AusRAP star ratings for the Australian national network

The Australian Road Assessment Program (AusRAP) has two standard protocols: risk mapping, and star ratings using a Road Protection Score (RPS). In 2004 and 2005, AusRAP published colour coded risk maps which draw on traffic flow and crash data to show the relative road safety performance of the AusLink National Network. This paper focuses on the second AusRAP protocol, star ratings using the RPS. The RPS is an innovative approach to assessing the inherent safety of a road. It involves a drive through inspection in specially equipped vehicles that capture video images of the roads. From this information, inspectors assess each road and assign star ratings based on major safety features and hazards. The star ratings, which have been developed by the Australian automobile clubs in partnership with the ARRB group, draw extensively on the research underpinning ARRB's Road Safety Risk Manager. This paper describes the star rating methodology in some detail and presents the selected results of the first major application of the methodology to the open highway lengths of the AusLink national network. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E215375.

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• Authors:
  • SMITH, G
  • DALY, P
  • MCINERNEY, R
• Publication Date: 2006-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 14P
• Monograph Title: Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference 2006, Holiday Inn, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Wednesday 25th October - Friday 27 October 2006
• Serial:
  • AUSTRALASIAN ROAD SAFETY RESEARCH POLICING EDUCATION CONFERENCE, 2006, SURFERS PARADISE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
  • Publisher: ABLE VIDEO AND MULTIMEDIA

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Evaluation; Hazards; Management; Networks; Recording; Risk assessment; Roads; Safety; Television
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 8525: Conference; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 6969: Recording; 9150: Risk; 9129: Risk assessment; 1053: Road network; 1665: Safety; 6949: Television
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01060829
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0734525516
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 10 2007 1:13PM