Organisation

Project Name

Funded Amount

Description

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Evaluating the impact of age and gender on spatial and temporal distribution of pedestrian crashes

$18,720.00

This project will identify the spatial and temporal dependency between pedestrians’ age and gender and the location/time of crashes in the ACT, identify hotspots/hot-times for different age groups and gender types of pedestrians, and provide recommendations to enhance the safety of pedestrians and reduce pedestrian traffic injuries in the ACT.

Amy Gillett Foundation

Heavy Vehicle Awareness Online Education Program

$43,181.82

This project will reduce risks to cyclists posed by heavy vehicles through delivery of an online education program provided to heavy vehicle drivers in the ACT. The project will educate and test bus and truck drivers about cyclist related road rules, the rights and responsibilities of both cyclists and drivers, the principles and methods of sharing the road with cyclists and the safety expectations of their employer and other road users.This project will use GPS information to identify high risk areas of extreme braking and acceleration in the ACT road network, which can inform decisions about future road treatments for areas of concern. 

Motorcycle Riders Association of the ACT (MRA)

Motorcycle Awareness Week and ‘Joe Rider’ Campaign

$7,272.75

This project will deliver Motorcycle Awareness Week is which organised by the MRA ACT each year to raise awareness of motorcycles and scooters on the road, and the ‘Joe Rider’ campaign.

Migrant and Refugee Settlement Services of the ACT (MARSS)

Learn to Drive Program

$47,581.82

This project will encourage and promote road safety education for vulnerable and young drivers from migrant and refugee communities in the ACT.

Pedal Power ACT

Defensive Cycling

$43,270.90

This project will pilot the ACT’s first defensive riding course. It will highlight the risks associated with riding a bicycle in the urban environment and give participants’ techniques to manage those risks. The project will raise awareness of the need for cyclists to take responsibility for their safety, with the aim of reducing the number of cyclists injured on ACT roads. 

Pedal Power ACT

Minimum Passing Distance Mats

$4622.75

This project will develop a suite of brochures including information on child restraints, low speed run-overs and cycling safety, for distribution online and via social media.

University of Queensland

Online training program to reduce speeding

$45,410

This project will deliver an online driver training course designed to reduce drivers’ crash risk. It is anticipated drivers completing the course will break the speed limit less often, by smaller magnitude, and will choose to drive more slowly in general.

Better Hearing Australia Canberra Inc

RecReady Vest

$67,690

RecReady is a hi-vis safety vest for recreational walkers, runners and cyclists with a hearing disability. The vests inform carriageway users that the wearer is hearing impaired and may not hear conventional warnings of cycle bells, rider calls or whistles.