Road Safety
- Publication no: AP-R730-25
- ISBN: 978-1-922994-64-6
- Published: 21 March 2025
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This report analyses pedestrian safety in Australia and New Zealand, outlining a systems-based approach with 22 Road and Road Safety Management and 32 Safe System interventions. It examines pedestrian safety in urban and rural contexts, highlighting the integrated role of speed, technology, infrastructure, and public engagement, and the necessity of wider road and road safety management for pedestrian safety initiatives.
The report defines government responsibilities and provides 5 key recommendations to improve pedestrian safety and reduce fatalities and serious injuries.
This is the final of the 4 reports produced as part of Austroads’ Keeping People Safe When Walking – Stream 1 project. The other 3 reports include:
- Keeping People Safe when Walking – Stream 1: Pedestrian Safety Problem and Project Methodology
- Keeping People Safe when Walking – Stream 1: Literature Review
- Keeping People Safe when Walking – Stream 1: Pedestrian Data Improvement Recommendations
Join us for a webinar on Thursday 17 April presented by Dr Hafez Alavi, Dr Shane Turner and Lewis Martin to learn more about this project.
There will be question and answer opportunities during the session. No charge but registration is essential. Can’t make the live session? Register and we’ll send you a link to the recording.
- Summary
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Purpose
- 1.2 Scope
- 1.3 Methodology
- 1.3.1 Pedestrian Safe System model and fundamental pedestrian safety intervention categories
- 2. Effective Safe System Pedestrian Safety Interventions: Findings of In-Depth Trauma Modelling and Vision Zero Modelling
- 2.1 In-depth trauma modelling
- 2.2 Vision Zero modelling
- 2.2.1 Key findings on Safe System pillars and interventions for reducing pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries in Australia and New Zealand
- 2.3 Findings synthesis: effective Safe System pedestrian safety interventions
- 3. Effective Road and Road Safety Management Pedestrian Safety Interventions: Findings of Literature Review and Stakeholder Engagement Activities
- 3.1 Literature review findings
- 3.2 Focus groups
- 3.3 Online survey
- 3.4 In-depth interviews
- 3.5 Austroads members workshop
- 3.6 Summary of findings: Effective road and road safety management pedestrian safety interventions
- 4. A Systems-Based Approach to Pedestrian Safety Intervention Development
- 4.1 Introduction to systems-based approach in pedestrian safety
- 4.2 Analysis of current pedestrian safety practices
- 4.3 Implementing a systems-based approach: Strategies and frameworks
- 4.4 Pedestrian exposure and risk modelling
- 4.5 Achieving safety and universal design: A practical guide
- 4.5.1 Analysis of systemic, area, and site-specific treatments
- 4.6 Synthesis
- 5. Collated Pedestrian Safety Interventions
- 5.1 Effective Safe System interventions
- 5.2 Effective road and road safety management interventions collation
- 5.3 Applicability of collated interventions to federal, state and local governments
- 5.3.1 Federal government
- 5.3.2 State government
- 5.3.3 Local government
- 6. Recommendations and Conclusions
- 6.1 Recommendations for a systems-based approach to the development of pedestrian safety interventions
- 6.2 Recommendations to adopt road and road safety management, and Safe System interventions for pedestrian safety
- 6.3 Conclusions
- References
- Appendix A Safe Road User and Post-Crash Interventions
- A.1 Safe road user
- A.1.1 Laws and enforcement
- A.1.2 Campaigns
- A.1.3 Driver training and licensing
- A.1.4 Drink driving
- A.1.5 Drink driving campaigns
- A.1.6 Distractions
- A.1.7 Fatigue
- A.2 Post crash care
- A.1 Safe road user
- Appendix B Pedestrian Safety Interventions and Effectiveness