The Liberal Government is committed to implementing a multi-faceted road safety program to target road safety challenges in a focused, effective and integrated manner.
It is my firm belief that no Tasmanian should be killed or injured on our roads and we have to strive towards a zero road toll in Tasmania.
The Government, through the Road Safety Advisory Council (RSAC), has developed the Third Action Plan 2014-2016 which is the final Action Plan under the current Tasmanian Road Safety Strategy 2007-2016. The Third Action Plan includes a suite of initiatives, primarily funded by the Road Safety Levy, to help combat the State's road toll.
Work will soon commence on the development of a new 10-year road safety strategy for Tasmania, which will aim to continue the long-term downwards trend in serious road casualties.
The new strategy will continue to adopt Safe System principles that are based on best practice in road safety and include targeted, evidence-based initiatives.
Based on crash statistics, our areas of focus continue to be run-off road crashes, speed, drink-driving, inexperience and motorcycle crashes.
The Liberal Government is delivering on our election commitments to improve road safety, especially for vulnerable road users like cyclists and motorcyclists, which are included in the Third Action Plan:
We look forward to making more announcements on the progress of these initiatives in the coming months.
The Third Action Plan is available from www.transport.tas.gov.au/roadsafety.