ROAD

SAFETY

2014-2016STRATEGY

To protect and reassure the •community through our visible presence, enforcement and education approach.

Every contact between police and •a road user contributes to our purpose.

Focus our enforcement on those •behaviours that cause the most harm and contribute to our road toll.

When appropriate, applying police •discretion and cautioning of road users is an effective educational tool.

Treat all road users fairly and with •respect.

Role-model safe driving practices.•

Speeding•

Seatbelts•

Distraction•

Road user impairment:•drink driving•drug driving•fatigue•

• Recidivistdangerousroadusers

OUR PURPOSE Prevent death and serious injury on South Australia’s roads.

OUR 2016 TARGET Less than 90 deaths and 880 serious injuries.

OUR PRIORITIESOUR PRINCIPLES

OUR STRATEGIES

Targeted enforcement (specific deterrent):

Mobile phone use

High risk roads with a history of crashes or

poor road user behaviour

Non-wearing of seatbelts

Speed Heavy vehicle driver fatigue

Drink and drug driving

Drivingdisqualified(targeting recidivism)

Enhanced general deterrent through high visibility road policing:

high visibility static screening operations•

evidence-based concentration of visible traffic resources. •

Integrated and coordinated operations:enforcement campaigns integrated with education and public • information campaigns

integration and coordination of all SAPOL traffic resources•

leveraging of all SAPOL traffic resources to enhance our ability • to contribute to our road safety priorities

coordination and integration of other allied agencies’ traffic resources.•

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Use technology effectively:mobile automatic number plate recognition to target unlicensed road • users and recidivism, i.e. driving disqualified

effective deployment of mobile traffic safety cameras and other speed • detection devices to facilitate the unpredictability of speed enforcement thereby reducing overall road speeds.

Effective measurement and evaluation:develop comparative enforcement measures•

implement and evaluate evidence-based enforcement deployment and • education.

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Road Safety Strategy 2014-2016

Public engagement and education:build community support for road safety by focusing our enforcement • activities on those behaviours that cause the most harm and when appropriate, consider cautioning as an effective educational tool

active use of SAPOL’s multimedia resources and social networking to • enhance the general deterrent

promote and raise awareness about the reductions in road trauma that • have been achieved as a result of lower travel speeds through camera enforcement, reduced speed limits and education strategies

establish SAPOL’s Road Safety Centre as a well-recognised venue for • delivery of road safety education and information to the South Australian community.

Partnerships:enhance existing partnerships and develop new partnerships to amplify • our road safety approach

identify opportunities to develop and apply research findings in • conjunction with road safety research bodies to ensure best practice in enforcement and education.

The graph represents all offences detected by police relating to drink and drug driving, speeding, seatbelts, distraction and licensing including instant loss of licence notices issued and number of vehicles clamped and impounded. Serious casualties include fatalities and serious injuries.

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There are other influencing factors but the greatest influence we can have on the road toll is by consistent and highly visible enforcement. Gary T BurnsCommissioner of Police

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