Gordon Walgrave Trinca (born January 7, 1921) was a surgeon and road safety crusader. He was chairman of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons' influential road trauma committee from 1975 to 1993, and played a key role in gaining the support of politicians and decision-makers to implement measures to reduce the road toll. As a direct result of campaigning by Trinca, Victoria led the world with the introduction of random breath testing, 0.5 laws and seatbelt legislation. Early life and career Born in Melbourne, Australia to Alfred and Adela (née Collier), he was educated at Melbourne Grammar School, where he was school captain. Family and personal life Trinca died of heart failure at his home in Toorak at age 88. Over 200 people attended his funeral service. Humanitarian work Trinca's deep-rooted concern for humanity was not restricted to road safety. He believed in youth welfare, which underscored his involvement from 1939 with the Lord Somers Camp and Power House organisation. First involved as a youth, he became medical officer, then group leader, deputy camp chief and from 1976 to 1982 headed the organisation as camp chief. Legacy Trinca was influential in promoting injury prevention, and care for trauma patients. The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons' Gordon Trinca Medal The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons' Gordon Trinca Medal is an award that recognises and promotes contributions to trauma care with particular emphasis on trauma education and teaching. The Trinca Family The editorial committee of Chiron, the Journal of the University of Melbourne Medical Society, explored the ancestry of medical 'dynasties' among other medical graduates, finding that there are two families (Gault and James) with four generations of graduates, covering nearly a century of the faculty's 125 years existence, and six families with three generations (Cordner, Hurley, Smith, Syme, Trinca and Zwar). References