Scope
This wide-ranging inquiry considered matters including road safety research and education, traffic management, accident statistics, drink driving, driver training, speed limits, pedestrian safety, vehicle roadworthiness, young drivers, vehicle design, road conditions, road safety in country areas and the operation of Road Safety Councils.
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![Members of the Select Committee on Road Safety hearing evidence from a witness at a public hearing in the boardroom of Safety House, headquarters and instructional centre of the National Safety Council of Western Australia, Mount Lawley, WA, 12 February 1960. Clockwise around table from top: Senator Kenneth Anderson [Chair], W. O’Brien [Research Officer], Senators Jim Sheehan, Justin O’Byrne, Harrie Wade and Arnold Drury, witness R.G. Clark [Executive Director, National Safety Council of WA], a Hansard reporter, Senators Frank McManus, Malcolm Scott and Neil O’Sullivan, and Alan Cumming Thom [Secretary].](/assets/committees/body-images/c135/c135-road-safety-select-committee-hearings-12-february-1960-j2.jpg)
Members of the Select Committee on Road Safety hearing evidence from a witness at a public hearing in the boardroom of Safety House, headquarters and instructional centre of the National Safety Council of Western Australia, Mount Lawley, WA, 12 February 1960. Clockwise around table from top: Senator Kenneth Anderson [Chair], W. O’Brien [Research Officer], Senators Jim Sheehan, Justin O’Byrne, Harrie Wade and Arnold Drury, witness R.G. Clark [Executive Director, National Safety Council of WA], a Hansard reporter, Senators Frank McManus, Malcolm Scott and Neil O’Sullivan, and Alan Cumming Thom [Secretary].
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Kenneth Anderson, committee chair, Interview with Mel Pratt, 1977, National Library of Australia, TRC 121/90, session 3, 00:01:58-00:07:00. Full interview available at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-214924634/listen |
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Malcolm Scott, committee member, Interview with John Ferrell, 1986, National Library of Australia, TRC 4900/76, session 17, 00:10:12-00:14:14. Full interview available at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-217974476/listen |
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Committee timeline - Select Committee on Road Safety |