Project Details
Project Description
The aim of this research is to document the road safety performance of Transurban road assets in Victoria, NSW and QLD, and to compare this with that of ‘Like’ roads in the period 1 June 2016 to 31 July 2024.
The analysis is intended to assist Transurban in monitoring the safety of their assets and to identify any opportunities to further improve their safety. The project will:
1. Document the number of crashes, by severity, on Transurban assets in the annual financial year-period FY17-FY24 (1 July 2016 to 30 June 2024).
2. Provide a comparative analysis of the safety performance of Transurban assets against ‘Like’ roads that serve a similar function, indexed by the number of crashes adjusted for vehicle-kilometres travelled. This includes an overall rate-based estimate for each jurisdiction, as well as for each road asset across the period.
3. Document the characteristics of crashes (e.g., RUM/DCA codes, time of day etc…) and crash-involved drivers, including demographic information, vehicle-related characteristics, and crash severity in each jurisdiction, overall, and across time. This is applicable to both Transurban asset and Like assets.
4. Where data is available, examine behavioural factors that may have contributed to the occurrence of these crashes, where reported in crash data.
5. Document, and account for to the extent possible, factors that may have played a role in the number of crashes, including for instance, the impact of COVID-19.
The analysis is intended to assist Transurban in monitoring the safety of their assets and to identify any opportunities to further improve their safety. The project will:
1. Document the number of crashes, by severity, on Transurban assets in the annual financial year-period FY17-FY24 (1 July 2016 to 30 June 2024).
2. Provide a comparative analysis of the safety performance of Transurban assets against ‘Like’ roads that serve a similar function, indexed by the number of crashes adjusted for vehicle-kilometres travelled. This includes an overall rate-based estimate for each jurisdiction, as well as for each road asset across the period.
3. Document the characteristics of crashes (e.g., RUM/DCA codes, time of day etc…) and crash-involved drivers, including demographic information, vehicle-related characteristics, and crash severity in each jurisdiction, overall, and across time. This is applicable to both Transurban asset and Like assets.
4. Where data is available, examine behavioural factors that may have contributed to the occurrence of these crashes, where reported in crash data.
5. Document, and account for to the extent possible, factors that may have played a role in the number of crashes, including for instance, the impact of COVID-19.
| Status | Active |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 11/04/25 → 14/07/25 |