Publications

This report reviews the National Heavy Vehicle Driver Competency Framework and its adoption or otherwise by states and territories.

Austroads technical research project ST1863, examined whether a technical solution is available that can identify heavy vehicles, their speed and configuration, and provide appropriate early warning of unsafe operation on descents. The project was…

Heavy vehicle freight transport in Australia is expected to double by 2020, as compared to 2000 levels. In New Zealand, similar growth in heavy vehicle transport is anticipated. The greatest impact from this growth will occur around urban areas…

This report presents the performance-based specification for an electronic work diary and heavy vehicle speed monitoring as directed by the Australian Transport Council (ATC) at its November 2008 meeting. The ATC directed the immediate development…

This report measures for managing safety of heavy vehicles at passive and active railway level crossings aims to identify and develop measures to manage the risks associated with the passage of restricted access vehicles (RAV) and multi-combination…

Austroads commissioned ARRB Group (ARRB) to conduct a project, the main objective of which was to improve knowledge and understanding of heavy vehicle brake safety on Environment 3 roads (E3 gazetted long steep and very steep) in Queensland. This…

Passive control railway level crossings within the road network pose a significant safety issue, both for trains and multi-combination vehicles (MCVs) and restricted access vehicles (RAVs0. In order to have provision for the larger MCVs and RAVs,…

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the safety benefits of heavy vehicle accreditation. Accreditation is a formal process for recognising operators who have good safety and other management systems in place. Those management systems…

This project had its origins in an earlier project which showed that crash rates increased at extremes of horizontal and vertical geometry, and were lowest with narrow sealed shoulders. This paper reports an investigation based on the original…

The purpose of this project was to assess the productivity benefits achieved by companies as a result of improving the safety of their operations, particularly in relation to safer driving. The objectives were therefore to identify safety programs…