The national SaferRoads project is a partnership of the Australian Automobile Association (AAA), the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA), the Australian Trucking Association (ATA) and the Australasian College of Road Safety (ACRS). These organisations established the SaferRoads project for three key reasons. First, road trauma continues to be a significant social problem, which the partners believe needs be addressed. Second, during the past seven years, the rate of improvement in the numbers of people killed on the road appears to have slowed, and there is some suggestion that the numbers of injuries could be increasing. Third, research by the AAA shows that motorists are quite apathetic about the issue of road safety. This topic is elaborated on in the first section of this paper. The second section of this paper introduces the Australian Road Assessment Program (AusRAP). AusRAP is an initiative being pursued by the AAA and its member clubs as a means of highlighting the true extent of the road safety problem, and filling the ‘missing link’ in motorists’ understanding of road safety issues. (Author/publisher) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E211985.
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