Webinar: Keeping People Safe When Walking: Stream 1 - Data Evidence and Interventions

Pedestrian safety is a critical concern worldwide, and some countries have been particularly successful. Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, and Denmark have achieved 40-60 per cent reductions in pedestrian deaths over the last 20 years. Australia and New Zealand, however, lag and pedestrian safety is only marginally improving.

Achieving Australia and New Zealand’s vision for road safety, where no one is killed or seriously injured, will be challenging for pedestrian safety without a shift in our current approach. The Keeping People Safe When Walking: Stream 1 project found that comprehensive implementation of known interventions could reduce pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries in Australia and New Zealand by 70-90 per cent. Don't miss this opportunity to discover how.

What will be covered:

• pedestrian safety risk priorities
• priorities to improve the data needed to support investment in pedestrian safety
• strategies and interventions to progress Vision Zero for pedestrian safety

Who should attend:

• Policymakers, researchers and practitioners who are engaged in road safety and improving pedestrian safety outcomes through evidence informed research.

Dr Hafez Alavi is passionate about, and experienced with, road safety and active travel. His vision is an inclusive future where every journey is safe and sustainable. He has over 23 years of experience in the fields of road safety, injury prevention research, and transport planning in the public/private sectors. Previously, Hafez was the Director of the Safe System Road Infrastructure Program for the Transport Accident Commission in Victoria, and he contributed to two of Victoria’s road safety strategies and action plans. Hafez completed his PhD at Monash University Accident Research Centre on pedestrian safety in concentrated urban environments.

Dr Shane Turner is passionate about reducing road trauma. He applies best practice methods and tools from New Zealand, Australia and the USA to target and address trauma crash risk. He has over 30 years’ experience working in the consulting industry in New Zealand and Australia. Shane is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the University of Canterbury where he teaches at the undergraduate and graduate levels in road safety. He is active internationally through the USA Transport Research Board. Through these and other forums he is exposed to best practice in road safety globally and he uses this experience and his international contacts to bring best practice to his consulting work. Shane is motivated by the safe system approach, especially in terms of improving safety for vulnerable road users (VRU – pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists). He is of the view that moving toward zero crashes for VRUs requires a combination of infrastructure improvements, speed management, vehicle technology and changing driver behaviour.

Lewis Martin is dedicated to developing innovative methods aimed at reducing fatal and serious injury crashes in road safety projects. He achieves this by integrating programming and geospatial applications to analyse large-scale data sources and provide a range of data-driven solutions. In the Keeping People Safe While Walking Project, Lewis focused on understanding the key pedestrian datasets needed by various jurisdictions. He conducted surveys, interviewed experts, and made recommendations for a best practice, data-driven approach to addressing pedestrian risks in Australasia. While Lewis was at Abley during Phase 1 of the Keeping People Safe While Walking Project, he is currently working at Auckland Transport as the Transport Safety Data Lead

There will be question and answer opportunities during the session. No charge but registration is essential. Can’t make the live session? Register and we’ll send you a link to the recording.