This Quick Fact sheet focuses on Road Safety for the Festive Season and the Fatal Five: Speeding, intoxication (drugs and/or alcohol), failure to wear a seat belt, driver fatigue and distraction. It highlights some key facts, statistics and tips. Stay safe these Holidays.
References
1. Austroads (2016) Public Demand for Safer Speeds: Identification of Interventions for
Trial, AP-R507-16
2. CARRS-Q (2017) Mobile Phone Use and Distraction
3. BITRE (2018) Road Deaths Australian January 2018, Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport
and Regional Economics, Department of Infrastructure, regional Development and Cities,
Australian Government
4. LSM Technologies (2017) Wake-Up to Driver Fatigue (Distraction) Monitoring
5. NRSS (2017) Implement Airton Status Report, National Road Safety Strategy 2011-2020
6. NRSPP (2018) Easter Road Safety: The Fatal Five, National Road Safety Partnership Program