News

Local Governments have an important responsibility to manage and improve road safety on the local road network. According to the most recent WALGA Road Assets and Expenditure Report 2020-21 well over half of this network is unsealed[1]. For regional and country shires unsealed roads form an even greater percentage of their network.

Supervised driving is proven to be one of the more effective road safety education strategies for learner drivers, and the Governments Keys2drive+Plus program aims to help.

The Austroads Guide to Road Design Part 6: Roadside Design, Safety and Barriers (the Guide) has recently been updated and had new sections added. Published early June 2022, Austroads are offering two free webinars to accompany the new Guide.

The Shire of Nannup has been working with local students from Nannup District High School to create a road safety art installation. Living with Emu’s is the Shire’s road safety project aiming to provide interactive and practical education to students approaching driving age and the creation of a large emu sculpture from wrecked car parts.

Local Government Road Safety Awards - Call for Nominations

Speed plays a role in the severity of crashes, the faster you travel, the longer you take to stop and the harder you hit. The City of Wanneroo has been using their Speed Alert Mobile (SAM) trailer to raise driver awareness of speed on local roads through their speed program, which has been running for a number of years now.

Registrations are now open for the 2022 Australasian Road Safety Conference to be held in Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand, 28-30 September.