SARAH Group (Founder: National Road Safety Week)

📢📢📢 Announcement: SYDNEY to Host National Road Safety Week 2025!!! 💛 We are thrilled to announce that Sydney will be the National Host City for 2025 National Road Safety Week! From 11-18 May 2025, communities across Australia will come together to honour those impacted by road trauma and work towards a future where every journey is a SAFE one. Thank you especially to Ministers John Graham & Hon. Jenny Aitchison MP, and the entire NSW Government for your unfailing support 👏👏👏 National Road Safety Week is an initiative of our Founder and President, Peter Frazer OAM, who continues to tirelessly champion the cause of SAFE roads for all. Peter’s unwavering commitment continues to inspire us all to #TakeAction and make our roads SAFE for every Australian. As we head towards the National Launch in Sydney on 11 May 2025, we will work with our Partners, Governments, businesses, and communities to ensure that #NRSW2025 is a pivotal moment in the journey towards Zero Deaths and Zero Serious Injuries on our roads. 📢📢📢 Save the date, Sydney! Let’s make 2025 a year of change!!! 💛 A huge thank you to all our supporters and partners, including Transport for NSW, NSW Police Force, NSW Government, and so many more! 🚦 #NRSW2025 🚦 #NationalRoadSafetyWeek 🚦 #DriveSOS 🚦 #TowardsZero 🚦 #SavingLives 🚦 #SavingInjuries 🚦 #TeamWorkDreamWork

"One child dead, four injured after car crashes through fence of Auburn South Primary School in Melbourne's east" 💛 A car has crashed through the fence of a Melbourne primary school, killing one child while seriously injuring four others. 💛 Police said a child was also a passenger in the car, but was not injured. 💛 The 40-year-old driver of the car has been arrested and will be interviewed by police. An 11-year-old boy has died after being struck by a car that veered off the road and into a primary school in Melbourne's east. Emergency services were called to Auburn South Primary School in Hawthorn East on Tuesday afternoon, after reports of a collision. Police said a vehicle was travelling along Burgess Street when it is believed to have left the road and crashed through a fence near a sports court at the school just after 2:30pm. The car collided into a table, where five students were sitting. Read the Full Story here: https://lnkd.in/gpyfV5xb

On the last part of my 32 day Churchill Fellowship, and while it has been wonderful exposure to what's happening with road safety in Singapore, UK the US and Canada next week, I am definitely looking forward to getting home... And as soon as I am back, I will be doing the Road Safety Audit training courses with Safe System Solutions (in Sydney 12th-13th November). As some of you may remember, I did their Local Government course last month and mentioned on LinkedIn that I highly recommended it... I understand they have a few places left on the above course in Sydney, and if you are interested, you can get details via their weblink at: https://lnkd.in/gUqrknBy   (PS. Use the promo code Road2Zero for a 10% fee reduction.) 😊 I hope to see you there! Regards Peter

💛 💛 💛 9 Nov 2024 - Road Worker Day of Remembrance 💛 💛 💛 On Saturday 9 November 2024, join our Founder and President Peter Frazer OAM and SARAH Group (Founder: National Road Safety Week), as we commemorate Road Worker Day of Remembrance, a road safety initiative to honour those killed & injured assisting & protecting us all. Everyone has a right to Get Home Safe to their loved ones, Every Day, No Exceptions, please Drive So Others Survive!!! #RoadWorker #RWDOR #roadsafety #GetHomeSafe #DriveSoOthersSurvive #DriveSOS #teamworkdreamwork #savinglives #savinginjuries

"Roundabout design key to class action by Hunter Valley bus crash victims" In short: 💛 A class action seeking compensation for those impacted by the Greta bus crash was mentioned in a Sydney court this morning. 💛 Adam Bray, the father of Zach Bray who died in the crash, is leading the action against Transport for NSW. 💛 What's next?The matter will return to court in early February, 2025. Proceedings are underway in the NSW Supreme Court for a class action seeking compensation for survivors and others impacted by the June 2023 Hunter Valley bus crash. The class action is being led by Adam Bray, whose son Zach Bray died when a bus, driven by Brett Button, rolled at a roundabout near Greta. Ten people were killed and 25 others were injured in the crash. Full story: https://lnkd.in/gaV_RB_Y

It's Awards season, and I can't wait to see all the incredible nominations we'll receive this year, celebrating our industry's best and brightest!

