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Soon you’ll need a licence to work with road safety barrier systems.  The Austroads Safety Hardware Training and Accreditation Scheme (ASHTAS) has been launched, and will ensure the people who design, install, and maintain road safety barriers on Australia’s and New...

A New Zealand study has found that owners of cars with low star ratings (1 or 2 stars) are most likely to be young, female and earning less than $50,000 per year. But, 86% of them either did not know their star safety rating or wrongly believed they had a safer...

Safe System Solutions Pty Ltd. has been assisting in the continued rollout of the Sharing Roads Safely training course. The course was developed for heavy vehicle drivers to increase safe interactions with vulnerable road users, specifically motorbike riders, cyclists...

Active transport networks are a good investment.  A Norwegian study found that the benefit of establishing a coherent network of routes for pedestrians and cyclists is at least five times the costs (Sælensminde 2002). This analysis includes investment and maintenance...

Gateway treatments can reduce casualty crashes by up to 35%.  Gateway treatments (also referred to as entry treatments or town thresholds) are used to delineate the transitions from higher speed to lower speed environments. This is achieved through the use of speed...

Truck rollovers occur with all types of trucks but in Australia are more common with trucks carrying timber, livestock, and bulk liquids.   A study of 239 truck rollover crashes in the USA showed the following contributing factors:   almost half resulted from...

Road Safety Audits (RSAs) are an established and proven practice around the world. They reduce death and serious injury in the transport realm. The practice of undertaking RSAs has been successfully operating in world leading road safety jurisdictions (such as the UK,...

Bent-out cycle lane crossings are designed to provide a gap of one or two car lengths between the main carriageway and crossing. This provides an area where a vehicle can store when they turn off the main carriageway; creating safer turning movements and increasing...

Pedestrian protection at signalised intersections Pedestrian protection gives pedestrians a head start to begin crossing before a vehicle gets a green light to proceed. In NSW, more than 500 intersections are being upgraded to include this protection and all new...

Earlier this month, Sam Pasley (Aotearoa lead for Safe System Solutions NZ) and Kenn Beer presented to NZ’s Motorcycle Safety Advisory Council on some of the latest and greatest in road design, assessment and management of roads for motorcycle safety. This included:...

Audio Tactile Line Markings (ATLMs) (also called profiled lines or rumble strips) can reduce the likelihood of crashes by up to 45%. Black ATLMs have even more advantages as: - You can create continuous ATLM on both broken and unbroken centrelines (no gaps). - You...

Traffic speed isn’t just a safety issue. In areas with a lot of high-speed traffic, people walk less and also experience negative outcomes for health, wellbeing and sense of community. The cost of the ‘barrier effect’ of busy roads on walking in the UK was estimated...

Register to join members of our team Tana Tan (PhD) and Duncan McRae for a webinar that will provide an overview of the Austroads Learner Approved Motorcycle Scheme (LAMS) Update project. Dr Tana Tan is the Research and Evaluation Lead at Safe System Solutions Pty...

Dynamic Visual Obstruction is the term for when a moving vehicle blocks another vehicle’s sightlines. A common place where this occurs is at left turn lanes as demonstrated in the video below.   There are a raft of ways to reduce this risk, including:   Altering the...

The NSW Government makes the following statement on their Towards Zero website:   “It’s important to develop a plan that is specific to your community. Take a look at how other councils have developed their road safety plans to gain some inspiration and insights.” ...

Its back in 2023!Our popular online training course – Raised Crossings – begins on 24th May. Wonderful line-up of presenters:Hafez Alavi – The WhyBridget Doran – The WhoPrue Oswin – The WhereKenn Beer – The How More info here: Training Workshops - Safe System...

There’s a lot of debate in Victoria regarding the interpretation of Road Rule 141(2) (riding past a left turning vehicle) – and especially how it relates to protected bike lanes and intersections. But regardless of the interpretation, the geometry of a protected...

Our recent evaluation for Yarra City Council’s Wombat Crossing (raised pedestrian crossing) on Gipps Street, Abbotsford further solidifies the awesomeness of Wombat Crossings.  The evaluation was performed to understand if pedestrian’s perception of safety had...

A Fresnel lens is a thin lens attached to the passenger side window on a heavy vehicle. The driver then gets a wide-angle view as they look through the lens. This assists the driver to see in their blind spot and notice other road users who may otherwise have been...

We are often asked if we could use plants/shrubs as roadside protection devices. The simple answer is NO. Why? - The effectiveness of a specific planting in being able to stop or slow a wide range of vehicle types is uncertain, and some plantings would also be an...