	{"id":32445,"date":"2020-05-28T00:40:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T14:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/?p=32445"},"modified":"2020-05-28T20:04:33","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T10:04:33","slug":"bellarine-police-road-toll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/bellarine-police-road-toll\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow going: Bellarine police help to drive down the road toll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOCAL police intel from the Bellarine Peninsula has shown serious road accidents and injuries have been reduced in the region by about half over a 12-month period.<br \/>\nSergeant Shane Connolly said anecdotal data collected from March 2019 to March 2020 showed a drastic road trauma reduction &#8211; particularly on Bellarine country roads &#8211; in part due to Operation Backroads.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019ve been working pretty heavily over the past 12 months targeting the country roads,\u201d Sgt Connolly said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe road trauma reduction we believe is reflection of a targeted effort to increase our presence and visibility on country roads, particularly between smaller towns throughout the Bellarine.<br \/>\n\u201cOur boss Senior Sergeant Adrian Bickley looked at where road harm in the region had spiked (fatalities, serious injuries and road accidents) and said \u2018We\u2019re going to change it\u2019.\u201d<br \/>\nSgt Connolly said after analysing accidents, the major commonality was speed. As a result, all officers undertook radar training and increased their presence on the roads.<br \/>\nBellarine police received assistance from the Geelong highway patrol, who had members working out of the Portarlington police station, according to Sgt Connolly.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019ve been fortunate in traffic that we\u2019ve been able to get more traffic units out there. Our high visibility and police presence was successful over the summer months,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n\u201cAll our traffic penalty notices are up, which has had a direct result in serious traffic accidents being down; that\u2019s a really good statistic.\u201d<br \/>\nSeveral road safety infrastructure projects throughout the region were completed during the timeframe, including flexible safety barrier installed between Christies Road, Leopold and Grubb Road, Wallington.<br \/>\nRegional Roads Victoria (RRV) said the barriers, reduce the risk of being killed or seriously injured in head-on and run-off-road crashes by reducing the impact to the human body, allowing the vehicle to come to a gradual standstill.<br \/>\nRRV Safe System Road Infrastructure Program director Scott Lawrence said the installation was part of a statewide program to install flexible barriers on high-speed, high-volume roads across regional Victoria.<br \/>\n\u201cWe delivered safety upgrades on the Bellarine Highway after it was identified as having a high risk of deaths and serious injuries occurring through head-on and run-off-road crashes.<br \/>\n\u201cWith works completed in December, the new flexible safety barriers have made the road safer for the thousands of people who travel along it each day.\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tac.vic.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Transport Accident Commission<\/a> lead director Road Safety Michael Nieuwesteeg said the reduction was encouraging.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is heartening that local police have reported a reduction in road trauma in the Bellarine region. We encourage everyone using our roads to take extra care and look out for each other.<br \/>\n\u201cOur road safety infrastructure projects \u2013 like the Bellarine Highway upgrade \u2013 are making our road network more forgiving when mistakes do occur.\u201d<br \/>\nA spokesperson for Victoria Police said the new data and statistics would be released officially by the Crime Statistics Agency in June. For now, Sgt Connolly believes the numbers mean the message is getting out there.<br \/>\n\u201cRespect the roads, they\u2019re dangerous. Respect the law, road trauma accidents have a devastating impact on families and the community.<br \/>\n\u201cThat\u2019s the first time a reduction that big has come through, it\u2019s phenomenal and it shows people are responding.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOCAL police intel from the Bellarine Peninsula has shown serious road accidents and injuries have been reduced in the region by about half over a 12-month period. 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