ACRS Excellence in Road Safety Award

Submissions for this award will be accepted up to 11:59pm on Sunday 7 July 2024.

2024 is the first year for the ACRS Excellence in Road Safety Award. Submissions are sought from road safety professionals, practitioners and/or organisations throughout Australia and New Zealand. 

This award has been created to recognise a successful road safety project delivered within Australia or New Zealand. The project submission will demonstrate a road safety project that has used safe system-aligned thinking to deliver a practical and cost-effective approach to resolve or address a road safety issue. The project will demonstrate innovation and have addressed systematic and societal factors that contribute to road trauma. 

Award Criteria

To make a submission for this award, the project team must include a member of the Australasian College of Road Safety (ACRS).

Submissions must demonstrate:

  • How project resolves or addresses an issue
  • Innovative thinking
  • How project addresses systematic and societal factors that contribute to road trauma?
  • How easily can project be replicated for use in other areas or by other jurisdictions?
  • What are key elements that contribute to the success of the project?
  • Project budget and cost effectiveness
  • Benefits / positive impacts to road safety
  • Evidence of project evaluation

Submission Procedure

Submission is to be made through the online form completed by a current ACRS member.

General Information

The project team for your project must include a member of the Australasian College of Road Safety (ACRS) – to learn more about ACRS membership, click here.

If you have any questions regarding this award, please contact the Australasian College of Road Safety by email: admin@acrs.org.au.

Past Award (2011 – 2022) – 3M-ACRS Diamond Road Safety Award

From 2011 – 2022, 3M and ACRS joined forces to create the 3M-ACRS Diamond Road Safety Award, to recognise people and projects who provided exemplary innovation and effectiveness to save lives and injuries on roads. Click here to see a list of previous winners (2011 – 2022).