TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1988
PEDESTRIANS STILL HIGH IN ROAD ACCIDENT TOLL
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ROAD ACCIDENTS INCREASED IN 1987, RISING BY 8.8 PER 1986, WITH ACTUAL CASUALTIES INCREASING BY 11 PER CENT.
CENT OVER
PEDESTRIANS CONTINUED TO BE THE ROAD USERS MOST AT RISK.
IN THE 1988 EDITION OF THIS IS REPORTED STRATEGY PAPER ISSUED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE ROAD SAFETY COUNCIL.
THE ROAD SAFETY
THE STRATEGY PAPER IS NOW PRODUCED BIENNIALLY, AND ISSUE COVERS 1986 AND 1987.
THE LATEST
FOR
IN THE TWO-YEAR PERIOD UNDER REVIEW, PEDESTRIANS ACCOUNTED
PER CENT OF 73 PER CENT OF THE PEOPLE KILLED ON THE ROAD AND FOR 33 ROAD INJURIES.
THAT
STEPPED-UP
ROAD SAFETY
THE PAPER NOTES PUBLICITY EFFORTS HAD HELPED TO REDUCE FATAL ACCIDENTS ELDERLY.
AND EDUCATION INVOLVING THE
FATALITIES IN THE CENT IN
"FOLLOWING 1985'S SHARP RISE IN PEDESTRIAN 60 AND OVER AGE GROUP, THERE WAS A COMBINED DROP OF 18.2 PER THE YEARS 1986 AND 1987," IT SAYS.
THE
PAPER
POINTS
POLICE
CONTINUED
ΤΟ
GIVE PEDESTRIAN, SPEEDING AND VEHICLE
OUT THAT THE PRIORITY TO ENFORCEMENT ACTION ON MAINTENANCE OFFENCES.
THE
PAPER
REPORTS
THAT
THE
CONTINUED
DECREASE
IN DRIVER IMPLEMENTATION OF DO SAVE LIVES
FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES COMPARED TO BEFORE SEAT BELT LEGISLATION INDICATES THAT FRONT SEAT BELTS AND LESSEN THE SEVERITY OF INJURY.
SEAT BELT LEGISLATION IS LIKELY TO BE PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES IN 1989.
EXTENDED TO TAXIS AND
TRAFFIC
THE ON
NEW ROAD SAFETY LEGISLATION FOR PRIVATE ROADS WILL EMPOWER
PARKING REGULATE
AND MANAGEMENTS OF PRIVATE ESTATES TO PRIVATE ROADS WITHIN THEIR ESTATES.
CODE WAS CODE PREVIOUSLY IN
THE PAPER NOTES THAT IN JULY LAST YEAR A ROAD USERS' PUBLISHED TO REPLACE AND SUPPLEMENT THE HIGHWAYS USE.
USERS, THE INFORMATION ABOUT THOUGH AIMED PRIMARILY AT ROAD SAFETY MEASURES AND ROAD TRAFFIC LEGISLATION IS ALSO INTENDED FOR BY ROAD SAFETY TRAINING OFFICERS, TEACHERS AND PARENTS, AS A BOOK.
USE RESOURCE
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