This evaluation covered 1599 black spot projects, 62% of the 2578 Australian Government funded black spot projects approved during the seven-year period 1996–97 to 2002–03 and completed. The national Black Spot Program is estimated to be reducing fatal and casualty crashes in total at treated sites by 30% and property damage only (PDO) crashes by 26%. This is Volume 3 of the Evaluation of the National Black Spot Program. It contains the following Consultants’ Reports: A Review of the Statistical Methodology Used in the National Black Spot Program Evaluation, Report by Data Analysis Australia Pty Ltd. (Henstridge J., Hill D. and Marchant R. 2006), Evaluation of the National Black Spot Program: Analysis Report, Report by Data Analysis Australia Pty Ltd. (DAA 2009), Investigation of Black Spot Treatments, Report by ARRB Group Ltd. (Turner, B., Styles, T, and Jurewicz, C. 2008), and Modelling of Traffic Impacts of Black Spot Treatments, Report by John Piper Traffic Pty Ltd. (John Piper Traffic 2008)
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