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About Us |
The State of Victoria has experienced marked reductions in road tolls as a result of improved standards in road construction, traffic management, community education programs, new safety legislation, car design and engineering and associated new automotive technology. Accidents however still occur with frequent regularity often with serious consequences.
- Over 60 % of motorists are still killed at intersections as a result of failure to stop or give way
- Human factors account for 90% of road crashes
- Fatigue is a factor in approximately 50% or crashes
- The approximate cost of each fatality to the community is over $1,000,000
- Males constitute 72% of all road users killed
- The 18 to 25 age group accounts for the largest numbers of fatalities
- Over 40 accidents a day involve under 25 aged drivers
- Every 26 minutes a person is injured in a crash
- Every 4 days one person receives brain injuries in crashes
- Every 8 days a person becomes paraplegic
- Every day a person loses their life on our roads
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