Springwood father, Peter Frazer, who is a former Blue Mountains Citizen of the Year, thanked council last week for their support making Mountains roads safer.
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The father of 23-year-old Sarah Frazer, who died in an avoidable road crash in 2012, has campaigned tirelessly to improve road safety in this country and overseas ever since.
Congratulating the council and the Blue Mountains community for helping to make Safer Australian Roads and Highways (SARAH) a national road safety organisation, he handed over certificates, thanking both for their support.
"SARAH wouldn't be able to achieve what we have to date if not for the support of those assembled here," Mr Frazer told the council meeting last Tuesday, November 11.
The safety group's work was highlighted during their signature event -Yellow Ribbon National Road Safety Week - now backed by all Australian governments and also during last Sunday's United Nations Commemoration Day for road traffic victims. Some 1200 Australians are killed and 30,000 are seriously injured each year.
Mayor Greenhill said both Peter and his wife Judy were "truly inspirational people".
"They have taken such a deep, personal loss and from it created an organisation that has saved more lives than we will ever know. This whole community is proud of the Frazer family and of SARAH."
Mr Frazer said he was heartened by the community efforts.
"Six months after the 2014 Road Safety Week, I remain moved every time I see a yellow ribbon flying from a car aerial, or a yellow ribbon sticker on the back of a vehicle. People are out there showing that they want to protect one another.
"Having lived here for almost 30 years, I know how privileged my family is to live in a community that doesn't merely support one another, but stands in solidarity with one another. "