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ROAD SAFETY

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WORKPLACE ROAD SAFETY GUIDE A BILATERAL APPROACH TO ORGANISATIONAL ROAD SAFETY IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND Corporate and organisational fleet and road safety is of strong interest to government and government agencies in Australia and New Zealand.

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t has been identified that there is

a greater interest in work-related road

great opportunity to engage and

safety. Due to the identified gap in avail-

assist organisations and corpora-

able resources and support, particularly

tions in the delivery of road safety

materials that have an Australian and New

and road safety measures to achieve

Zealand focus, it was recommended that a

nationally significant road-related

practical organisational road safety guide

trauma reductions.

be produced; hence the development of this information and supporting webinar.

When the National Road Safety Partnership Program guide was published there

The webinar covers the main elements and

was little in the way of robust informa-

chapters within the guide, providing op-

tion or support for those organisations

portunity for participants to give feedback,

that are wishing to adopt road safety

as well as a platform from which questions

within their places of employment, sup-

can be raised and discussed among peers

ply chain and/or community. It should

and the three authors of the guide.

be noted that internationally this is now

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slowly changing as some governments

According to Hugh MacKay, a well-

and non-government organisations take

known and respected psychologist, social

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