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We know that to create change, we need to work together. That’s why we started Parachute Vision Zero.
In Canada, Vision Zero road safety initiatives are emerging from coast to coast. This is a turning point for road safety in Canada and Parachute has responded to stakeholder needs to create Parachute Vision Zero, a network that brings key players together across sectors, shares current knowledge and best practices, draws attention and access to the importance of data and evidence, and provides access to valuable resources to build capacity. The resources here are for network members, and others, to use in their work.
To learn when new resources are added, and to connect to other road safety professionals in Canada, sign up to join the network. You’ll receive Word on the Street, our quarterly e-newsletter, and learn about new resources, opportunities and developments in the Vision Zero space.
Latest resources: October 2023
- Q&A: Attitudes and perceptions of traffic safety enforcement among police officers in Ontario
- Feature article: The crucial role of traffic enforcement in a safe systems approach to road safety
- Podcast episode: Change for Good Roads – The Global Perspective with Chika Sakashita, Research and Accountability Director for the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety
See more about these resources, and road traffic safety news, in our October issue of our Word on the Street newsletter. (To receive the newsletter directly, sign up to become a member of the Parachute Vision Zero network.)
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Resources
Road safety plans
A collection of national, provincial and municipal road safety plans that endorse a Safe Systems approach and aim toward zero injuries and fatalities.
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Canada’s Road Safety Strategy 2025
Road Safety Strategy 2025 is Canada’s fourth national road safety strategy that provides a flexible approach to allow for jurisdictions to implement road safety programs that meet their own needs.
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Region of Peel Vision Zero Road Safety Strategic Plan 2018-2022
The Region of Peel developed a Road Safety Strategic Plan to address the approximate 1000 annual roadway collisions on Regional roads that result in injury or death. The plan aims to address a number of priorities outlined in the Region of Peel’s 2015-2035 Strategic Plan by promoting healthy and age-friendly built environments and building a community that promotes safe mobility, walkability, healthy living and various modes of transportation.
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Toronto’s Vision Zero Road Safety Plan 2.0
The City of Toronto introduced their Vision Zero Road Safety Plan (2017-2021) in 2016, after two years of development with around 12 partner agencies and approval from Toronto City Council. In 2019, Toronto City Council approved Vision Zero 2.0, which represents a renewed commitment to the Vision Zero approach and an updated focus on efforts to achieve road safety goals.
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London, Ontario Road Safety
This website describes London’s Vision Zero commitments.
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Edmonton Safe Mobility Strategy 2021-2025
This planning paper summarizes existing strategies, policies, plans, bylaws, and other documentation that relate to traffic safety in Edmonton and the Safe Mobility Strategy.
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Calgary Safety Mobility Plan 2019-2023
Calgary’s Road Safety Programs information page includes a link to download the Calgary Safer Mobility Plan, 2019 – 2023.
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B.C. Road Safety Strategy 2025
This framework outlines the tools, initiatives, awareness campaigns and enforcement programs that are creating a road safety network in B.C.
Adopting Vision Zero
These resources will help you guide the implementation of road safety initiatives focusing on road users, road infrastructure and vehicles for those who are thinking about adopting Vision Zero.
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Making a Vision Zero commitment in Canada (2020)
This paper, developed with generous support from Desjardins, provides national thought leadership on a practical implementation of Vision Zero in Canada. It briefly summarizes the roots of Vision Zero and the current status of Vision Zero across Canada. It also provides a high-level review of Vision Zero and road safety frameworks from Canada and internationally. By using an injury-prevention approach based in public health theory, the paper provides information not only on Vision-Zero-specific implementation but will also address the contextual factors that impact these efforts, such as community readiness. Tools created by Parachute and links to other tools supplement the paper by providing useful resources that address the needs of stakeholders at all stages of their Vision Zero commitment.
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Making a Vision Zero Commitment in Canada presentation template
Parachute has developed a customizable Powerpoint presentation for local champions to use with senior policy makers to move Vision Zero forward, whether they are in the pre-adoption or adoption stage.
The presentation includes:
- Background of Vision Zero and its importance
- Tools for implementation
- The stages of becoming a successful Vision Zero jurisdiction
4.49 MB PowerPoint
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Indicators of a Vision Zero community
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Becoming a Vision Zero community
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Vision Zero: A toolkit for road safety in the modern era (2017)
This article considers the applicability of Vision Zero to real-world traffic-infrastructure is looked at to show the toolkits available for policymakers to increase road safety in a local context.
