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Office of Road Safety

Case Study

Regional Run Off Road Program

Towards Zero, the State’s road safety strategy for 2008-2020 clearly identified regional run off road crashes as a priority area for reducing the number of people killed and seriously injured. Single vehicle run off road crashes accounted for almost 60% of all road deaths and serious injuries in regional and remote Western Australia from 2008-2012. This year, increased funding from the Road Trauma Trust Account (RTTA) means the Regional Run off Road Program is the largest funded program with $37 million allocated to its further development and implementation.

The Regional Run off Road Program has been guided by work undertaken last year, where State roads with an above average run off road crash risk were identified and prioritised into three tiers. Treatment work on prioritised road lengths across all regions commenced this year.

Reducing run off road crashes addresses a foundation principle of Towards Zero and delivers instant and long-lasting results. The recommended treatments are also a lower cost per kilometre compared with other approaches.

The program is paired with community education programs on safer behaviours and safe vehicles to ensure we are always providing comprehensive solutions. An example is the Electronic Stability Control (ESC) campaign – another initiative designed to reduce death and serious injury on our roads. Run through advertising in various media in regional and remote Western Australia, the campaigns objective was to communicate the importance and generate an understanding of ESC as an essential vehicle safety feature in preventing run-off road crashes.

Through the year, 30 projects were delivered across the State road network, achieving 98% ($36.6 million) expenditure of the program. Proven and effective treatments in reducing run off road crashes included construction of sealed and widened shoulders and the installation of audible edge lining.

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