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The 2023 Great Southern Road Safety Conference was held on Thursday 16 March 2023. Attendees included Local Government Elected Members and staff, WA Police, Main Roads WA, St John Ambulance, Department of Fire and Emergency Services Department of Transport and community members.

Austroads has published a new Guideline to assist driver licensing authorities to develop responses to the increasing presence of Advance Driver Assistance System (ADAS) functions in vehicles used for training and testing new drivers.

The outgoing Chair of the Albany RoadWise Committee, Alan Hortin was recognised for his commitment and dedication to Road Safety with a Certificate of Recognition.

The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder has delivered another best practice example of a road design underpinned by the safe system principles under the Australian Government’s Black Spot Program.

New High Occupancy Vehicles Policy Guide for Local Government has been developed as a collaborative project aiming to address safety practices relating to high occupancy vehicles (HOVs), the diversity in their use and the challenges they pose within Local Governments.

The 2022-23 October Federal Budget provides for a number of road safety related initiatives.

The Australasian College of Road Safety is hosting a webinar to launch a Local Government Road Safety Practitioners network.

The Shire of Denmark’s new shared path provides cyclists and pedestrians a safe and direct route to the popular Ocean Beach.

The Shire of Dardanup have upgraded Harris Road to increase safety for the variety of road users accessing the road.

The Shire of Plantagenet recently installed a shared path through the centre of town as part of the Mount Barker Bicycle Master Path Plan.

The City of Stirling’s bicycle friendly routes are providing cyclists with a safe riding environment, no matter their riding level or experience.

The Shire of Broomehill-Tambellup recently installed a shared path along Journal Street in Broomehill to increase safety for all road users.

The City of Busselton is working on improving regional road safety for cyclists and encouraging safer sharing of the road.

The City of Albany has incorporated the installation of nine kilometres of shared paths as part of their Centennial Park Sporting Precinct upgrade.

WA Bike Month 2022 has launched!

The Shire of Plantagenet RoadWise Committee recently collaborated with the Youth Advisory Group to put on a Youth Skills Worksop on buying a car and basic vehicle maintenance.

The Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF) have published a Guide to Integrating Safety Into Road Design which focuses on elements of safe road and roadside design for road networks that can provide safe mobility for all road users.

Recognising the unacceptable scale of road trauma globally, world leaders gathered in New York from 30 June to 1 July 2022 to commit to an increase in investment and action to ensure the Decade of Action for Road Safety goal to halve road deaths and injuries by 2030 is met.

In an effort to reduce deaths and serious injuries on their road network, the Shire of Manjimup Council endorsed a new Road Traffic Safety Policy at its Ordinary Council Meeting on 7 July, 2022.

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.