{"id":17554,"date":"2010-02-24T07:43:43","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T23:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/c-marc-welcomes-national-level-crossing-strategy\/"},"modified":"2010-02-24T07:43:43","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T23:43:43","slug":"c-marc-welcomes-national-level-crossing-strategy","status":"publish","type":"media-release","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/c-marc-welcomes-national-level-crossing-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"C-MARC welcomes national level crossing strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Curtin Monash Accident Research Centre (C-MARC) has welcomed the new National Rail Level Crossing Safety Strategy released late last week.<\/p>\n

C-MARC’s Director, Associate Professor Brett Hughes said the new strategy is an important step towards improving the safety of level crossings, which is amongst the most significant safety issues for railways.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn average 37 people are killed at level crossings nationally in about 100 incidents every year.<\/p>\n

\u201cC-MARC welcomes the strategy’s six areas of focus, rather than older road safety responses which only focussed on one area.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cLevel crossings are a complex location where road and rail are in conflict. So, a range of issues need to be addressed and multiple strategies are therefore necessary.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new strategy has been developed with strong leadership and commitment of Main Roads WA which illustrates WA’s active intention to reduce accidents.<\/p>\n

“Importantly, the national strategy reflects the WA State Government’s road safety strategy known as Towards Zero.\u201d<\/p>\n

The six areas of focus in the new strategy are:<\/p>\n