Drivers Urged to Slow Down on Brungle Road

Published on 28 February 2018

Council and the Police are urging motorists to slow down when driving on the Brungle Road.

Council’s Road Safety Officer Anthony Webb said motorists were more frequently taking Brungle Road to avoid the traffic hazards from a number of road work projects underway on the Gocup road.

“While taking Brungle road seems like the ideal way to avoid road works there’s not much room for error on some of the corners so drivers really need to take care and take it slow,” Mr Webb said.

While country residents make up only one-third of the NSW population, two-thirds of all fatalities occur on country roads.

Mr Webb said Transport for NSW research found that country drivers often resist the notion that the way they drive puts themselves or others at risk.

“There is also a tendency for complacency, over confidence and lower perception of risk when driving on familiar roads,” Mr Webb said.

According to the Roads and Maritime Services crash data, from June 2014 to June 2017 there have been eight crashes recorded on the Brungle Road within the Snowy Valleys Council area.

Five of the crashes were recorded within 1km to 1.3km of the Wee Jasper Road intersection.

“Driving either in excess of the posted speed limit (speeding) or driving too fast for the road conditions were the major reasons for the crashes,” Mr Webb said.

In an effort to reduce the risk of crashes on the stretch of road near the Wee Jasper Road intersection, Council recently introduced line marking and chevron marker signage to improve delineation of the curve, and Police are currently targeting speeding in the area.

Mr Webb said the majority of the crashes were run-off-the-road types and one had been a head on collision.

“Fourteen people have been injured on the Brungle Road over the last three years, and that’s fourteen too many,” Mr Webb said.

For more information please contact Council’s Road Safety Officer Anthony Webb on 6941 2325 or [email protected]