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Attention ACT based engineers, designers, road managers and maintenance professionals. Supported by the ACT Government, this practical and evidence based course focuses on how road planning, design and maintenance decisions influence motorcyclist safety. The course...

Why we are so passionate about using AusRAP alongside Road Safety Audits and Safe System Assessments? It strengthens decision making. AusRAP brings national and international consistency to how risk is assessed. Star Ratings provide a clear and easily understood way...

Spent part of the summer preparing content for a tailored Road Safety Engineering 101 course that we've been commissioned to deliver in 2026. One of the many things I revisited was the ratio of Fatal and Serious Injury to other injury outcomes in Victorian road...

When people make the wrong turn, it is rarely because they chose to do the wrong thing. More often, the intersection quietly invited them to. We often talk about self-explaining roads at midblock locations, usually in the context of speed. But the same principles...

Last year I shared a post about Road Safety Audit independence. It caused a bit of a kerfuffle. You can read the post and varied comments here. This week I was asked to do a 3rd party review of a Road Safety Audit for a major project where the same consultancy...

We recently completed a CycleRAP assessment of Transurban’s cycling network in Victoria. Keeping people safe on roads, streets and paths is our mission, and CycleRAP provides an objective, evidence-based way to understand how well cycling infrastructure manages injury...

I have worked on many Great Ocean Road projects over the years. This has included acting as an expert witness for two motorcycle crash cases, developing safety upgrade projects, and assessing strategic infrastructure plans.   Once again, I have recently been...

People do not like waiting. They avoid unnecessary effort. And when a design forces long waits or detours away from where they actually want to go, many simply do not use it. This video shows an extreme example, but the same principle applies to people who are far...

The message here is simple. If you’re building a Safe System, you don’t only address risk where it has already taken lives or caused serious harm to our community. You define the Safe System End State and invest in building toward it. Prioritisation is about the...

Yesterday our Principal Engineer, Kenn Beer, was on ABC Brisbane with Ellen Fanning discussing pedestrian safety at side street crossings. Listen to the recording above.   Also, if you missed it, you can watch a short video from Kenn explaining the issue here. ————-...

Join our team: Road Safety Project Engineer (2 - 5 years' experience)   Ready to take the next step in your road safety career? Join our growing team and help save lives and prevent serious injury through technical road/street engineering excellence. More info here or...

We spend a lot of time checking whether over dimensional (OD) loads can turn corners, clear structures and avoid damaging roads. And rightly so. What gets less attention is how everyday drivers respond when they encounter one. Impatience. Misjudged speed. Risky...

We say the safety of children is a priority.   Then we build crossings that do not slow vehicles. The near miss in this video happened at a refuge island between a shopping centre and a pool, surrounded by schools. The design asked a child to judge speed and gaps on a...

Writing up my first Road Safety Audit using the new Victorian Government template, including the new sign-off responsibility section. I think these changes will work well.   The clearer articulation of roles, responsibilities, and accountability is a positive step...

When a larger vehicle struggles to turn, the designers' instinct is often to make the intersection bigger. That usually means higher speeds for smaller vehicles, more risk for pedestrians and cyclists. Sometimes a much better option (used here in a constrained site,...

Join us in February 2026 for Program Zero, the in-person short course at Johns Hopkins University in Washington DC, and experience world leading Vision Zero thinking in action.   Learn how leading cities and agencies are translating data into effective,...

There is a common misconception that inappropriate overtaking (like this video) is the main cause of head-on crashes. It is not. Inappropriate overtaking accounts for only around 5% of head-on crashes. The majority occur because of unintended centreline crossings....

Industry debate about pedestrian crossings on side roads. My thoughts here... ————- Follow Kenn Beer on LinkedIn for more updates and road safety industry news.

People are quick to blame the driver. But when roads are designed like this, the focus needs to shift to the design and the absence of effective Road Safety Audits. The geometry makes this lane feel like a through movement, yet it ends as right turn only (trap lane)....

28% of police reported work zone crashes in Queensland involved a control/signal violation or the disobeying of a road rule. This finding comes from analysis of police reported crash data by Blackman et al (2020). While enforcement has been shown to be one of the most...