Who we are
Made up of the NZ Transport Agency and infrastructure consultancies Beca , Bloxam, Burnett & Olliver (BBO) and Northern Civil Consulting (NCC) , the Alliance will work with stakeholders to deliver timely and tangible improvements to New Zealand roads, helping to reduce deaths and serious injuries.The Safe Roads Alliance has been established to deliver a programme of road and roadside safety improvements to the State Highway Network over six years.
The Safe Roads and Roadsides programme is one of four components of the Safe System approach which was introduced to New Zealand through Safer Journeys , the government’s strategy to guide improvements in road safety over a 10-year period.
The national programme of improvement works is overseen by the Alliance base in Hamilton while projects are managed regionally through its partner offices in Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington, Whangarei and Christchurch.
Our projects
The Alliance is currently working on 24 safety improvement projects across the country with construction of a number of these due to start in the first half of 2016.
How we’re making rural roads safer
Wire rope barriers
Head-on and run-off-road crashes account for 75 percent of fatal and serious injury crashes in New Zealand. Installing wire rope barriers along centrelines and roadsides has been shown to significantly reduce these types of crashes. They work by acting as a net, catching vehicles before they run off the road and hit something less forgiving like a tree or another vehicle. The wire cables flex on impact slowing the vehicle down and pushing it back into its lane.
Wide centrelines
Something as simple of as widening the centreline on the road to increase the separation of traffic can reduce the likelihood of crashes. Wide centrelines have been shown to reduce centreline crashes by 40 percent by giving fatigued and distracted drivers an extra couple of seconds to regain concentration and correct a mistake before crossing over into the opposing lane.
Audio tactile road markings (rumble strips)
Rumble strips are a cost effective way to reduce run-off-road and head-on crashes. Applied to centrelines and edge lines, the raised plastic ribs give distracted or fatigues drivers a wake-up call if they stray across the line.
Signs and road markings
Good signage and road markings create a more readable road so that drivers can see more clearly what is ahead and so will encourage better decisions. Warning signs alert drivers to features that need special care, for example, curves they need to slow down for or clear stop signs at intersections. Better signs and road markings all help to create a safer road environment.
Shoulder widening
A sealed shoulder provides additional space should a driver need to take evasive action or need to recover control of their vehicle before they run off the road.
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