The report called ‘Highway Safety Behavioral Strategies for Rural and Tribal Areas: A Guide’, aims to help state and local governments and their partners find the behavioral and engineering strategies that are most appropriate, including laws and regulations, enforcement and adjudication, and public outreach.

New report focuses on improving rural road safety

A new report has been published along with a toolkit for strategies to improve rural road safety by the Transportation Research Board (TRB). The report...
This year the organization updated its safety testing protocol to include new systems in child presence detection, specifications for vehicle submergence as well as the latest technologies that detect - and respond - to motorcyclists and vulnerable road users.

Euro NCAP announces first vehicles to achieve top marks in newly...

Euro NCAP has revealed the first vehicles to achieve five stars under its new updated testing standards. This year the organization updated its safety testing...
The ViDA tool, aimed at local authorities, hosts data gathered through the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) – which assesses the safety standards of roads.

New tool aims to improve safety of vulnerable road users

A new resource to help understand the risks to, and improve the safety of, vulnerable road users in UK towns and cities has been...
The Transport Accident Commission (TAC) has issued the plea and is urging motorists to remain vigilant as the winter months can bring unpredictable road conditions, including black ice, fog, rain, and landslides.

TAC urges Victorian drivers to put safety first after “tragic year”...

Victorians are being urged to prioritise road safety following six deaths less than a week into the winter school holiday period. The Transport Accident Commission...
The mobile device and seatbelt detection cameras began operating in April this year, using AI technology to capture high-resolution images of vehicles and detect offences.

New cameras aim to catch drivers not buckled up or distracted...

Drivers in Victoria behaving badly behind the wheel are being warned that high-tech road safety cameras currently being trialled are now enforcing fines. The mobile...
The Australian Automobile Association (AAA) said the data highlighted the need for “urgent and significant reform of Australia’s road trauma reporting and performance.”

Road deaths in Australia rise by 2%

There were 1,202 deaths on Australia’s roads in the 12 months to 31 May 2023 - 24 more than in the previous 12-months, according...
The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has announced the Railroad Crossing Elimination (RCE) Grant Program. It comes after new figures revealed there were more than 2,000 highway-rail crossing collisions in the US last year and more than 30,000 reports of blocked crossings submitted to FRA’s public complaint portal.

$570m funding aims to help reduce train-vehicle collisions

Funding worth more than $570 million has been awarded to 63 projects in 32 US states to help reduce train-vehicle collisions and blocked rail...
The independent crash test safety body looked at the Renault Austral, Nissan Ariya, and the Alfa Romeo Tonale.

Euro NCAP engineers put assisted driving systems to the test on...

Euro NCAP has evaluated assisted driving systems in three new vehicles in its latest study. The independent crash test safety body looked at the Renault...
Minister for Roads and Road Safety Melissa Horne has announced a new Safe Local Roads and Streets Program will get underway over four years to boost safety for road users.

Boosting safety on local council roads

The Victorian Government is helping local governments across Victoria deliver road safety improvements to council-managed roads, intersections and precincts. Minister for Roads and Road Safety,...