Road Safety
Greater Wellington takes road safety seriously. We have a number of programmes which contribute to the safety of road users throughout the region.
The Regional Road Safety Plan includes a road safety action programme. We work with territorial authorities, the NZ Transport Agency, NZ Police and ACC to implement the actions outlined in the programme.
The Ministry of Transport recently released Safer Journeys, New Zealand’s road safety strategy 2010- 2020. The long term vision of the strategy is, “A safe road system increasingly free of death and serious injury.” Land transport statistics for the Greater Wellington region are available at from the New Zealand transport Agency website.
Staff at Greater Wellington regional council work with Road Safety Co-ordinators and school travel planners throughout the region to promote road safety. We also work with Police, ACC and Territorial Authority partners to develop and implement Road Safety Action Plans. Currently we are working with these agencies to increase motorcycle safety.
- Safer Road Use
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Road user education is one of the foundations of safer road use. Recent research demonstrated that many NZ drivers, regardless of age and level of experience, overestimate their driving skill. For this reason we support increased levels of cyclist, driver and motorcyclist training.
- Survivable Speeds
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In 2009 the Wellington Regional Road Safety Plan adopted the Safer Systems approach to road safety. Safer Systems is also the backbone of the government’s ‘Safer Journeys’ strategy. This approach, which has proved extremely successful in Europe and parts of Australia, combines four key elements:
