Safer Roads and Roadsides

This is a list of projects that have been announced under the Safer Roads Program.

Information about the introduction in 2003 of school speed limits is included in the fact sheets below. These are available in thirteen languages.

Frequently asked questions about speed and speeding and the Victorian Government's initiatives to reduce speeds on Victorian roads.

The Victorian Government has introduced safety cameras that will pick up motorists who speed or run red lights or both. The 'red light, speed cameras' will be progressively rolled out from the end of September 2003 and be located across Victoria. The intersections chosen have been selected due to the high incidence of crashes causing serious injury and death.

Below are examples of the kind of improvements that will be incorporated into road projects within the Safer Roads Program in Victoria.

The arrive alive Safer Roads Program is a Victorian Government initiative to tackle the road toll.

Frequently asked questions about the Victorian Government's arrive alive Safer Roads Program to tackle the road toll.

Children are vulnerable road users. Their physical size and age place them at great risk in the traffic environment. Children are also more likely to act unpredictably in a traffic environment and consequently be unable to respond quickly to avoid a dangerous situation.

In Victoria the speed limit in built-up areas is 50 km/h, if there is no sign.

In 2005, following concerns raised by the community, the Victorian Government asked the Speed Limits Advisory Group to review speed limits in Victoria.

Speed is one of the major killers on our roads each year, and is one of the biggest road safety challenges facing Victoria today.

The school speed limits program is designed to be flexible and meet the needs of all Victorian schools and the travelling public.

School speed limits apply outside every school in Victoria to increase the safety for our most vulnerable road users - children.