Why do we need a Road Safety Strategy and Action Plan?

Frankston City Council is committed to halving road deaths and serious injuries by 2030 and eliminating the risk of fatalities and lifelong injuries by 2040.

The physical, emotional, and social costs of road trauma can be life changing and long lasting. Council and its road safety partners are committed to ensuring that our future road network is designed so that everyone can travel safely across Frankston City.

Our role in road safety

Council has developed a draft Road Safety Strategy and Action Plan that uses community feedback and local safety data to identify priority risk groups and areas for action. It is anticipated that the Strategy will be used by various Council departments for the following purposes:

  • Informing decisions about Council’s delivery of road safety programs.
  • Identifying road safety partnerships and new initiatives for Council to become involved in.
  • Providing an evidence base for funding applications.
  • Informing the Frankston community of ways in which they can become involved in road safety initiatives.
  • Community education.

The strategy is funded by TAC and will align with the National and State Road Safety Strategies so that we're all working towards the same targets of halving road deaths and serious injuries by 2030 and eliminating the risk of fatalities and lifelong injuries by 2040.

Road safety is a shared responsibility, and we will work with our road safety partners, community, and stakeholders to achieve shared objectives. The split of responsibilities between different levels of government are shown below.

  • Frankston City Council

    • building and maintaining local roads
    • local bike and pedestrian networks

  • Victorian Government

    • building and managing freeways and arterial roads
    • building and maintaining public transport networks
    • provision of train and bus services
    • strategic bike networks

  • Australian Government

    • funding for national highway network
    • major transport projects
    • program funding for local government transport projects

How can you help to develop our road safety plan?

If you live, work or travel in the area regularly, we’re sure that you know some local road safety hot spots. We’ve already listened to many concerns raised during previous community engagement projects, and have used this to mark known hot spots on our map below. From 7 August to 15 September 2024, members of the community added pins to the map to share areas of concern.

With a comprehensive map, we can better prioritise and seek funding for our actions in our new Road Safety Strategy.