A non-motorised user's perspective on safety issues and world best non-motorised safety practices in the Netherlands.

"In 1995, 46% of all trips in the Netherlands were made by either walking or riding bicycles, the highest level of non-motorised travel in the entire OECD....From the limited Australian data available, the pedestrian road death rate per 100,000 km walked is five times higher than the death rate in the Netherlands...It is argued that there is a need to create a non-violent transport system by constraining the increase in motorisation with traffic demand management measures and creating car free city centres as well as promoting a low speed culture...There is a need for new innovations in road-user education and traffic law enforcement to improve the safety and convenience of non-motorised travellers. There is an urgent need for more safe road crossings, refuges and bicycle paths...New Australian Design Rules are needed for motor vehicles to reduce crash impact trauma and there is an urgent need to ban bullbars in urban areas."