Practical Approaches for Managing Regional Road Safety Priorities Prepared by Publisher Austroads Ltd.Level 9, 570 George StreetSydney NSW 2000 AustraliaPhone: +61 2 8265 3300austroads@austroads.com.auwww.austroads.com.au Tana Tan, Lisa Wundersitz, Chris Stokes, Kenn Beer, Craig Kloedenand Paul Zlatkovic Project Manager Mark Ellis Abstract About Austroads This report details road and transport safety interventions that canreduce fatal and serious injury crashes in regional and remote areas. Austroads is the peak organisation of Australasian roadtransport and traffic agencies. Austroads’ purpose is to support our member organisations todeliver an improved Australasian road transport network. Tosucceed in this task, we undertake leading-edge road andtransport research which underpins our input to policydevelopment and published guidance on the design,construction and management of the road network and itsassociated infrastructure. A literature review expands on the Austroads National View onRegional and Remote Road Safety report by including materialpublished since 2017. A series of factsheets, based on evidence from the literature review,provide readers with a summary of known effective interventions andthose which are showing promising signs of being effective. Thefactsheets provide a summary of the interventions, effectiveness(where this information is available), target behaviour and/or roaduser, application tips, implementation considerations, and otherinformative information. Austroads provides a collective approach that delivers valuefor money, encourages shared knowledge and drivesconsistency for road users. Prioritisation and evaluation frameworks are provided to help readersto prioritise interventions, and evaluate and report on theireffectiveness. Austroads is governed by a Board consisting of seniorexecutive representatives from each of its eleven memberorganisations: •Transport for NSW•Department of Transport and Planning Victoria•Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads•Main Roads Western Australia•Department for Infrastructure and Transport SouthAustralia•Department of State Growth Tasmania•Department of Infrastructure, Planning and LogisticsNorthern Territory•Transport Canberra and City Services Directorate,Australian Capital Territory•Department of Infrastructure, Transport, RegionalDevelopment, Communications and the Arts•Australian Local Government Association•Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. Keywords Regional and remote road safety, road safety, Safe System, VehicleSafety, Safe People, Safe Roads, Safe Speeds, Safe Vehicles. ISBN978-1-922994-02-8Austroads Project No.SAG6291Austroads Publication No.AP-R691-23Publication dateSeptember 2023Pages113 © Austroads 2023 | This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under theCopyright Act 1968,no part may be reproduced byany process without the prior written permission of Austroads. Acknowledgements The project team would like to thank Sarah Mewett, Terri-Anne Pettet, Christopher Davis, Paul Gottke, Matt Hollamby, and Daniel Baconfor their contributions as Project Working Group members. We also thank the 29 workshop stakeholders who provided their time, insights,and recommendations to this project. This report has been prepared for Austroads as part of its work to promote improved Australian and New Zealand transport outcomes byproviding expert technical input on road and road transport issues. Individual road agencies will determine their response to this report following consideration of their legislative or administrativearrangements, available funding, as well as local circumstances and priorities. Austroads believes this publication to be correct at the time of printing and does not accept responsibility for any consequences arising fromthe use of information herein. Readers should rely on their own skill and judgement to apply information to particular issues. Summary Road users in regional and remote Australia are at a greater risk of road trauma than those living in majorcities. Approximately one third of Australians live in regional or remote areas but two third of fatal crashesoccur in these areas. The fatality rate in regional and remote areas is 12.2 deaths per 100,000 populationand increases to 34.6 deaths per 100,000 in very remote areas. The former figure is almost five timesgreater than the rate for major cities which is 2.6 deaths per 100,000 population. For non-fatal injuries,approximately one third of all crash related hospitalisations are due to crashes in regional and remote areas(Austroads 2019a). The 2021-2030 National Road Safety Strategy has identified a goal of halving fatalities per capita andreducing serious injuries by 30% by 2030. This is to be achieved through the three key themes of saferroads, safer vehicles, and safer road users. Further, one of the nine priority areas identified in the road safetystrategy includes regional and remote areas. The purpose of this rep