The Australian Road Assessment Program (AusRAP) is designed to raise motorists awareness of the need for safe roads and well targeted investment. The program is also designed to assist those responsible for road planning and policy by providing information about risk and road safety standards. Currently, reasonably objective and accepted measures exist of what constitutes a safe road user (essentially someone who is responsible and obeys the law) and a safe vehicle (one which rates well under the Australian New Car Assessment Program). AusRAP represents the completion of safe system approach to road safety by providing an objective measure of the safety performance of roads. This paper describes the methodology and results of the application of the two AusRAP protocols: risk mapping, which assess historical crash rates; and the road protection score (RPS), which assesses the inherent safety of roads. RPS results for the southern state of Victoria are presented, and the implications for infrastructure safety discussed.(a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. 0612AR242E.
Samenvatting