For the past 11 years 3M and ACRS have presented Australasia’s premier road safety award, the 3M-ACRS Diamond Road Safety Award, to recognise people and projects who provide exemplary innovation and effectiveness to save lives and injuries on roads. 2021 3M-ACRS Diamond Road Safety Award is now open. Entries close 30 July, 2021 and must be received
The Australasian College of Road Safety (ACRS) is calling on the Australian Government to take urgent steps to address the persistently high rates of road trauma across the country. ACRS urges the Government to legislate and appropriately resource a national road crash investigation agency, like the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), which currently investigates air,
National Road Safety Week will be acknowledged across Tasmania from the 14th to 21st May by the Australasian College of Road Safety (ACRS), showing support for those affected by road trauma, while acknowledging the work everyone needs to do to achieve zero fatal and serious injuries. “Road Safety is everyone’s responsibility!” says Mrs Jenny Branch-Allen,
This event is free for ACRS members and $20 for non-members. Learn more about ACRS Membership here. Preparing for the 2025 Conference theme of Equity, Elasticity and Evolution, we are exploring the issue of road user equity and if socio-economic status may compound road trauma outcomes. Join us to discuss the article “The Most Vulnerable
With 120 people dying on Australia’s roads every month, the focus will be on reducing crashes and saving lives at the Australasian Road Safety Conference (ARSC2016) in Canberra from 6-8 September 2016. Around 600 experts and advocates from around the globe are meeting to share the latest in road safety research at the conference
The Australasian College of Road Safety (ACRS), NSW Chapter applauds the NSW Government Electric Vehicle Strategy and the very practical and significant financial incentives for drivers and organisations to switch to electric vehicles (https://www.nsw.gov.au/initiative/nsw-governments-electric-vehicle-strategy/abolishing-stamp-duty ). The environmental benefits of reduced vehicle emissions and air pollution are critical for the health of other road users such as
The next Book Club will be held 11.45am – 1 pm Wednesday 23rd November at the Don Aitken Centre, East Perth. MS Teams will be available for those that cannot attend in person and members from other Chapters are welcome. RSVP to teresa.williams@mainroads.wa.gov.au for the link. BYO lunch and enjoy discussion with others about the
The Australasian College of Road Safety (ACRS) has chosen to comply the Australian Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Act). The ACRS takes privacy very seriously, and this Policy sets out how we collect and handle personal and sensitive information. The ACRS collects personal, sensitive and business information to advocate for its members,
The prestigious ACRS Fellowship is recognised as the Australasian road safety community’s highest honour, recognising an individual for their outstanding committment and effectiveness in their efforts to reduce road trauma. The Australasian College of Road Safety first instituted the award of College Fellow in 1991. The list of Fellows since the inception of the award is a record
Congratulations to Mr Iain Cameron who was presented with the prestigious 2014 ACRS Fellowship by the ACRS Patron, the Governor-General of Australia Sir Peter Cosgrove, at Thursday evening’s award ceremony at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne. The award was presented by the Governor-General in front of more than 250 of Australasia’s foremost road safety professionals and
Congratulations to leading road safety advocate, Samantha Cockfield, Manager, Road Safety Technical and Policy, Transport Accident Commission, who was presented with the prestigious 2017 ACRS Fellowship at last night’s glittering ACRS Award Ceremony at Perth Crown Resort. The ceremony took place in front of 600 of Australasia’s foremost road safety professionals and advocates, and is
A program building strong and enduring safety-focussed relationships with families has taken out Australasia’s premier road safety award, the 3M-ACRS Diamond Road Safety Award, recognising exemplary innovation andeffectiveness to save lives and injuries on roads. The Kidsafe ACT project, led by Team Leader Eric Chalmers, is being delivered by the Not-for-Profit organisation to underpin the zero deaths and