Our road safety research aims to mitigate crash risks and knowledge gaps.
Road Safety
Latest publications and webinars
- WEB-SAG6509-26
- 2 July 2026
- Webinars
Road safety auditors are currently managed individually by state and territory road agencies, leading to variability in training, accreditation, registration, and continuing professional development requirements. Austroads members are committed to…
- AGRS03-26
- 17 June 2026
- Guides
The Guide to Road Safety Part 3: Safe Speed Management explains how vehicle speed affects crash risk and injury severity. It introduces ‘safe speeds’ to describe the speed at which serious harm to road users is minimised.
- WEB-G112-26
- 25 May 2026
- Webinars
Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) is the discipline that focuses on understanding and optimising interactions between humans and system components to enhance performance, safety, health and wellbeing. Human Factors Integration (HFI) is the process…
Austroads' Road Safety Task Force and their projects.
An overview of the Guide to Road Safety which examines road crash costs and road agencies’ duty of care to provide safe travel.
The AusRAP program is intended to lead and assist jurisdictions and local government to maximise the road safety trauma reduction in their management of, and investment in, Australian roads.
This page offers comprehensive information on Austroads’ efforts to combat distracted driving. It provides an overview of the Driver Distraction Roadmap: Implementation Guide and other upcoming distracted-driver projects from Austroads.
This page provides an overview of the work Austroads is undertaking to develop educational recourses to help the community understand and fully utilise the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems.
This page provides an overview of Austroads’ efforts to improve pedestrian safety through the Keeping People Safe When Walking project, undertaken as part of the Road Safety and Design Program.
From early in the 2025/26 financial year, Austroads will manage the Victorian Road Safety Auditor Register, with the Department of Transport and Planning retaining responsibility for the accreditation program.
Road safety projects
Our schedule of projects continually evolves to meet our members' needs. Current projects include: