Conducting Road Safety Audits in Central Queensland using an Instrumented Motorcycle as a basis for funding submissions: A Case Study

Author: Kerry Saundes and Colin Edmonston

Motorcyclists continue to be significantly overrepresented in the number of lives lost on roads in Queensland, Australia. 

This paper presents a case study of a collaborative approach between the Road Accident Action Group (RAAG) which are a local road safety advocacy group, state and local government, and the university sector, as well as the broader motorcycling community to identify candidate sites and to develop and deliver a program of pro-active road safety improvements to roads in the Mackay-Whitsunday District. 

Funded through the Department of Transport and Main Roads’ Community Road Safety Grant Scheme, the project team undertook an applied research project to:

  • identify appropriate road sections for investigation through crash profiling and consultation;
  • conduct road safety audits on prioritised road sections using new technologies or an instrumented motorcycle; and
  • develop a program of safety works based on the audit findings, resulting in two larger programs of work being submitted to the Targeted Road Safety Program funding stream. 

This paper demonstrates how the use of information from a targeted road safety audit can add value to infrastructure funding submissions. 

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