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Austroads Test Methods and Specifications
This document provides a hyperlinked list of the Austroads Test Methods and Specifications.
Assessing Fitness to Drive: Implementation Strategy 2022
This report describes the proposed Strategy for implementation of Assessing Fitness to Drive for consideration by the Austroads Board. It has been developed based on the Implementation Framework endorsed by the Austroads Board in 2021, together with…
Assessing fitness to drive for commercial and private vehicle drivers
Driving a motor vehicle is a complex task involving perception, appropriate judgement, adequate response time and appropriate physical capability. A range of medical conditions, disabilities and treatments may influence these driving prerequisites.…
Surface Deviation Using a Straightedge
This method describes the procedure for obtaining a measure of the evenness of a pavement surface as determined by the deviation from a three metre straightedge. It is applicable only to the measurement of depressions in the pavement surface and to…
Webinar: An Australian Drink Driving Policy and Regulatory Framework
This webinar, delivered on 9 April 2020, examines alcohol related road trauma and reports on the differing legislation, penalty and enforcement policies and practices in place across Australian jurisdictions. It recommends improvements in policy and…
Effectiveness of Drink Driving Countermeasures: National Policy Framework
This report provides an Australian policy and regulatory framework to encourage effective reforms to reduce and prevent drink driving and riding. The key recommendations to reduce drink driving across Australia include: extending 
Pavement Crack Measurement with an Automated Crack Detection System
This test method defines the procedure for locating and identifying surface cracks in a road pavement using an automated crack detection system.
Pavement Data Collection with a Traffic Speed Deflectometer (TSD) Device
This test method defines the procedure for measuring the deflection velocity of road pavements using a traffic speed deflectometer (TSD) device.
Specification for Pavement Crack Measurement with an Automatic Crack Detection System
This specification provides minimum equipment, calibration, validation and survey method requirements for the conduct of network level automatic crack detection.
Specification for Pavement Deflection Measurement with a Traffic Speed Deflectometer (TSD) Device
This specification provides minimum equipment, calibration, validation and survey method requirements for the conduct of network level pavement deflection testing using a traffic speed deflectometer (TSD).