in road safety, particularly in those areas identified as national road safety priorities, directions and trends
- provide a venue for discussion of advances in road safety research and practice including in education, enforcement, engineering and the road environment
- showcase innovation, progress and new directions in road safety policy, planning, research, practice and evaluation
- bring together road safety stakeholders and decision-makers from Australia, New Zealand and the world to facilitate collaboration and information sharing
This year, the theme of our conference was “Reducing the Cost of Road Safety”. We wanted to reflect the four pillars of the Safe System approach to road safety, as espoused in New Zealand’s ten-year strategy Safer Journeys:
- safe roads and roadsides
- safe vehicles
- safe users
- safe speeds
We received a wide range of papers which addressed subjects such as:
- Cost-effectiveness
- Implementation of research findings
- A safe system approach
- Innovation, trying new things
- Relevance to Pacific Island nations
- The role of local government and community
- High risk drivers
- Crash prevention
- The economics of fleet safety
Conference papers
These papers will be available on the Australasian College of Road Safety website in due course.
Conference presentations
Conference presentations are available here.
Non-peer reviewed papers
These papers will be available on the Australasian College of Road Safety website in due course.
Conference award winners
The Peter Vulcan Award Prize
Awarded to: Samuel Charlton and Nicola Starkey.
For: Familiarity breeds inattention - why drivers crash on the roads they know best
The John Kirby Road Safety Award
Awarded to: Stephen Cantwell
For: Pushing NZ roads to the limit - preferred speeds of young novice drivers across differing road conditions
The Road Safety Practitioner's Award
Awarded to: Ann Yuan, Changcheng Li, Gaoqiang Zhang.
For: GRSP/MOT speed management project in China
The Road Safety Poster Award
Awarded to: Michelle Frazer and Lynn Meuleners.
For: Do cataract patients self-regulate their driving before and after first eye surgery?
The Number 8 Fencing Wire Award
Awarded to: Anna Annund.
For: Societal costs of providing school children safe bus stops on high speed roads.
Further information and contacts
For further information, contact Helen McNaught, Senior Policy Advisor, Road Safety Policy, Ministry of Transport, email h.mcnaught@transport.govt.nz