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Crash cushions (also called crash attenuators) are one of the most crash tested road safety devices on the road network. They are subject to MASH tests 30 to 39 to ensure they perform their specified impact severity reduction, and also don’t create new hazards such as...

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Audio tactile line marking (profiled line marking) can be applied as:◻ white on the white line,◻ white adjacent to the white line,◼ black adjacent to the line or◼ black with dashed lines painted over the top.This low-cost treatment can reduce the likelihood of crashes...

Is texting and riding becoming an issue?In a study in the Netherlands, de Waard et al. found that 3.4% of crashes involved cyclists listening to music and only 0.3% talking on a hand-held mobile phone, and only 0.2% texting. A distractive factor that was mentioned...

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Who says roundabouts need to be round? There are a variety of roundabout designs that deviate from the traditional circular roundabout. These include (but not limited to): - Teardrop/raindrop- Dog bone- Dumbbell- Peanut- Turbo- Squarcle- Cut through- HamburgerEach of...

Motorcyclists in the bus lane – is it safer? The results from a recent Tel Aviv trial of motorcycles in the bus lane have been published. Like past studies of motorcyclists using bus lanes, the results showed indications of improvements to overall motorcycle safety,...

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Congratulations to our Director, Dr Tom Beer, for being awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to science – in particular his work in environmental risk, climate process and sustainability.

Across Australia and New Zealand there are several crash coding systems used. They each provide a unique code for each crash type. These are useful for identifying crash patterns, emerging trends and quickly describing a crash scenario. Be careful to make sure you’re...

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New Austroads Road Safety Audit Guidance – here’s our summary sheet. Guide author: Paul Hillier Guide project managers: Joseph Le & Kenn Beer Austroads Working Group: David Williamson, Geoff Wallace, Simon Buddle, Fabian Marsh, Jessica Rattray, Ryan Edwards, Tony...

The back of a barrier system can present a snagging hazard and a sharp edge for cyclists using paths behind the barrier. There are a variety of options to lessen the impact severity or likelihood of cyclist collisions with the back of barrier systems, which include; a...

It’s back by popular demand. Cycling Infrastructure training (online).Next course starts: ???? 8 February 2022More info here: Cycling Infrastructure BrochureRegistrations: RegisterContact us: info@SafeSystemSolutions.com.au It’s time to put an end to this:

Design vehicle and checking vehicle. Road designers use a design vehicle or design user to set characteristics of the road, intersection, footpath or cycleway. However, designing for comfortable use by the occasional large truck often results in overly wide roads or...

Every Friday our engineers put their comic wit on the line. This year we’ll be sharing their cartoons with the world on LinkedIn.Follow Safe System Solutions Pty Ltd. to have a laugh/groan every Friday.

76% of male cyclists and 72% of female cyclists reported being harassed while on their bike in a 12 month period. The most reported forms of harassment were driving too close (66%), shouting abuse (63%), and making obscene gestures/sexual harassment (45%) (Heesch et...

There is a new barrier transition (guard fence to concrete barrier) that has achieved and is recommended to MASH.  The ride-down acceleration and the occupant impact velocity for the tests met the preferred limits specified by MASH TL-3.See Austroads SBTA 21-005,...

Reverse angle parking – pros, cons and handy pointers. See attached. Interested in front angle parking? - see our Safe System Snippet number 90: Safe System Snippet #90