STARS: a risk-based road safety tool for urban planners

The focus on road transport safety is often drowned out during the land use planning process by other competing concerns. It is left to the road authorities to manage road safety problems arising post-implementation through re-engineering works such as black spot interventions - after the casualties occur. This paper presents Austroads Strategic Tool for Assessment of Road Safety (S.T.A.R.S) - its development by ARRB and its practical applications. The tool provides a quick star rating of expected road safety performance of proposed land development options, transport planning initiatives and infill developments. It is designed for use by urban planners and land developers at different stages of the planning process up to the detailed design stage. The underlying method of safety assessment is a risk assessment-based test for application of road safety conscious planning principles developed over the past 40 years. Many of these principles now form the core of the Safe System approach to road transport. Multiple alternatives may be assessed to determine the safest long term option for implementation. The methodology recognises the benefits arising from application of sustainable transport planning principles resulting in a shift to non-car based modes of transport.

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• Authors:
  • Jurewicz, C
• Conference:
  • Australasian Road Safety Research Policing Education Conference, 2009, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Publication Date: 2009-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 6p
• Monograph Title: 2009 Australian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference, Wednesday 11 to Friday 13 November 2009, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, New South Wales, Australia

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway safety; Performance measurement; Risk assessment; Transportation operations; Transportation planning; Types of roads by network
• Uncontrolled Terms: Planning and Environment; Transport management and Security
• ATRI Terms: Performance indicators; Risk assessment; Road network; Road safety; Transport network; Transport planning
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01381922
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 9781921692260
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 22 2012 12:54PM