5 th Indigenous Road Safety Forum Coffs Harbour, New South Wales 10 – 12 November 2010

1. 5th Indigenous Road Safety Forum Coffs Harbour, New South Wales10 – 12 November 2010 Leo S Mortimer, Manager Safety, Road & Rail, New Zealand Ministry of Transport

2. SaferJourneys – what does it mean for indigenous New Zealanders • Safer Journeys • The NZ road safety state of play • What the government has agreed to • First action plan • NZ Māori and road safety • Other comparatives

3. Safer Journeys - Road Safety Strategy

4. If we had Road Safety Performance similar to Australia or the United Kingdom: • Our 2009 Road Toll 384 • With Australia's Road Safety level 298 (-86) • With the UK’s Road Safety level 186 (-198)

5. Safer Journeys’ vision • A safe road system increasingly free of death and serious injury • This recognises that while all road crashes can never be prevented from happening, we could ultimately stop many of them resulting in death and serious injury.

6. Safer Journeys’ framework • Safe system approach to road safety • minimise the level of unsafe road user behaviour • make the road transport system more accommodating of human error • manage the crash forces that injure people in a crash to a level the human body can tolerate without serious injury • road safety is everyone's responsibility

7. Learner and restricted drivers in injury crashes

8. Future efforts • Development of a three year action plan • The actions in Safer Journeys are not a complete list of everything that will be done to improve road safety over the next ten years. • Current initiatives that are effective in reducing road trauma and provide value for money will also continue. • Key - flexibility for continual improvement

9. Alcohol and Drug Impaired Driver Proposed Initiatives • Compulsory alcohol interlocks for recidivist drivers • Zero BAC limit for recidivist drivers • Lower the adult drink driver limit to BAC 0.05 with infringement penalties between 0.05 and 0.08 OR • Conduct research on the level of risk from drivers with a BAC between 0.05 and 0.08 • Review traffic offences and penalties for causing death and injury

10. Alcohol and Drug Impaired Drivers • 31% of fatal crashes • 22 Australians die in alcohol-related road crashes per one million population • 28 New Zealanders die in alcohol-related road crashes per one million population • If we achieved a similar rate to Australia, this would save 25 lives annually

11. Young Driver Proposed Initiatives • Raise the drivingage to 16. • Make the restricted licence test more difficult to encourage 120 hours of supervised driving practice. • Introduce a zero drink drive limit for drivers under 20. • Raise public awareness of young driver risk • Improve the road safety education available to young people and increase access to it. • Investigate vehicle power restrictions for young drivers.

12. Young Drivers (15-24) • 105 Fatalities last year • Represent 14.5% of population, but 37% of all fatal crashes • 60% higher than Australia (per capita basis) • If we can match Australia, 25 lives could be saved annually

13. Safer Journey’s priority areas

14. First Steps • Alcohol and drug impaired drivers • Young drivers • Motorcyclists • Roads and roadsides • Proposed first initiatives are the ones most likely to make the greatest impact on the road crash problem

15. Road crash casualties by ethnicityBased on hospital dataHospitalised for over one day 2005-2007

16. Road crash hospitalisations by ethnicity

17. Age profile of hospitalisations by ethnic group

18. Age profile – cumulative percent About 16% of Maori and Pacific casualties are under 15 years compared to about 7% for other groups. Over half of Maori and Pacific casualties are under 25 years compared to just over a third for other groups.

19. Māori: Hospitalisations by age and type of road user

20. Pacific: Hospitalisations by age and type of road user

21. Hospitalisations by region (annual average 2005-2007)

22. Drivers involved in road crashes by ethnicityBased on Traffic Crash Reports 2003-2007Special focus on Māori and European “at fault” car drivers

23. Drivers involved in crashes by ethnicity

24. Drivers in fatal crashes by ethnicity and vehicle type

25. Crash typesMāori: at fault car drivers in fatal crashes 72% open road

26. Crash typesEuropean: at fault car drivers in fatal crashes 76% open road

27. Age profile of car drivers at fault in fatal crashes

28. Car age profile for car drivers at fault in fatal crashes Percent with no WoF Māori: 23-27% European: 13-14%

29. Licence status of car drivers at fault in fatal crashes

30. So what’ s being done? • Development of Safer Journeys Action Plans • The overall proposed changes will have an impact on all people, including Maori • Those with high profile are likely to realise the greater benefit • Community based programmes

31. Community Road Safety Initiatives • Maori road code learner licence programme • Street talk – defensive driving course • Low cost rent-to-buy child restraint scheme • Police run road safety programmes

32. Community Road Safety Initiatives • Specific research programmes • Incentive based initiatives • Advancing equity

33. Cross government initiates • Not just a transport problem • Drivers of Crime - Justice lead project to reduce crime • Particular focus on low level offending. • Measures to reduce unpaid fines • Alcohol reform package