Australia faces the likelihood of more frequent and destructive extreme weather events in the coming decades due to climate change. In terms of damage to infrastructure from such events, roads tend to be hit hardest, impacting road users, communities, industry and all levels of government. Acknowledging the impacts of floods in eastern States in 2021-22, a 2023 Parliamentary Inquiry into the issue reported estimated costs of road repairs and rebuilds of approximately $3.8 bil

The relationship between vehicle speeds, crash risk, and injury severity is well known and is a key topic that continues to be examined heavily in road safety research. Generally, both crash risk and injury severity risk increase with higher speeds. This is a fundamental driver of various efforts to reduce speeds and speeding through a combination of engineering, enforcement, education and regulatory measures. The benefits of speed reduction measures may be crudely estimated

Source: https://dcj.nsw.gov.au/about-us/daylight-saving.html Research has examined the relationship between serious and fatal road...

Since July 2025, vehicles in Victoria are required to slow down to 40km/h when passing stationary or slow-moving emergency and incident...

The Victorian Department of Transport and Planning (DPT) last week released updated Speed Zoning Policy   (RSV-002) [1], which simplifies...

Movement and Place represents a holistic, long-term planning approach, compatible with Safe System principles and also noted as a...

New media last week reported that Finland’s capital city, Helsinki, achieved a 12-month period of zero recorded road traffic fatalities....

Recommendation #40 in Victoria’s draft 30-year infrastructure strategy 2025-2055 promotes increased use of modern traffic control...

Recommendatio n #15 in Victoria’s draft 30-year infrastructure strategy (2025-2055) is to ‘Build safe cycling networks in Melbourne and...

Victoria’s draft 30-year infrastructure strategy 2025-2055 contains several recommendations directly targeting road safety improvement....

What is a Network Safety Plan? A Network Safety Plan  is a strategic plan to prioritise safety infrastructure investment to reduce crash...

A Road Safety Strategy… Is a strategic plan designed to improve road travel safety for all road users. Outlines specific actions and...