Black Spot Program

Black Spot Programs directly target improvements to the safety of roads with proven crash history or high-risk locations. Funding for the Program is mainly focused on cost-effective treatment of hazardous road locations.  

• Australian Government Black Spot Program
• State Black Spot Program

Presentations

All presentations (including the regions) have been postponed due to COVID-19 and will be rescheduled at the appropriate time

• 2021-22 Regional Flyer
• 2021-22 Metro Flyer
• How to Prepare a Black Spot Nomination
• Developing a Black Spot Nomination
• CARS and How to Prepare a Black Spot Nomination
• Black Spot Program Guidelines
• Austroads Local Government Road Safety Management Guidance
• Road Safety Engineering
• Pavement Marking and Signing

Research and Reports

• Report - Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Black Spot Program in Western Australia - 2000-2002 - UWA 
• Report - An Evaluation of the State Black Spot Program in Western Australia, 2000-2002 - Curtin University 
• Report - An Evaluation of the State Black Spot Program in Western Australia, 2003-2004 - Curtin University 
• Report - A Literature Review of Australian and International Black Spot Programs - Curtin University
• Report - Review of the WA State Black Spot Program: Results from a Qualitative Descriptive Study 

For more information about the analysis of reporting road crashes, please visit our Crash Analysis Reporting System (CARS) page.