Publications

Austroads extended vehicle classification scheme builds on the influential 1994 scheme. The extended scheme provides greater granularity across the 12 classes in the 1994 scheme. It also provides a new classes for: active transport to address the…

Easy access to all parts of the Guide to Road Safety

The Guide to Road Safety Part 3: Safe Speed provides an overview of speed limits and their application as a speed management tool.

Guide to Road Safety Part 4: Safe People considers the human factors and behavioural considerations that impact safety outcomes on the road network.

Guide to Road Safety Part 5: Safe Vehicles considers the vehicle factors and features that impact safety outcomes on the road network.

Guide to Road Safety Part 1 is an introduction to the Guide and The Safe System. It provides an overview of the structure of the Guide, its remaining seven parts and the interlinking and overlap between parts. It also describes Safe System, the…

Guide to Road Safety Part 7: Road Safety Strategy and Management is a guide to the process of road safety strategy development, management, evaluation and risk assessment.

Part 2 of the Guide to Road Safety is designed to help practitioners minimise the risk of road crashes including run-off-road, intersection and head-on crashes and to implement countermeasures to achieve a safe road system.

Guide to Traffic Management Part 13: Safe System Approach to Transport Management is concerned with traffic management practice under the Safe System philosophy. The Guide emphasises the need for the road system to provide an environment which…

Guide to Traffic Management Part 4: Network Management Strategies provides guidance on traffic management at a network level. It addresses network needs of the various categories of user, the characteristics of various types of network and,…