Road Safety Audit and Fatal Crash Investigation Policy and Guidelines
In Western Australia, fatal crash investigations and road safety audits are undertaken in accordance with our policy and guidelines. These guidelines have been developed with reference to:
Austroads is the association of Australian and New Zealand road transport and traffic authorities. Main Roads is a member of this association. Austroads Part 4 - Treatment of Crash Locations is a nationally recognised publication that compliments Austroads Road Safety Audit (2nd Edition).
Main Roads Guidelines
Main Roads Fatal Crash Investigations Part B: Application & Approval Guidelines and road safety auditing provide detailed information about standard procedures for Western Australia. For more information, view or download:
Vision Zero Logical Framework
The Australian Transport Council of Ministers has adopted the Safe Systems framework as the way to make road safety improvements. The framework is based around two fundamental objectives:
- making the road transport system more forgiving of human error; and
- minimising the level of unsafe road user behaviour.
The Safe Systems framework has a similar ethical objective to that of the 'Vision Zero' approach adopted in Sweden and 'Sustainable Safety' in the Netherlands. While each approach is a little different to suit each country the basic approach is the same, and that is, motorists will make mistakes which should not lead to death or serious injury.