Vulnerable road users (VRU) face significantly elevated risk of injury in the event of a crash when compared with other road users (i.e., occupants of cars, trucks, buses). The current series of briefs looks at VRU treatments as part of an area-wide approach, drawing substantially on the Austroads (2020) report titled Integrating Safe System with Movement and Place for Vulnerable Road Users[1]. Indeed, an area-wide approach to VRU safety must be intrinsic to Safe System imple

Vulnerable road users (VRU) can be broadly defined as road users at a significantly elevated risk of injury in the event of a crash when compared with other road users (i.e., occupants of cars, trucks, buses). Their vulnerability is often exacerbated by high exposure to crash risk in some environments, typically where traffic conflicts are frequent and/or infrastructure is poorly designed or maintained. Pedestrians and cyclists are the two main road user groups addressed in r

The safety around schools short series has so far looked at vulnerable road users and active transport (brief #77), speed zones and limits (brief #78), and traffic flow and congestion (brief #79), drawing on recent Austroads publications including the Travel to School Guideline and related research reports. Finally, part 4 of the series looks at crossings and traffic calming for safe school travel. Crossings Provision and design of appropriate crossings is critical for safety