Wednesday, 13 September 2023
Austroads has published a new report outlining road and transport safety interventions that can reduce fatal and serious injury crashes in regional and remote areas. The fatality rate for regional and remote areas is almost five times greater than the rate for major cities, and the prioritisation of effective road safety interventions for these areas is vital.
Practical Approaches for Managing Regional Road Safety Priorities provides valuable insight into recommendations for regional road safety. The report includes a literature review and a series of factsheets detailing intervention summaries, effectiveness, target behaviour and/or road user, application tips, implementation considerations, and other informative information. It also includes a prioritisation framework and evaluation framework to assist with prioritising and evaluating interventions based on their effectiveness.
“While only a third of Australians live in remote or regional areas, two thirds of fatal crashes occur in these areas. This means that Australian road users living in these areas are at a far greater risk for road trauma than those who live in our major cities,” said Michael Nieuwesteeg, Road Safety and Design Program Manager at Austroads.
“Selecting and continually evaluating interventions to best serve individual region’s road safety priorities is not a ‘one size fits all’ approach. This report acknowledges the importance of continual review and evaluation of road safety interventions, including the use of multiple interventions when needed,” said Michael.
“Practical Approaches for Managing Regional Road Safety Priorities provides organisations with the tools to guide their selection of appropriate road and transport safety interventions to reduce fatal and serious injury crashes outside major cities.”
Download Practical Approaches for Managing Regional Road Safety Priorities
Join us for a webinar on Wednesday 13 September 2023 at 1 pm AEDT with Dr Tana Tan, Dr Lisa Wundersitz and Dr Chris Stokes. The webinar will provide a background to and overview of the project; highlights from the literature review; an overview of the factsheets and how they have been structured; a summary of the prioritisation framework and its application; and a summary of the evaluation framework and its application.
No charge but registration is essential.
Can’t make the live session? Register and we’ll send you a link to the recording.