Motorcycle Safety Levy
In May 2002, the Victorian Government announced that a Motorcycle Safety Levy would be introduced.
The funds from this Levy go directly to initiatives to improve the safety of riders.
To the end of June 2011, approximately $43 million raised from the Levy has been committed to motorcycle safety projects. These projects include on-road and non-road related projects.
Four priority areas are the focus of levy funding:
- education and training
- engineering and technology
- enforcement
- enhanced data collection and analysis.
The projects funded from the Levy are over and above the annual motorcycle safety programs conducted by the TAC, VicRoads and Victoria Police. These on-going programs continue in order to achieve the aims of Victoria's Road Safety and Transport Strategic Action Plan for Powered Two Wheelers 2009-2013.
One of the most important initiatives funded by the Levy to date has been road improvements at over 148 blackspot locations, where multiple motorcycle crashes have occurred or on routes where motorcyclists are most at risk. The improvements are specifically developed by engineers and expert riders to address the types of crashes riders have experienced at these locations.
An analysis undertaken of 85 blackspot locations treated under the Levy has shown a 24 per cent reduction in motorcycle injury crashes at those locations.
Click on a region of the map to see a list of on-road projects funded by the levy as at December 2009.
