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THE TACs Towards Zero vision is ambitious but necessary to achieve targets.
The plans follows a global framework by placing a stronger focus on infrastructure than ever before.
TAC manager road safety Samantha Cockfield said the Towards Zero vision was the right direction.
“We know that the vision that Victoria has set for the long term … that we are moving towards zero is the right path,” Ms Cockfield said.
“Australia itself is in the top third, when you look at deaths per 100,000 population.
“Victoria, within that, ranks quite a bit higher. Ourselves and NSW are nearly always the top performing jurisdictions in Australia.”
Towards Zero is based on the highly successful Swedish plan Vision Zero.
Ms Cockfield said Victoria recorded about four deaths per 100,000 population while the top-performing jurisdictions were down to fewer than three deaths per 100,000.
“We know other jurisdictions have started on that path and are doing very well,” she said.
“Sweden and the UK continue to set themselves very aggressive targets. They are expecting to continue to reach those targets.”
Vision Zero passed as an Act of Parliament in 1997 calling for an end to deaths and serious injuries on Swedish roads.
At that time, seven people per 100,000 were killed on the road; in 2015, fewer than three people were killed per 100,000.
Swedish Transport Administration strategist Matts-Ake Belin told the TAC the improvement was a result of a change in thinking about how to manage road safety.
"Vision Zero says instead that people make mistakes ... let's create a system for the humans instead of trying to adjust the humans to the system,” he said.