Proposed vision
Last updated on
3/03/2010 11:00 a.m.
Safer Journeys discussion document: Proposed vision and the safe system approach
The proposed long-term road safety vision is:
A safe road system that is increasingly free of road deaths and injuries.
This vision acknowledges that while we cannot prevent all road crashes from happening, we could prevent many of them.
To achieve our vision we propose a system-wide approach to road safety. This would focus on improving all the parts of the road system that impact on safety (ie the road, the vehicle, the travel speed and the road user).
This approach recognises that improving road safety is everybody’s responsibility. It requires road users, road authorities, planners, policy makers, enforcers and vehicle manufacturers and importers to all work together.
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