Making travel safer: Victoria's speed enforcement program

This report examines whether Victoria's speed detection and enforcement program effectively contributes to safer travel on our roads. Both the numbers of motorists speeding on our roads and the degree to which they speed have reduced since 2001. Road trauma has also reduced, with current data indicating that the target of 20 per cent fewer fatalities by 2007 will be achieved. We found no evidence that the speed enforcement program is focused on raising revenue. Speed cameras are used at sites and times that match identified speed risks and crash histories. Sound quality assurance has been introduced to minimise errors in detecting speeding motorists, although some aspects can still be improved. The program is aimed at deterring motorists from speeding both "anywhere, anytime" across the road network as well as at specific high risk sites, while demerit points are used to ensure that repeat offenders can lose their right to drive. Road safety agencies will need to maintain the effectiveness of each of these elements to ensure that the speed enforcement program continues to contribute to improved road safety across Victoria. This report will inform the debate around the speed enforcement program and provides important guidance for the future performance of the program.

• Corporate Authors:

  Victoria. Auditor-General's Office

  Melbourne, Victoria   

  Victoria. Auditor-General's Office

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• Publication Date: 2006-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 6 vols

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated enforcement; Cameras; Evaluation; Highway safety; Law enforcement; Penalties; Revenues; Speed control; Total quality management; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road safety (engineering and vehicles)
• Geographic Terms: Victoria
• ATRI Terms: Crash countermeasure; Evaluation; Law enforcement; Penalty; Quality management; Revenue; Road safety; Speed camera; Speed control
• Subject Areas: Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01385084
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 22 2012 6:32PM