Fact sheet: Performance monitoring

This fact sheet outlines the overall approach to performance monitoring for the National Road Safety Strategy 2021-30 (Strategy). Progress measures fall under two categories:

• Primary outcome indicators­ – measures that inform the assessment of overall progress in the reduction of road trauma
• Safety performance indicators – measures that inform the assessment of interventions in the system to address priority areas identified by the Strategy

The Road Safety Data Hub (Data Hub) will be responsible for measuring and reporting Strategy indicators. The Data Hub will leverage road safety data held by the Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE) and collaborate with state and territory agencies to collect relevant data to support indicator measurement.

Primary outcome indicators

The primary measure of the Strategy’s success will be the overall reduction in road trauma, specifically:

• At least a 50 per cent reduction in the number of deaths from road crashes by 2030
• At least a 30 per cent reduction in the number of serious injuries[1] from road crashes by 2030

On a per capita basis, the Strategy aims to:

• Reduce deaths from road crashes by at least 55 per cent by 2030
• Reduce serious injuries1 from road crashes by at least 38 per cent by 2030

Primary outcome indicators will be measured and reported on annually against a baseline to track progress toward these targets. The baseline will be calculated as a three-year average of the relevant count or rate for the period 2018 to 2020. Primary outcome measures include:

• Number of deaths
• Number of serious injuries
• Rate of deaths per capita
• Rate of serious injuries per capita
• Number of deaths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• Number of serious injuries of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• Number of road crashes resulting in deaths
• Number of road crashes resulting in serious injuries
• Rate of deaths per 100 million vehicle-kilometres travelled
• Rate of serious injuries per 100 million vehicle-kilometres travelled
• Rate of deaths per 10,000 registered vehicles
• Rate of serious injuries per 10,000 registered vehicles

DEMONSTRATING ZERO BY 2050

The Strategy will also demonstrate commitment to the 2050 Vision Zero by targeting zero deaths by 2030 for:

• Children 7-years and under
• City CBD areas
• All national highways and on high-speed roads covering 80 per cent of travel across the network

Safety performance indicators

Safety performance indicators (SPIs) inform the assessment of the effectiveness of road safety interventions and understanding of gaps. SPIs show the level of road safety that exists, the state of the system.

SPIs allow us to check:

• Are we meeting our objectives and achieving the desired outcomes?
• Are the interventions up to the job?

The following SPIs will be measured and reported on annually:

SAFE ROADS

• Share of state and territory governments and local councils with a fit-for-purpose road safety risk assessment as an investment plan for its infrastructure
• Share of travel on all national highways and on the high speed network (≥ 80 km/h) covering 80 per cent of travel recognised as 3-stars (or equivalent risk rating) or better
• Share of road length on designated motorcycle routes with motorcycle friendly crash barriers
• Share of high pedestrian CBD/town centre areas under Movement and Place or equivalent approaches with posted speed limits ≤ 40 km/h
• Share of roads in urban areas with a posted speed limit ≥ 50 km with separated cycle ways, and in urban areas outside of ABS remoteness category ‘major cities’
• Share of signalised intersections with a speed limit < 70km/h

SAFE VEHICLES

• Share of light vehicle fleet that has an ANCAP 5-star rating within a 6-year date stamp

SAFE ROAD USE

• Share of drivers and riders tested who are not over the applicable BAC limit or under the influence of drugs
• Share of vehicles at or below speed limit
• Share of drivers and riders observed/photographed not using a mobile phone or device
• Share of motor vehicle occupants wearing seat belts