Driving Change for Safer Roads

The Driving Change Road Safety Strategy 2020-2030 recognises that we all have a role to play to make every journey safe. At its core are five priorities – The Road Safety Framework.
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The Road Safety Framework

While it is not possible to prevent all crashes, this framework aims to prevent serious injury or death by seeking to manage the interaction between road users, roads and roadsides, travel speeds and vehicles.

We all have a role to play to make every journey safe. This includes engineers building better roads. vehicle designers making safer cars, health professionals providing ongoing post-crash care, and all road users (not just motorists) being responsible and not taking risks on the road.

We accept some crashes will always occur – but this doesn’t mean we have to accept death or serious injury on our roads.

Explore the links below on how Safe Vehicles, Safe Road Users, Safe Roads. Safe Speeds, and Post-crash care work together to help make every journey safe.

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Safe Vehicles

Safe vehicles play an important role in reducing the likelihood and severity of a crash. Learn about the factors that influence vehicle safety and what you can do to ensure your car is as safe as it can be.
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Safe Road Users

Everyone who uses the road network is a road user, not just drivers of vehicles. Learn more about the factors that contribute to being a safe road user.
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Safe Roads

Safe road design aims to prevent crashes from occurring and reduce the severity of impact if a crash occurs. Find out more about Safe Road Systems.
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Safe Speeds

Speed is at the very heart of road safety. It affects both the risk of being involved in a crash and the outcome should a crash occur.
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Post-crash care

Post-crash care seeks to avoid preventable death and disability, and limit the severity of injury and physical & mental suffering caused by road trauma.