Citation

Croft P, Tziotis M, Turner B, Hughes J. Proc. Road Saf. Four Continents Conf. 2010; 15: 1071-1084.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Conference Sponsor)

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Abstract

Austroads, the association of road and transport agencies in Australia and New Zealand, has produced a new series of national guidelines across a wide range of practices in road and transport management. The suite of Austroads guidelines is outlined, and this paper discusses current developments in guidelines related to road safety engineering. Topics covered include road design, traffic management, crash investigation and countermeasure development, road safety auditing, human factors and transport planning. This guidance is discussed in the context of the safe road system concept which acknowledges the need to design and manage the road environment to cater for road user behavioral capabilities and limitations, and injury tolerance. The issues addressed by ARRB in developing the technical content of the guidelines are discussed. These include incorporating relevant research results, technological developments, practitioner experience and new strategic directions. The forward program for review and revision of the guidelines includes identifying issues for which further research investigation is needed to improve their technical content. These issues and current related research projects are outlined. Issues relating to publication and dissemination of guidelines are also examined, including the potential for developing website portals to facilitate their uptake by practitioners in state and local government authorities.