"Warnings about Melbourne's West Gate Tunnel-affected intersections "ignored by authorities" prior to hit-and-run that left cyclist paralysed" In short: 💛 Safety concerns for cyclists have been raised about intersections affected by Melbourne's West Gate Tunnel Project. 💛 Cycling advocates say two tragedies could have been avoided if authorities had acted earlier. 💛 What's next? In a statement, the West Gate Tunnel Project said it would continue to review and make safety improvements to its road networks. In May Brett Wallace suffered a life-altering spinal cord injury which has left him paralysed from the waist down. Cycling advocates say the accident was entirely preventable, having come just 15 months after the preventable death of a cyclist at another intersection affected by the Victorian government's West Gate Tunnel Project. Mr Wallace was cycling to work on the morning of May 8 along the Dynon Road bike path from Melbourne's western suburbs to the city. As he crossed the intersection at the Dynon Road and CityLink on-ramp, the light was green for cyclists. It was also green for the truck driver turning right onto the CityLink entrance. Full story: https://lnkd.in/gpusGRVs

"Teenager handed suspended sentence over death of South Australian Police Commissioner Grant Steven's son Charlie Stevens in hit-and-run crash" Article extract: The 19-year-old who struck and killed South Australian Police Commissioner Grant Steven's son at Schoolies celebrations last year has been handed a suspended sentence. District Court Judge Joanne Tracey ordered Dhirren Randhawa's sentence of one year, one month and seven days, along with a non-parole period of seven months, be suspended on the condition he be of good behaviour for two years. Charlie Stevens sustained multiple injuries, including an irreversible brain injury, when Randhawa hit him with his car at Goolwa, south of Adelaide, during Schoolies celebrations on November 17 last year. Charlie was immediately conveyed to the Flinders Medical Centre where he died on November 18. Randhawa pleaded guilty to aggravated driving without due care and leaving the scene of a crash at an earlier hearing. Full story: https://lnkd.in/gtuzx7VU

We are so saddened by this terrible crash yesterday on the Sydney Harbour Bridge that resulted in loss of life and serious injuries. Our thoughts are with the bereaved, the injured, and all loved ones affected by this avoidable tragedy. SARAH’s “Drive So Others Survive” initiative is not only about encouraging drivers to actively protect those on the road ahead, but as part of Vision Zero, to ensure infrastructure is designed and maintained to minimize harm in the event of a crash... so “Everyone can #GetHomeSafe to their loved ones… Every Day… No Exceptions! SARAH is an advocate for using movable barrier systems on bridges because they not help traffic flow, but more importantly, prevent serious injuries and fatalities by preventing drivers from crossing into oncoming traffic. With potential head-on collision speeds exceeding 120 kph on the Harbour Bridge, the consequences are disastrous... but this is completely avoidable! Movable barriers, like Road Zipper, use linked concrete barriers to prevent head-ons. As I am overseas on my Churchill Fellowship, and will be in Canada in two weeks, and grateful I had already planned to see this tech in action on the Alex Fraser Bridge Vancouver. You can watch a video regarding the review of the Moveable Barrier System as part of the Alex Fraser Bridge improvement project. See:

"Four cars and a bus collide on Sydney Harbour Bridge, leaving two men dead and multiple injured" Two men have died and several people have been injured after four cars and a bus collided on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Emergency services were called to the scene about 1:40pm following reports of a multi-vehicle crash. NSW Ambulance paramedics treated multiple people for injuries; however, two men died at the scene. Full story: https://lnkd.in/g4BBZAmS