Road Safety
- Publication no: AGRS01-21
- ISBN: 978-1-922382-59-7
- Published: 16 July 2021
- Edition: 1.0
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The Austroads' Guide to Road Safety has been developed to provide an overview of road safety and road safety practices in Australia and New Zealand. It consists of seven Parts.
Part 1 is an introduction to the Guide and The Safe System. It provides an overview of the structure of the Guide, its remaining seven parts and the interlinking and overlap between parts. It also describes Safe System, the guiding principles for road safety programs in Australia and New Zealand. The final section provides an overview of road agencies’ responsibilities for road safety, and how performance in meeting these responsibilities is managed and measured.
At the time of publication, the 2021-2030 National Road Safety Strategy has not yet been released. A future project will update this Guide so that it reflects the Strategy.
- 1. Introduction to the Guide to Road Safety
- 1.1 Purpose of the Guide
- 2. Safe System
- 2.1 What is a Safe System?
- 2.2 Pillars of the Safe System
- 2.2.1 Safe Roads
- 2.2.2 Safe Speed
- 2.2.3 Safe Vehicles
- 2.2.4 Safe People
- 2.3 The Transition to a Safe System
- 2.4 How are Things Different Under a Safe System?
- 2.5 The Safe System and National Road Safety Strategies
- 2.1 What is a Safe System?
- 3. Transport Agencies’ Responsibility for Road Safety, its Management and Measurement
- 3.1 Core Responsibility
- 3.2 Costs to the Community
- 3.3 Road Authority Duty of Care
- 3.4 Legal Liability Issues
- 3.5 Implementing the Safe System Approach
- 3.6 Measuring Road Safety
- 3.7 Progress in Road Safety
- 3.8 Evidence-based Approach
- References