Annual Report 2023
South Australia’s Road Safety Action Plan Annual Report 2023 presents a 12-month snapshot of achievements and progress against the action plan’s priority areas, which includes schools and local places, road users and road user behaviour and regional areas. The annual report also reports against the safety performance indicators in the action plan, where data is available.
Sadly, 117 lives were lost on South Australian roads, while 824 people were seriously injured. However, throughout 2023, progress was made in delivering the action plan to increase safety for road users in South Australia.
The South Australian Government, together with stakeholders, has delivered several initiatives in the action plan. A selection is outlined below.
Achievements and projects delivered in 2023
Infrastructure improvements were completed to improve safety at 24 schools in 2023. End of trip facilities, such as bike and scooter parking facilities, were improved at eight schools to encourage active travel.
The Aboriginal Road Safety and Driver Licencing program, On the Right Track:
- has been expanded to cover Ceduna, Yalata, Coober Pedy, Oodnadatta, Marree, Leigh Creek, Copley, and Nepabunna in addition to existing delivery at Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) and Maralinga Tjarutja (MT) lands.
- has delivered 1,665 learner’s permits and almost 388 provisional licences.
Operation Safe Roads led by SA Police is a state-wide corporate operation that focuses on:
- repeat traffic offenders
- vulnerable road users
- Fatal Five offences (drink and drug driving, dangerous driving, speeding, mobile phone use and seatbelts).
Introduction of new speed limits on beaches following consultation with the community, local government and stakeholders.
Continued investment in:
- infrastructure in regional, remote and metropolitan areas, including rest areas, intersection upgrades, shoulder sealing and pedestrian and cyclist crossings
- infrastructure to support enforcement, such as road safety and mobile phone detection cameras.
More than 28,000 students, 1,000 regional football players and 500 people from local community groups and organisations accessed a road safety-related educational program in the past 12 months.
You can read about these, as well as other initiatives in the action plan, in greater detail in the 2023 annual report.
