Killer roads

Where is the infrastructure where one does not have to be propelled by fossil fuel at high speed?
Each (new) road should have a shady and separated cycling and walking infrastructure factored in.
Wildlife crossings all along the way.

Australia’s road toll continues to rise with 37 additional people killed in 'accidents' compared to the previous 12 months, despite a nationwide target to halve road deaths by 2030.

“The rising road toll came despite a National Road Safety Action Plan target to halve deaths by 2030 and cut serious transport injuries by 30%. In 2023, Australia is unable to adequately quantify the extent of road trauma, or the effectiveness of interventions being deployed to reduce it.”

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/23/australias-road-toll-continues-to-rise-with-most-states-falling-behind-safety-goals

#FatalAccidents #RoadToll #RoadDeaths #RoadTrauma #IntegralAccident #speed #RoadSafety #VisionZero #failure #NorthBankRoad #so50s #NSW #climate #FossilFuel #mobility #carnage #infrastructure #risks #sacrifice

Road deaths ripple through Australia’s small towns
"In 2021, 1,116 people died on Australian roads. Of those, 65% were from regional and remote communities and more than 40% were aged between 17 and 39.
The Australian National University reported the estimated cost of a fatal crash between 2016 and 2020 to be $3.2m."
The provision of active and fossil fuel free infrastructure could reduce such a carnage. But no, it's always more roads!

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/15/a-community-like-this-is-interlinked-how-road-deaths-ripple-through-australias-small-towns
#NSW #Bellingen #Speeding #roads #Cars #motorists #RoadToll #RoadTrauma #Pedestrians #RoadKill #carnage #Sacrifice #speed #Mobility #VisionZero

How Helsinki and Oslo cut pedestrian deaths to zero. After years of committed action, neither city recorded a single pedestrian fatality in 2019
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/16/how-helsinki-and-oslo-cut-pedestrian-deaths-to-zero

30 km/h everywhere
https://city30.brussels/
#Bellingen #Speeding #FossilFuel #Mobility #Pedestrians #Roadkill #RoadToll

“OzSage group of #COVID experts noted earlier this month COVID was the third highest cause of #death in Australia in 2022, running at 12 times the annual #RoadToll

Even those who have received all their vaccine #boosters are now facing waning immunity.

But it feels as if our politics is still stuck in a place where it is wary of being seen to impose rules ..and, as a result, is not reading the room's anxious demands for access .. to vaccination and antivirals.”

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-21/covid-wreaking-havoc-australia-political-debate-pandemic/101877588

More roadside #memorials than trees line the #roads, #highways, country roads or suburbans streets.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-05/highway-memorials-lives-tragically-lost-roads-must-follow-rules/101826432
#cars #speed #distractions #crash #NonMotorised #pedestrians #cyclists #road #trauma #injuries#fatalities #IntegralAccidents #RoadToll #roadkill #acceptance #culture

Aggressive driving: Holiday driving comes with increased risk (road deaths tend to spike during the holidays). That's why news bulletins often carry the latest "road toll" figures around public #holidays. https://theconversation.com/why-do-people-tailgate-a-psychologist-explains-whats-behind-this-common-and-annoying-driving-habit-193462
#cars #crash #motorists dangerous behaviours #RoadToll