The ACRS Excellence in Road Safety Award – established in 2024 – recognises outstanding projects that demonstrate innovation, impact, and leadership in improving road safety anywhere in the world. This prestigious award celebrates initiatives that address key road safety challenges through evidence-based, scalable, and cost-effective approaches.
Open to multidisciplinary teams from any sector, nominated projects must tackle significant road safety issues and demonstrate measurable impact. Submissions are assessed on their contribution to reducing road trauma, potential for replication in other contexts, and their consideration of broader systemic, societal, environmental, and governance factors.
Winning projects exemplify how collaborative, strategic efforts can lead to safer roads for all users, and highlight the value of informed, research-driven action in road safety. At least one team member must be a current ACRS member at the time of entry.
Previous Winners
2024 – The George Institute for Global Health
Previous Highly Commended
2024 – City of Onkaparinga Council
2024 – Mornington Peninsula Shire Council
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
- How project addresses systematic, societal, environmental, or policy and governance 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 Excellence in Road Safety Award nomination/submission form and 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.
Thank you to Acusensus, the official sponsor of the 2025 ACRS Excellence in Road Safety Award.
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).