Bellingen, 4 months ago to cars

Road deaths
"Australian road deaths rising to levels not seen in nearly a decade."

"Last year, 1,266 Australians died from road accidents involving at least one car and a driver, passenger, pedestrian or cyclist. The economic cost of Australian road trauma exceeds $27 billion each year. That's 1.8 per cent per cent of Australia's GDP."
"Vision Zero: no loss of life or serious injury on roads is acceptable.">>
https://theconversation.com/can-we-cut-road-deaths-to-zero-by-2050-current-trends-say-no-whats-going-wrong-220289

Car dependency in Australia is unquestioned. The 'road toll' is a sacrifice to private mobility in sprawling sub-urbia. The present 'mobility design' gives people no options to travel on (fossil fuel free) public transport, walk or cycle without fear of being maimed or squashed by a SUV.

#Cars #roads #RoadTrauma #RoadDeaths #IntegralAccident #crashes #speeding #motorists #mindsets #MobilityDesign #FossilFuels #climate #VisionZero #failure

Bellingen, 4 months ago to wildlife

Killer roads

"Five people died and four were injured in three car crashes across NSW since 2pm Monday. Federal data released this week shows the national road death toll increased 7 per cent from 2022 to last year, while the NSW toll jumped 25 per cent."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-16/horror-night-on-nsw-roads-with-five-dead-across-the-state/103323250

They call for more data on the "death Toll", money and more (killer) roads, but never for a radical infrastructure redesign. No data on "roadkill" of native animals either.

#RoadDeaths #trauma #crashes #survivors #LifelongInjuries #sacrifice #RoadToll #SUVs #roads #FossilFuel #speed #Pedestrians #wildlife #MobilityDesign #walking #footpaths #CyclePaths

ronanmcd, 6 months ago to ireland

An absolute disgrace, does nothing but undermine the integrity of the Irish legal system. A travesty.
Diabetic accused of fatal car crash on M50 acquitted of dangerous driving causing death
#Ireland #roadDeaths #safety #justice
https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2023/11/24/diabetic-accused-of-fatal-car-crash-on-m50-acquitted-of-dangerous-driving-causing-death/

jessta, 6 months ago to auspol

Lets have a look at how Australia's "Vision Zero" strategy is going:
"Cycling deaths rose 30.3%, and pedestrian deaths rose 11.3%." in 2023.

"The peak body says these numbers show annual fatalities are now 13% higher than when the strategy was agreed upon."

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/29/australias-road-toll-increased-46-in-past-12-months-new-data-shows

#bicycles #auspol #RoadDeaths

Radical_EgoCom, 10 months ago to random

Know the real enemy