Publications

Road crash fatality rates continue to be unacceptably higher in regional and remote areas than major cities. This report provides a comprehensive investigation of the causes of road crashes in regional and remote Australia and gives strategic…

This webinar, presented on 4 April 2019, gives an overview of an Austroads pilot project to improve the measurement and reporting of serious injury crashes.

This report documents an Austroads pilot project (Stage 1) to improve the measurement and reporting of serious injury crashes by matching crash and hospital data. The aim was to provide a proof of concept for a national approach to supply routine…

Work health and safety legislation in Australia and New Zealand defines vehicles as a workplace. Vehicle use in road traffic is by far the most significant contributor to work-related traumatic injury.

If we knew the work that goes into the planning and pre-construction activities of a new bridge project

This publication reports the literature review and statistical analysis stages of a project to investigate the relationship between disadvantage and road casualties.

Pedestrians account for around 14% of Australian road deaths annually. International research suggests that pedestrian distraction from smart phones may lead to greater risk of trauma. Ownership of smart phones in Australia is high, suggesting this…

This project investigated the feasibility and cost of moving towards a truly Safe System infrastructure. The key feature of such an infrastructure is that it be designed to preserve safety in the face of driver fallibility.

The Guide to Project Delivery consists of five parts. Part 1 explains the context of project delivery in relation to the asset management functions and strategic planning process and its role and importance within the overall project management…

Guide to Project Delivery consists of five parts. Part 4 outlines appropriate standards of practice and procedures for the delivery of works by direct management. It assumes that the agency has committed to undertake works using a direct managed…