Vision Zero 2050 – Moffitts Farm

admin January 19, 2026January 19, 2026 0 Comments Default speed limits, Pedestrian cyclist safety, Safe System Model, Vision Zero 2050

Ministers accept 100km/h default speed as OK for rural road pedestrians – no questions asked

For a pedestrian sharing a default 100km/h speed limit rural road any driver error can lead to death or serious injury. Photo: Patrick Francis

Road Safety - People and Wildlife Wildlife vehicle collisions

admin October 22, 2025November 1, 2025 0 Comments Vehicle insurance companies, Vehicle wildlife collision claims, Vision Zero 2050

Insurance companies could be change agents for lowering escalating wildlife vehicle collisions

Wildlife vehicle collision road hotspots are identified with insurance company claims data but is not used by state Transport Departments to assist in setting appropriate maximum speed limits on rural roads to reduce vehicle occupant casualties and their enormous health care costs.

Kangaroo vehicle collision posted 100km/h 4 star AusRAP regional road Victoria. Photo: Patrick Francis

Road Safety - People and Wildlife Wildlife vehicle collisions

admin March 22, 2025November 1, 2025 0 Comments Vision Zero 2050, wildlife roadkill, Wildlife vehicle collisions

Connection between wildlife and road casualties unrecognised in Vision Zero 2050

Patrick Francis interrogates the road crash statistics generated by numerous federal and state government departments for clues to why millions of wildlife become road kill each year.

Wildlife road kills are increasing year on year. Echidna road kill. Photo Patrick Francis.

Road Safety - People and Wildlife Wildlife vehicle collisions

admin March 14, 2025November 1, 2025 0 Comments Safe System Model, Vision Zero 2050, Wildlife road kills, Wildlife vehicle collisions, Wildlife warning signs

Driver behaviour dictates politicians’ attitudes to vehicle wildlife collisions

Patrick Francis reviews the published evidence behind the disconnect between Australian drivers attitude to maximum speed limits and the messages behind tens of thousands of wildlife warning signs installed across regional, rural and remote road networks.

Wombat and joey road kill on a default 100km/h central Victoria gravel lane with Land for Wildlife farms either side. Photo: Patrick Francis.

Road Safety - People and Wildlife Wildlife vehicle collisions

admin March 12, 2025November 2, 2025 0 Comments Safe System Model, Vision Zero 2050, Wildlife road kills, Wildlife signs, Wildlife vehicle collisions

Signs signs everywhere wildlife signs and dead wildlife

Patrick Francis examines why there are tens of thousands of yellow wildlife warning signs along Australia’s rural and regional roads but no guidance to drivers from state transport and environment departments about what speed should be embraced to prevent vehicle wildlife collisions, vehicle occupant casualties and road kills.