On The Road – Tasmania 2025

Two very lucky road safety auditors from HDS Australia were recently tasked with auditing a network of rural roads in Tasmania. With crisp fresh air, breathtaking landscapes, and some of the best beaches in the world (refer to photo), what better place could there be to conduct a road safety audit? A network-wide road safety audit can greatly benefit local councils through identifying key safety risks across their existing road network. Many of the safety issues identified can be significantly improved through cost-effective solutions such as signage, linemarking and delineation improvements.

Across Australia around 50% of all casualty crashes, and around 40% of all fatal crashes occur on roads managed by local councils^[1]. About 25% of casualty crashes on council-owned roads occur on their rural road network, however when considering only fatal crashes, rural roads account for 50% of fatal crashes on council-owned roads^[1].

HDS Australia is committed to improving safety on our road networks nation-wide and can assist local councils in providing network-wide road safety audits to identify high-risk sites throughout their road network and devising cost-effective solutions to mitigate these risks. We are able to provide a competitive price to conduct road safety audits in rural areas and our auditors are looking forward to assisting our clients from all corners of Australia with road safety auditing services in the future.

^[1]  Based on Austroads Research Report AP-R359/10