Translating Theory to Practice: The Safe System Approach

Road trauma represents an enduring global health crisis. Over the course of the last twenty years, governments have sought to address the challenge of death and serious injury by employing a system-based approach known as Safe System. While the approach suggests a radical rethink of how to limit and stop trauma, less is known about how it is intended to be utilised. The thesis sought to explore this issue from a Victorian standpoint, by examining the conceptual origins of the approach, how policy-makers have integrated it within public policy and finally, perceptions and implementation undertaken by practitioners.