Like many countries from around the world, Canada has been making increasing efforts to establish the Canadian road network as one of the safest in the world. Through various nationwide plans and strategies, Canada aims to reduce the number of fatal and non-fatal collisions that occur on our roads. This report outlines progress that has been made on Canada’s Road Safety Vision 2010 (RSV 2010) and also what it hopes to achieve through the successor plan, Road Safety Strategy 2015 (RSS 2015). With a new strategy in place, the main focus will continue to be to achieve the safest roads in the world, but the approach in which we hope to attain this goal changes to some degree. Through research, evaluations and lessons learned from previous plans and strategies, new road safety policies, strategies, and action plans are in the process of being developed to best suit Canadian roads. Although the RSS 2015 has similar goals to RSV 2010, there are many aspects that have changed. RSS 2015 has been designed in a way that allows for the development of individual jurisdictional plans to meet their specific environments. Creation of the newly developed successor plan allows for the inclusion of recent best practices and technologies. Some good examples are the replacement of 4-legged intersections with roundabouts, promotion of road safety week, the systematic installation of rumble strips, and the implementation of traffic calming devices. These initiatives, among others will help road safety authorities to achieve Canada`s vision of having “the safest roads in the world”.
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