Publications

Use of truck-mounted attenuators (TMAs) improves responder and road user safety around incident sites. The Guidelines for the Use of Truck-Mounted Attenuators in Incident Response are intended to provide direction for practitioners where positive…

Incident response vehicles (IRVs) are used to attend incident sites to make the sites safer and provide recovery services to affected networks, vehicles and persons. They are tailor-made vehicles designed with specific considerations for the safety…

Guide to Road Design Part 6: Roadside Design, Safety and Barriers provides guidance on roadside design and in particular guidance on evaluating the risk of a roadside and the selection and use of road safety barrier systems. Roadsides have to…

Easy access to all parts of the Guide to Road Safety

Guide to Road Safety Part 6: Managing Road Safety Audits provides guidance on the procurement, management and conduct of road safety audits. It aims to inform practitioners new to road safety audit principles and concepts and encourage the conduct…

Guide to Temporary Traffic Management  Part 1: Introduction provides an introduction to the topic of Temporary Traffic Management and describes the structure to the 10 Parts of the Guide, the key principles of Temporary Traffic Management and the…

Guide to Temporary Traffic Management Part 9: Sample Layouts provides illustrative and educational sample layouts to support the other parts of AGTTM and to assist Traffic Management Designers in the interpretation of the various requirements of the…

Guide to Temporary Traffic Management Part 10: Supporting Guidance provides information on a range of topics to support the information contained within the other parts of this AGTTM. The information includes risk management processes, review,…

Guide to Temporary Traffic Management Part 4: Mobile Works has been prepared to assist with mobile worksites, in accordance with Austroads best practice. It provides general information about the context and components of designing temporary traffic…

Guide to Temporary Traffic Management Part 7: Traffic Controllers details contemporary traffic controller practices including information about training competencies, control instructions and devices. Watch the video below for an overview of Part 7.