Road to Zero is a ten year strategy with a focus to reduce the number of people killed and seriously injured on our roads and streets. It is underpinned by the Safe System approach to road safety.
The Safe System recognises that people make mistakes and are vulnerable in a crash. Mistakes are inevitable - deaths and serious injuries from road crashes are not.
To make New Zealand’s roads safe for everyone, one of the key actions is we embed the Safe System principles into our guidelines and standards.
A network of safe roads and streets starts with good planning. Infrastructure is expensive and long lasting, so it is important to get it right. This means that the standards and guidelines that direct our efforts and form the basis of infrastructure design must have the Safe System principles embedded within them and contribute to liveable towns and cities.
Our road planning standards and guidelines should naturally lead transport planners, designers and engineers to Safe System outcomes. We want safety interventions that are designed to fit appropriately within their context, that cater for all users and that recognise that roads and streets have a place function as well as a movement function. We want urban streets designed in a way that not only reduces harm, but that can improve health by making our communities feel encouraged to walk and cycle.
Road to Zero – NZ’s road safety strategy
For more information, email roadtozero@nzta.govt.nz
The Safer Journeys for motorcycling on New Zealand roads guide was developed to provide road controlling authorities, practitioners and policy makers with best practice advice to help identify, target and address key road safety issues on high-risk motorcycle routes.
Safer Journeys for motorcycling on New Zealand roads guide
The High-risk rural roads guide was developed to assist road controlling authorities in targeting road safety improvements on the highest risk sections of New Zealand’s rural roads (those with a posted speed limit of 80km/h or more) by using best value for money initiatives and providing a nationally consistent application of proven countermeasures.
The High-risk intersections guide introduces a new way to identify high-risk intersections and, using the Safe System approach, provides best practice guidance on reducing deaths and serious injuries at high-risk intersections.
For further information, contact trafficandsafety@nzta.govt.nz
Guidelines for Safe System audit procedures in New Zealand. It updates and replaces the road safety audit procedures for projects guideline.
