Road Safety
Webinar: Road Risk Assessment, Case Studies and Engagement Guidance for Speed Management
- Publication no: WEB-R587-19
- Published: 26 March 2019
This webinar, presented on 26 March 2019, provides an overview of Infrastructure Risk Rating - a simple road assessment methodology designed to assess road safety risk at a network level, primarily as an input to the speed limit setting process.
It covers:
- case studies demonstrating speed management interventions that were successfully applied in Australia and New Zealand
- good practice guidance for engagement and consultation to effectively implement speed management interventions
- the Infrastructure Risk Rating Tool which allows Infrastructure Risk Rating to be calculated for a road segment by selecting key road and roadside attributes
- recommendations towards the implementation of the findings of the project.
The webinar was presented by Haris Zia and Dale Harris.
The presentation slides can be downloaded from the supporting documents tab after logging in.
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