Road safety programs
VicRoads has number of programs that assist the community, teachers and practitioners to work together to improve the safety of Victorian road users.
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The Safe System Road Infrastructure Program is a partnership between the TAC and VicRoads which is transforming some of Victoria’s most high-risk roads into some of the safest, through vital safety upgrades.
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Funds from the Victorian Government’s Motorcycle Safety Levy go directly to initiatives to improve the safety of riders.
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One of the most important initiatives funded by the Motorcycle Safety Levy has been road improvements at blackspot locations, where multiple motorcycle crashes have occurred or on routes where motorcyclists are most at risk.
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This provides $1.5 million in funding through two grant program streams.
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A $1.75 million trial study the effectiveness of rumble strips as a road safety countermeasure.
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Victoria’s Road Safety and Transport Strategic Action Plan for Powered Two Wheelers 2009-2013.
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About 1300 people die and 33,000 more are seriously injured each year on Australian roads and the estimated cost of road trauma to the Australian community is about $27 billion a year.
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Find out about our Research and Development Program.