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Safety
Objective
To assist road and transport agencies in their efforts to improve road safety.
Austroads has recognised the importance of maintaining a minimum level of technical research capacity within Australia, across key research areas, so it can be available to meet future requirements of road agencies. Austroads has therefore committed to support research by ARRB Group in four identified areas to retain relevant expertise, both through the retention of existing skilled staff and the recruitment of new staff to develop appropriate skills.
The four identified areas are:
- bituminous surfacings
- pavement structures
- asset management
- engineering safety.
Key themes
Safe system – framework for action
Key elements of safe system:
Task force and review panel
The role of the safety task force is to develop and deliver a program of research that will assist road and transport agencies in their efforts to improve road safety, and as a review panel to develop the Austroads Guide to Road Safety. The task force also engages with the national road safety strategy panel.
Contact details
Program Manager:
Phil Allan
Executive Director, Safety and Regulation Division
Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure South Australia
Program Support:
Jerome Claessen
Austroads Program Assistant
Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure South Australia
PO Box 1
Walkerville SA 5081
Phone: +61 8 8204 8824
Fax: +61 8 8204 8835
Email: jerome.claessen@saugov.sa.gov.au
Approved Projects in 2007/08
| Number |
Title |
| SP1029 |
Updating Australasian Road Safety Handbook |
| SP1051 |
Development of Safety Publications Series |
| SP1393 |
Guide to Road Safety – Parts 4, 6 and 8 |
| SS1024 |
Balance between Harm Reduction and Mobility in Setting Speed Limits: Stage 2 |
| SS1025 |
Safer Vehicle Purchases: Developing Cost/benefit Estimates for Fleet Managers and Others |
| SS1026 |
Review of Safety Practices used by Commercial Vehicle Purchasers |
| SS1028 |
A Road Safety Engineering Toolkit |
| SS1057 |
Analysis of the Safety Benefits of Heavy Vehicles Accreditation Schemes |
| SS1144 |
Older Driver Model Assessment Program, Phase 3 (Implementation and evaluation of improved screening procedures for assessing older driver's performance levels) |
| SS1187 |
Balance Between Harm Reduction and Mobility in Setting Speed Limits - Stage 3 |
| SS1188 |
Older Driver Model Assessment Program - Phase 4 |
| SS1189 |
Australasian Road Safety Handbook: Vol. 5 |
| SS1190 |
The Crash and Offence Experience of Newly Licensed Young Drivers Over Time Related to Characteristics of Those Drivers |
| SS1195 |
Road Safety Audit Toolkit - further development |
| SS1196 |
Road Safety Audit Toolkit – site maintenance |
| SS1383 |
Consideration of Component Costs in Transport Projects to Ensure the Appropriate Valuing of Safety Effects |
| SS1384 |
Traffic Management and Infrastructure: Lessons from In-depth Crash Investigation |
| ST1141 |
Development of Performance Measures that Reflect the Contribution of Road Engineering to Road Safety |
| SS1386 |
Content and Benefits of Effective Supervised Driving Programs |
| SS1388 |
Reducing Trauma Associated with Non-wearing of Seatbelts in Australia: Where to Next? |
| SS1389 |
Development of Best Practice Model for Recidivist Speeding Offenders |
| ST1143 |
Safety Benefits of Improving the Interaction Between Heavy Vehicles and the Roads System |
| ST1193 |
Road Safety in Rural and Remote Areas - HV Safety |
| ST1194 |
Road Safety Risk Assessment Stage 5 |
| ST1208 |
Future Strategic Road Safety Engineering Research |
| ST1331 |
Audit of Rest Areas Against National Guidelines (COAG) |
| ST1343 |
Road Safety Risk Assessment – Stage 6 |
| ST1344 |
Evaluation of the Safety Impact of Centre-of-the-road Wire Rope Barrier on Undivided Rural Roads |
| ST1346 |
Review of ITS and VMS for Safety Including Rural and Remote Areas |
| ST1347 |
Scoping Study to Assess Road Safety Engineering Measures to Address Fatigue |
| ST1392 |
Impact on Speed and Safety Benefits of LATM Treatments |
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