Sorry, fired that last puppy off before I’d finished. > On 1 Jun 2016, at 11:11 PM, Bernard Robertson-Dunn <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Table 1 > 1970-1982 road deaths were over 1000/year peaking in 1978 at 1384 > The latest year reported, 2014 was 303. > > Deaths per 1000 persons > 1978 0.27 (population 5,054,000) > 2014 0.04 (population 7,517,000) > > Total crashes > 1974 128,842 (Peak) > 2014 36,981 > > Crashes per 1000 persons > 1978 26.3 (population 4,894,000) > 2014 4.9 (population 7,517,000) > > The pdf has a range of other statistics, all of which show a reduction > to approximately one tenth of those in 1970 and to a third of those in > the early 1990s
That’s a 40 year spread. I did say that in the last 20 years there had been little variation, and if you compare the stats between 1995 and 2015 you’ll see - beyond a doubt - that there has been little observable effect on the crash rates or fatalities. Prior to that 20 year cut off date the figures were catastrophic - here in Victoria we were losing about 1100 people per annum to motor vehicle fatalities - we had a big 'Ten-Eighty’ (1080) campaign in the 70’s as a result, the figures and trends were probably the same or worse in NSW and other states. > My view is that incremental changes > will take us only so far. Look out for black swans and disruptive > technologies - not a natural development. We’ll talk about it in 20 or 30 years. See, I’m still an optimist. :) Just my 2 cents worth ... _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
