Publications

This report presents a proposed methodology to guide the development of new rest areas and upgrading of existing rest areas. It aims to assist road authorities identify needs for rest areas for heavy vehicles focussing on capacity and spacing…

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…

In 2009, the Indigenous Road Safety Working Group received support from Austroads to fund a demonstration project – a Safe System audit of an Indigenous community in Australia. The George Institute for Global Health (under the previous title of The…

In 2009, the Indigenous Road Safety Working Group received support from Austroads to fund a demonstration project – a Safe System audit of an Indigenous community in Australia. The George Institute for Global Health (under the previous title of The…

The purpose of the study is to recommend an ongoing Austroads research programme that is focussed on the impacts of the increasing volume of light commercial vehicles (LCVs) and rigid trucks (Rigids) on the urban traffic network in terms of their…

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…

Parking for heavy vehicles is emerging as a significant issue in regards to heavy vehicle driver fatigue management. Parking facilities suitable for heavy vehicles are currently not available across the national network in enough locations to meet…

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,…

Road safety in rural and remote areas of Australia and New Zealand continues to be a major area of concern. Analysis of crash data also shows that a substantial proportion of crashes in these areas involve heavy vehicles. On average there have been…