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Welcome to Saferoads 2008

The Saferoads 2008 Conference will bring together road safety practitioners, researchers and community representatives with an interest in road safety to share experiences, develop their knowledge and expertise and investigate future directions for road safety at the local level and to identify opportunities to further enhance community involvement in the arrive alive 2008-2017 action plans.

The Saferoads 2008 Conference is presented on behalf of the Saferoads partners: Transport Accident Commission, RACV, Victoria Police, MAV, LGPro and VicRoads in conjunction with Department of Justice and RoadSafe Victoria.


Conference Aim

The Saferoads 2008 Conference will provide a platform for local government and community road safety organisations to share information about their local issues, solutions and emerging concerns as to enable them to strengthen the delivery of road safety programs that best meet the needs of the Victorian community.

Local government and RoadSafe Community Road Safety Councils continue to be important road safety partners of the Victorian Government in working together to achieve the arrive alive 2008-2017 targets. They play a major role in advocacy, increasing the understanding of road safety issues in their communities, implementing local programs and drawing attention to road safety issues important to their communities.

The Victorian Government’s arrive alive 2008-2017 road safety strategy aims to reduce deaths and serious injuries by 30 per cent.

By the end of 2017 the strategy will:

  • Save an extra 100 lives a year
  • Prevent over 2,000 serious injuries a year
  • Reduce the severity of serious injuries

Working Together

In meeting these targets the Victorian Government is committed to working with its key road safety partners and the community.

arrive alive 2008-2017 recognises that road safety is a shared responsibility and that all Victorian road users must play their part in reducing road trauma. The First Action Plan of the strategy has been developed in consultation with the Victorian community and will be delivered in partnership with road users, state government agencies, local councils, RoadSafe Community Road Safety Councils, professional organisations, community groups and others.

The Government will continue to engage all Victorian communities in road safety and will consult widely in developing the remaining action plans to ensure that road safety initiatives under arrive alive 2008-2017 enjoy strong community support and reflect Victorians’ expectations for a safe transport network.

Improving road safety requires a community effort – and all Victorian road users share a responsibility to help make our roads safer.


 


   




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KEY DATES
Call for abstracts open Monday 14 April 2008
Early bird registration opens Tuesday 20 May 2008
Abstract submission close Monday 2 June 2008
Author notification Friday 27 June 2008
Early bird registration close Friday 15 August 2008

 
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