2020 Vision Zero: To share or not to share the way

In November 2012, the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons facilitated the symposium and workshop 2020 Vision Zero: to share or not to share the way which attracted a wide range of participants and experts in road safety. The workshop reviewed, discussed and evaluated ideas to eliminate death and injury as a result of interactions between various road users - pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, cars and trucks. Speakers included international road safety experts such as Professor Fred Wegman from the Netherlands, politicians, researchers, traffic engineers and representatives of road user groups. At the end of the day, participants agreed to the following resolutions that it is hoped will assist our governments to set some road safety priorities. These resolutions complement the RACS position statements on these matters.