The Centre for Road Safety has some of the most extensive road safety information in the world. The delivery of high quality research and evaluation reports continues to support safety improvements on NSW roads.
A Safe System approach is central to moving Towards Zero fatalities and serious injuries on our roads. The four elements of the Safe System are safer people, safer roads, safer speeds and safer vehicles. By improving the safety of all parts of the system, if one element fails, then the other three will protect people from being killed or seriously injured.
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Safer people
- NSW Safety Performance Indicator Observational Study Report (PDF, 1.12MB)
- NSW Safety Performance Indicator Observational Study – Summary Report (PDF, 247KB)
- NSW Drink and Drug Driving Reforms - Monitoring Report (PDF, 605KB)
- NSW Drink and Drug Driving Reforms - Monitoring Report 2 (PDF, 544KB)
- NSW Drink and Drug Driving Reforms - Monitoring Report 3 (PDF, 408KB)
- NSW Drink and Drug Driving Reforms - Monitoring Report 4 (PDF, 562KB)
- NSW Drink and Drug Driving Reforms - Operational Review (PDF, 168KB)
- Mandatory Alcohol Interlock Summary Report (PDF, 946KB)
- Older Driver Licensing System Evaluation (PDF, 472KB)
- Older Driver Safety and Mobility Review (PDF, 376KB)
- Safer Drivers Course Process Evaluation - Summary Report (PDF, 672KB)
- Shared Paths - Research Findings (PDF, 122KB)
- Australian Graduated Licensing Scheme policy framework (PDF, 381KB)
- Trial of Minimum Passing Distance Rule for drivers passing cyclists (PDF, 276KB)
- Pilot of heavy vehicle electronic work diaries – final report (PDF, 1.97MB)
- Keeping kids safe around schools – fact sheet (7.7MB)
- Motorcycle lane filtering trial – summary report (PDF, 986KB)
- Evaluation of the NSW Motorcycle Graduated Licensing Scheme - summary report (PDF, 461KB)
- Drink driving attitudes and behaviours in NSW - summary report (PDF, 811KB)
- An Initial Study of Motorcyclists’ Perceptions of Audio Tactile Line Marking (PDF, 416KB)
Safer roads
Safe System assessment
Safety reviews
- Safety Assessment, Gocup Road, Tumut (PDF, 89KB)
- Newcastle Light Rail – road safety review (PDF, 1.2MB)
- Review of Road Safety: M4 Eastbound Off-ramp at Church Street, near Parramatta (PDF, 648KB)
Safer speeds
- Estimated Benefits of Expanding NSW Mobile Speed Camera Program (PDF, 1MB)
- Evaluation of Permanent 40km/h Speed Limits (PDF, 472KB)
- Evaluation of the trial of 40km/h speed limit around stationary emergency vehicles (PDF, 137KB)
- Evaluation of 40 km/h Speed Limits (Martin Small Consulting, PDF, 3.2MB)
- Average Speed Cameras – fact sheet (PDF, 170KB)
- NSW safety camera review – final report (PDF, 460KB)
- Mobile speed camera operations in other Australian jurisdictions – research report (PDF, 483KB)
Safer vehicles
- Future Vehicle Safety Priority Areas, Light Vehicle Fleet (PDF, 5.1MB)
- Evaluation of Autonomous Emergency Braking and Forward Collision Warning (PDF, 4.8MB)
- Evaluation of Roll Stability Control (PDF, 1.2MB)
- Assessing the Safety Impacts of Attachments on Motorcycle Helmets (PDF, 283KB)
- Potential Road Safety Benefits of Making Safer Vehicle Choices in Australia and New Zealand - Summary Report (PDF, 900KB)
- Potential Road Safety Benefits of Making Safer Vehicle Choices in Australia (PDF, 114KB)
- Technical Specification: Requirements for vehicle frontal protection systems fitted to light vehicles (PDF, 2.1MB)
- Safety technologies for heavy vehicles (PDF, 2MB)
- Analysis of Heavy Vehicle Safety Performance in Australia, (PDF, 4.2MB)
- Fresnel lens trial research - summary report (PDF, 389KB)
Road Safety Technology
- Cooperative Intelligent Transport Initiative (CITI) Light Vehicle Study Driver Feedback (PDF, 321KB)