Road Safety

This report identifies ways to strengthen a systems-based approach to pedestrian safety planning, intervention selection, design, evaluation, and monitoring of outcomes through guidance and methodologies. It is part of the Austroads project SAG6371 Keeping People Safe When Walking program, which aims to help chart a path to zero pedestrian serious trauma.

The report presents conclusions based on an extensive review of existing policies and guidelines, selected national and international research, as well as engagement with stakeholder groups.

This report identifies gaps in the current pedestrian safety literature and provides recommendations to address these areas.

The recommendations offer constructive steps towards a vision of seeing zero harm on our transport network and a more accessible, equitable space for our communities.

About the project:

Austroads' Keeping People Safe When Walking project envisions a road and street network that places pedestrian safety at its core—regardless of age, race, gender, socioeconomic background, or physical ability. The project supports both national and local efforts to achieve Vision Zero targets: a 50% reduction in pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries by 2030, and their complete elimination by 2050.

To realise this vision, the project draws on data-driven insights to better understand pedestrian trauma and inform impactful interventions across the Safe System.

This report is part of the Stream 2 of the project. Other outputs published as part of this project include:

1. Keeping People Safe when Walking – Stream 1: Pedestrian Safety Problem and Project Methodology
2. Keeping People Safe when Walking – Stream 1: Literature Review
3. Keeping People Safe when Walking – Stream 1: Pedestrian Data Improvement Recommendations
4. Keeping People Safe when Walking – Stream 1: Recommended Pedestrian Safety Interventions
5. Keeping People Safe When Walking – Stream 2: Economic Assessment of Safer Speeds 
6. Keeping People Safe When Walking – Stream 2: Understanding Inequity in Pedestrian Safety Outcomes
7. Keeping People Safe When Walking – Stream 2: Strengthening Key Practitioner Guidance and Methodologies [this report]

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