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Victoria: New Plan To Tackle Rising Rural Road Toll

Victoria Police has launched a four-year plan aiming to tackle the over-representation of rural Victorians in road toll statistics. The Vic Police say country Victorians are three times more likely to be killed and 40 percent more likely to be seriousl


Victoria Police has launched a four-year plan aiming to tackle the over-representation of rural Victorians in road toll statistics.

The Vic Police say country Victorians are three times more likely to be killed and 40 percent more likely to be seriously injured on the state’s roads than their city counterparts. 

The new plan - called The Safer Country Roads Plan 2014-2018 - aims to reduce the rural road toll in line with Victoria’s ‘Road to Zero’ road-safety vision.

Road to Zero aims to reduce road deaths in the state to less than 200 by the end of 2022, while also aiming to reduce serious injuries to less than 3850.

The plan includes a ‘safe systems’ approach to policing, improved number plate recognition and speed detection technology and increased drug and drink-driving enforcement.

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