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The latest news, research and opinion on road safety policy and initiatives from across Australia.

Latest Reports

  • January 2012

    How Safe Are Our Roads? Rating Australia's Network for Risk

    This report rates Australia's National Network for risk by looking at crashes which have occurred on the network. The focus of this report is Performance Tracking which compares the risk on the network over the two periods (2000-2004 and 2005 - 2009).


    To download National and State-based reports visit this page.

  • December 2010

    Rating Queensland Highways for Risk

    This report provides risk maps for 4,783km of Queensland's national network highways. The risk maps are based on casualty crashes (where at least one person was killed or injured) on highways generally zoned at speed limits of 90km/h or higher.

  • April 2008

    Star Ratings for Queensland Country Highways

    This report provides Star Ratings for 7,917km of rural highways in Queensland zoned at speed limits 90km/h or higher, comprising 5,206km of the AusLink National Network and 2,710km of State highways.

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Latest Road Safety News

  • 23 May 2011

    AAA Welcomes the Release of the National Road Strategy

    AAA welcomes the release of the Federal Government's National Road Safety Strategy (NRSS) and it's stronger vision for Australia's road safety.

  • 11 May 2011

    RACV Supports Decade of Action on Road Safety

    The RACV welcomes the Federal Government's commitment to the Decade of Action on Road Safety, a global campaign to reduce the staggering one million deaths and 50 million serious injuries experienced world-wide on our roads every year.

  • 11 May 2011

    Decade of Action for Road Safety - The Challenge Begins

    The Australian Automobile Association stated that the Decade of Action for Road Safety, launched today in Canberra, provides an opportunity for Governments to increase their commitment to Road Safety.

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Latest Videos

Find out more about the importance of road safety and why AusRAP is committed to improving our roads.

  • High Risk Roads

    High Risk Roads

    24 June 2011
  • The Opportunity to Protect Precious Lives

    The Opportunity to Protect Precious Lives

    22 June 2011
  • What Happens When a 5 Star Car Meets a 1 Star Road?

    What Happens When a 5 Star Car Meets a 1 Star Road?

    23 May 2011

See how AusRAP's sister program, the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) crash tests cars for safety. Occupants have twice the chance of being killed of seriously injured in an ANCAP 1 star rated vehicle compared to a an ANCAP 5 star rated vehicle.

  • ANCAP Pole Test

    ANCAP Pole Test

    24 June 2011
  • ANCAP Side-Impact Test

    ANCAP Side-Impact Test

    24 June 2011
  • ANCAP Frontal Offset Test

    ANCAP Frontal Offset Test

    24 June 2011