{"id":2778,"date":"2021-09-08T22:45:42","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T12:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.temp.irap-dev.org\/australian-innovation-project-leads-on-automated-data-capture-for-rap-assessments\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T02:38:13","slug":"australian-innovation-project-leads-on-automated-data-capture-for-rap-assessments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irap.org\/nl\/australian-innovation-project-leads-on-automated-data-capture-for-rap-assessments\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian innovation project leads world on automated data capture for RAP assessments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Improving road safety performance is a priority for all levels of government in Australia and an iMOVE project<\/a> is leading the way on innovative approaches to capturing road feature data for road safety Sterbeoordelingen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The initiative is being led by Transport for NSW (TfNSW<\/a>) and includes the University of Technology Sydney (UTS<\/a>), the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP<\/a>) and Australian geospatial data experts, En dat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The project, funded by the iMOVE<\/a> Cooperative Research Centre, will deliver 20,000km of road attribute data for the State road network in New South Wales using TomTom<\/a>\u2019s MN-R data, as well as prove feature extraction techniques and machine learning for LiDAR data. The project aims to prove rapid, scalable and repeatable methods for road data extraction as part of iRAP\u2019s global \u2018AiRAP<\/a>\u2019 initiative.\u00a0 The initiative will ultimately open up existing and emerging data sources for network-level road safety assessments throughout Australia and worldwide.<\/p>\n

The project comes at an important time for Australian road agencies. The 2018-2020 National Road Safety Action Plan<\/em> set targets for 90% of travel on national highways and 80% of travel on state highways to meet a 3-star or better safety standard by 2020.<\/p>\n

The Australian Government is linking infrastructure funding to \u2018measurable improvements in safety\u2019 and state agencies are setting network and project-level Star Rating targets to support the full range of road safety safe system action. \u00a0The\u00a0Parliament of Victoria<\/a>\u00a0has also recommended that Star Ratings are published regularly across the road network.<\/p>\n

Over 280,000km of AusRAP<\/a> Star Rating assessments have already been undertaken by road agencies and mobility clubs across Australia. The assessments involve identifying and recording more than 50 road attributes to the iRAP global standard every 100 metres. To date, assessments have been done using video survey footage and manual recording methods.<\/p>\n

The project\u2019s manager, Monica Olyslagers, said the automation of data capture being developed through the iMOVE project has the potential to make routine, large scale safety assessments an integral part of the road asset management process.<\/p>\n

In recent years, between 1,100 and 1,200 people lose their lives to road crashes on Australian roads each year, and more than 40,000 suffer lifelong, debilitating injuries. \u201cAusRAP<\/a> data is used to inform policy, investment and design decisions across the country,\u201d Ms Olyslagers said, \u201cMaking faster and more affordable data collection possible means that safety assessments can be done on an annual basis across the whole road network.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis initiative is a significant opportunity for Austroads who have now taken on the programme lead for AusRAP reflecting the widespread use of the Risk Mapping, Star Rating and Investment Plan protocols by State and Local Governments across Australia to more cost effectively manage their safety performance and support achievement of their National Action Plan Targets,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The iMOVE Cooperative Research Centre is a consortium of 44 industry, government, and research partners engaged in a concerted 10-year effort to improve Australia\u2019s transport systems through collaborative R&D projects.<\/p>\n

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