Abstract
Concern and action for rural road safety is relatively new in Australia in comparison to the field of traffic safety as a whole. In 2003, a program of research was begun by the Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety - Queensland (CARRS-Q) and the Rural Health Research Unit (RHRU) at James Cook University to investigate factors contributing to serious rural road crashes in the North Queensland region. The major recommendations presented in this document draw on the findings and recommendations of a number of research reports completed as part of the rural and remote road safety program of research. Where relevant they also draw on Australia’s Rural Road Safety Action Plan (1996). (Author/publisher)