In August 2023 the Legislative Assembly Economy and Infrastructure Committee held public hearings into the ‘Inquiry into the impact of road safety behaviours on vulnerable road users’

Ruth Jelley and Dr Molly Hoak presented on behalf of Streets Alive Darebin at the inquiry.

Streets Alive Darebin: Submission 262 - Inquiry into the impact of road safety behaviours on vulnerable road users - May 2023

Hearings Transcript: Inquiry into the impact of road safety behaviours on vulnerable road users Melbourne -Tuesday 22 August 2023

Final Report: Inquiry into the impact of road safety behaviours on vulnerable road users - Wednesday 1 May 2024

Ruth Jelley, page three of the hearings transcript linked above

In summary, Streets Alive Darebin wants to see street designs that prioritise people and improve safety. As has been noted in this Inquiry, there has been a growth in the road toll this year and, as some of the previous presenters to this Inquiry have noted, it is not just the road toll but it is also the road trauma. Unfortunately I have my own unfortunate example of that just from a few months ago.

Our submission provides details about some of the local statistics of road trauma and injury in Darebin, and we would dearly like to reduce that, particularly reduce the risk, whether that is perceived risk and/or actual risk, of death and serious injury of vulnerable road users in Darebin streets.