Road Safety
- Publication no: AGRS05-24
- ISBN: 978-1-922994-33-2
- Published: 1 July 2024
- Edition: 1.1
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Austroads' Guide to Road Safety has been developed to provide an overview of road safety and road safety practices in Australia and New Zealand.
Guide to Road Safety Part 5: Safe Vehicles considers the vehicle factors and features that impact safety outcomes on the road network. It covers information relating to the Safer Vehicles element of the Safe System.
This part of the Guide covers information relating to the Safer Vehicles element of the Safe System.
This guide is intended for road safety practitioners, vehicle manufacturers, as well as organisations with vehicle fleets under their management. The information presented in this guide may also prove useful to individual vehicle owners regarding different safety aspects of vehicles. This guide is produced to cater to a wide audience by providing discussion on subject topics that may be implemented or incorporated beneficially to a variety of activities.
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Purpose of the Guide
- 2. Types of Vehicles
- 2.1 Light vehicles
- 2.2 Heavy vehicles
- 2.3 Motorcycles, mopeds and motor scooters
- 2.4 Trailers
- 2.5 Fleet vehicles
- 2.6 Autonomous vehicles
- 2.7 Motorised mobility vehicles
- 3. Safer Vehicle Factors
- 3.1 Vehicle age and safety
- 3.2 Manoeuvrability
- 3.3 Visibility
- 3.4 Cornering
- 3.5 Braking
- 3.6 Vehicle safety features
- 3.7 Vehicle safety rating systems
- 3.8 Fleet purchasing policies
- 3.9 Promoting safer vehicles in regional and remote areas
- 4. Vehicle Safety Features
- 4.1 Electronic stability control
- 4.2 Adaptive cruise control
- 4.3 Intelligent speed adaptation/assist
- 4.4 Autonomous emergency braking
- 4.5 Lane departure warning/lane keeping
- 4.6 Driver monitoring systems
- 4.7 Automatic crash notification systems
- 4.8 Readiness of roads and infrastructure for ADAS
- 5. Autonomous Vehicles
- 6. Safer Vehicles and Vulnerable Road Users
- References