Progress on road safety in New Zealand Helen Climo Chief Advisor, Strategy October 2015

: the Safe System in Practice 2 Our NZ journey: four key points 1.We are at the mid-point of our transformational Safer Journeys strategy (which embedded safe system thinking in New Zealand)

Some highlights Safer Speeds programme Mandated Electronic Stability Control Young driver licensing improvements Shifting the road safety conversation Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) lowered to for youth Safe system training KiwiRAP High Risk Rural Road Guide High Risk Intersection Guide …. and others

2. But Progress is stalling

motorcyclists speed roads & roadsides alcohol/drugs young drivers

: the Safe System in Practice 6 3. Speed management is our biggest challenge

: the Safe System in Practice 7 We need a different conversation.. so that communities support what we know works to change behaviour

Planning for the next four years Questions and challenges Roads and roadsides and Safer Speeds programmes Making motorcycling safer Creating safer urban arterials and/or spaces for vulnerable users What vehicle technologies will deliver the best results for the safe system Building the right partnerships to share responsibility for road safety – particularly workplaces Keeping access to licensing achievable for everyone 8