Road safety
Alternative labels
Cycling and road safety
Highway safety
Traffic safety
Traffic accident prevention
Discussion paper
Review of ‘Guidelines for trials of automated vehicles in Australia’: discussion paper
The National Transport Commission is reviewing the 2017 'Guidelines for trials of automated vehicles in Australia' to ensure they continue to encourage a nationally consistent and safe approach to automated vehicle trials. This discussion paper has been released to gather public feedback.
Journal article
Understanding the roles of remoteness and Indigenous status in rural and remote road trauma in North Queensland: using a mixed-methods approach
This study aims to identify and compare the circumstances leading to (proximal causation) and social determinants of (distal causation) crashes of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in these regions and their relation to remoteness.
Report
Safe micromobility
Examining the traffic safety of pedal cycles, electrically assisted cycles and electrically powered personal mobility devices, such as e-scooters, in an urban context, this report also proposes a framework to define micro-mobility and suggests certain limits on mass and speed to classify them.
Strategy
Road to zero: New Zealand’s road safety strategy 2020-2030
This strategy document articulates the New Zealand government's vision and guiding principles for how the road network is designed, how road safety decisions are made, and targets and outcomes for 2030.
Draft report
National transport regulatory reform: draft report
Reform in the transport sector has been disappointingly slow and has not delivered the expected productivity gains, according to this Productivity Commission draft report. The report suggests that moving to national regulation should be seen as one practical step towards improving safety and productivity.