Applications of these principles to real-world traffic infrastructure are explored in order to show policymakers the toolkits available to increase road safety while taking into consideration local contexts. -
9 Components of a Strong Vision Zero Commitment
This document lays out the essential elements that must be present for a community to take an effective Vision Zero approach.
Making a Vision Zero plan
These tools and resources will help you implement road safety initiatives focusing on road users, road infrastructure and vehicle for those in the process of making a Vision Zero plan.
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Core Elements for Vision Zero Communities (2018)
This resource was designed to help communities set out their Vision Zero priorities, create meaningful results related to road safety, and compare their progress to best practices. The resource encourages leaders to focus on the most effective actions and will help to hold them accountable to the commitment made to Vision Zero.
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Sustainable and Safe: A Vision and Guidance for Zero Road Deaths (2018)
This report presents evidence on the impact of the Safe Systems approach on road safety. It helps guide the development of a strategy and action plan to reduce death and serious injury on roadways, as well as reach sustainability goals.
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Vision, Strategies, Action: Guidelines for an Effective Vision Zero Action Plan (2017)
The guidelines included in this document lay out key principles and aim to help communities move from the planning stage into the implementation of road safety priorities.
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Vision Zero: Principles and checklist for effective adoption (2015)
Based on an environmental scan, this document outlines principles of Vision Zero and provides a comprehensive checklist that municipalities can use when implementing their own Vision Zero plan.
Evaluating a Vision Zero plan
If you already have implemented a Vision Zero plan, these tools provide a framework to evaluate your progress.
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Complete Streets Evaluation tool (2015)
The Complete Streets Evaluation Tool is comprised of 21 performance indicators that are aimed at helping municipalities assess the effectiveness of their Complete Streets projects. The indicators are organized within four broad goals: (1) active transportation, (2) level of safety, (3) level of service, (4) surrounding environment.
International resources
Read about Vision Zero in countries beyond Canada.
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Australia’s Safe System approach
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The Netherland’s SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research
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Safer Journeys New Zealand
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Sweden’s Vision Zero initiative
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The U.S. Vision Zero Network
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The Vision Zero Handbook
This 1,200-page comprehensive book, released in late 2022, looks at the theory, technology and management for a zero casualty policy. Parachute wrote a chapter on Vision Zero in Canada, pages 507 to 552.
25.44 MB PDF
Parachute produced reports
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Change for Good Roads – An intersectoral approach to urban road safety (2022)
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Change the language, change perceptions: how we talk about road collisions (2021)
For many years, road safety advocates have argued it’s inaccurate to use the word “accident”to describe road collisions because that implies nothing could be done to prevent them. Thanks to advocacy by Parachute, the Canadian Press now has made this change to its Caps and Spelling style manual. Under the word “accident”it now reads: “avoid in reference to motor vehicles; prefer crash or collision.” A change in Canadian Press style means an enforceable change in language used in news coverage across the country.
Read the report detailing how we achieved this policy change and our plans for future advocacy.
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Factors that impact driving behaviour in young drivers and promising practices for young driver engagement (2022)
This report summarizes findings from a literature review and environmental scan on: factors that impact driving behaviour in young people; youth engagement and partnership strategies in health promotion and injury prevention programming; and tools and platforms used to engage young people in health promotion and injury prevention programming.
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Media
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Child Active-Transportation Safety and the Environment
Transportation Talk — May 1, 2023
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Safety group calling for limit on how fast cars can travel as road deaths rise
CTV News Toronto — December 31, 2021
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The limit’s 100 km/h. So why should any new car let you go twice that?
Toronto Star — December 29, 2021
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Most Canadians don’t support reducing speed limits, even if it would improve road safety: survey
www.insauga.com — May 28, 2021
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News release
Nearly all Canadians want safer roads, but fewer are willing to embrace proven measures to make that happen
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Road traffic injury during the #COVID19 pandemic: Cured or a continued threat?
University of Toronto Journal of Public Health — January 4, 2021
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News release
Learn how Canadian jurisdictions can make their Vision Zero commitment
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CEO Pamela Fuselli interviewed at the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in Stockholm
Ottawa Citizen — February 21, 2020
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Comment rendre les intersections plus sécuritaires pour les piétons? (How to make the intersections safer for pedestrians?)
Radio-Canada — January 24, 2020
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Interim CEO Pamela Fuselli on Vision Zero: Would it work in Ottawa?
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Parachute VP Pamela Fuselli on “The Road to Vision Zero”
TVO The Agenda with Steve Paikin — March 6, 2018
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TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin panel discussion on distracted driving
TVO — September 27, 2016