1. Vision ZERO Good Public Health Policy
Charles Gardner, MD, CCFP, MHSc, FRCPC Medical Officer of Health

2. Injuries - Making the News
On Friday, December 11, 2015 the Barrie Examiner reported…
A 63 year old woman died after being struck while walking to work off the side of a busy road in Barrie.
A 20 year old man will return to court regarding a crash that killed a 20 year old woman on Warminster Sideroad
A crash between two trucks closed Highway 400 south of Highway 88 for several hours – minor injuries to both drivers
A driver near Bradford was arrested for impaired driving.

3. Success Story…
Chronology of introduction of road safety legislation, public measures, road traffic death and collisions, Ontario,
Source: Public Health Ontario

4. Drinking vs Distraction
Number of road traffic collisions resulting in personal injury in which drivers consumed alcohol or were inattentive, Ontario,
Source: Public Health Ontario

5. Still Risky for Pedestrians And Cyclists
Number of emergency department visits in 2012:
Source: Public Health Ontario

6. Ontario’s Car Culture
Highway 401 east of Highway 400

7. Alternatives to Driving

8. More walking/cycling…
Bicycling
Walking
From: Promoting Safe Walking and Cycling to Improve Pubic Health: Lessons from the Netherlands and Germany. Pucher, J, & Dijkstra, L. American Journal of Public Health. Public Health Matters, Sept 2003, Volume 93, No. 9

9. …because it’s a lot safer
Bicyclist injury rates per 500,000 km traveled
Pedestrian injury rates per 500,000 km traveled
Source: US Department of Transportation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, German Instituteof Economic Research, German Federal Statistical Office, German Federal Traffic Institute, Statistics Netherlands; and Dutch Ministry for Transport; Public Works and Water Management

10. Public Transit and Active Transportation

11. Healthy Rural Travel Safety Improving air quality
Reduced driving – density, complete communities
Reduced speed, road design, enforcement
Improving air quality
Land intensification, and design for active and public transportation
Housing separated from traffic corridors / industry
Multi-modal transportation – public and active
Distributed activity destinations
Grid and connectivity for new streets
Mass transit
Late night school buses and car pooling

12. Winter need not stop us

13. A New Vision for Travel Safety

14. Final Thoughts
Declining injuries / deaths for motorists, but not for pedestrians and cyclists
Safe travel design also saves lives through physical activity and air quality
Vision Zero prompts health-promoting community design
Video used with permission from “Bicycle Dutch.”