Road safety has evolved significantly over the last 20 years. New road safety measures such as advanced green left turn signals, roundabouts, traffic calming and red light cameras are being implemented.

The reason for these changes is that Strathcona County has begun to employ the Safer System approach to our road network. This approach puts the individual’s safety first. It recognizes that people make mistakes. The roads and road network are designed with that in mind.

The Safer System concepts are internationally recognized as the best way to reduce death and injuries on the road network.

• It is integrated and proactive – it involves working with many stakeholders to address all elements of road safety.
• It is based on a belief that the responsibility for road safety is shared between road users, designers and regulators.
• It considers safe transport as the most important outcome of the road network.
• It considers death and serious injury to be unacceptable rather than inevitable outcomes of driver error.
• It measures the safety level of the system by whether crashes can lead to severe injury or not, not by the number of crashes