This session will take place on Monday 16 September between 11am-12pm in the Upstairs Meeting Room of the Performing Arts + Function Centre.
Spaces are limited! To book your tickets visit https://events.humanitix.com/rcmb-roadsafety
Rural Road Safety Month
September 2024 is Rural Road Safety Month. Council is supporting the Australian Road Safety Foundation (ARSF) in this national community-based road safety initiative. Designed to highlight the additional risks when driving on rural and remote roads across Australia.
Despite less than a third of Australia’s population residing outside major cities, deaths on rural roads accounted for almost two-thirds of the 2023 road toll.
All road users are encouraged to get involved to help make a significant reduction in road trauma.
Following a devastating surge in fatal crashes across Australian roads this year, ARSF has released new statistics on the 2023 Road Toll:
- 1,273 lives were lost on Australian roads in 2023 (a 7.9% increase, from 2022)
- More than half the lives lost were not drivers ( a 65% increase in SA, from 2022)
- 62% of fatalities occurred during the day
Click on the link to make a Road Safety Promise to be the change you want to see on the road and be a safer, better road user.