Open AccessExploring Local Government Challenges in Effective Road Safety Delivery
Author(s) -
P Durdin,
Kaye Clark,
Jo Draper
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of the australasian college of road safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1832-9497
DOI - 10.33492/jacrs-d-18-00108
Subject(s) - local government , business , project commissioning , investment (military) , transport engineering , government (linguistics) , occupational safety and health , poison control , engineering , publishing , public administration , environmental health , medicine , political science , politics , linguistics , philosophy , law , pathology
Half of all vehicle kilometres travelled and 62% of all deaths and serious injuries in New Zealand occur on local government roads. The upward trend in road trauma has revealed a growing disparity in safety performance between locally and centrally managed roads. The increasing gap, which is mirrored by differing levels of investment, was the stimulus behind a national project to understand the dynamics of local government road safety delivery and investment. Engagement workshops with local councils throughout New Zealand uncovered an array of common challenges – some of which were not anticipatedwhen the project commenced.