Mornington Peninsula speed management evaluation

The Mornington Peninsula Shire Council (MPSC) adopted safer speed limits across the Council’s higher speed road network in early 2020, as part of their speed management program. This included reducing speed limits on the majority of their 100km/h and 90km/h roads to 80km/h. A before and after assessment has been undertaken on the effectiveness of this program using quasiexperimental methods. Before data was collected in November/December 2019. For both ‘after’ survey periods (in May 2020 and November 2020) there was a significant drop in mean speeds and an increase in the number of drivers travelling below the safe system speed of 80km/h. However, the compliance with the new speed limit was worse than with the old speed limit, indicating that further speed management interventions are required to encourage drivers to comply with the lower limits. The expected savings in FSI crashes were estimated using Elvik et al. (2004) speed-power curves.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.33492/ARSC-2022
• Record URL:
  • https://australasianroadsafetyconference.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ARSC2022-Christchurch-Proceedings.pdf
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/9780648184850
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Extended abstract
• Authors:
  • Turner, S
  • Wood, G
  • Sobhani, A
  • Allan, M
  • Baththana, J
• Conference:
  • Australasian Road Safety Conference, 2022, Christchurch, New Zealand
• Publication Date: 2022-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 224-225

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Crimes; Evaluation; Local government; Project management; Speed limits; Speeding; Traffic calming
• Geographic Terms: Victoria
• ATRI Terms: Before and after study; Local area traffic management; Local government; Offence; Project evaluation; Speed limit; Speeding
• Subject Areas: Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01933664
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB Group Limited
• ISBN: 9780648184850
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 15 2024 1:32PM