{"id":83098,"date":"2025-11-06T00:51:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T00:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irap.org\/?p=83098"},"modified":"2025-11-06T04:20:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T04:20:06","slug":"rap-partners-in-australia-have-your-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irap.org\/pt\/2025\/11\/rap-partners-in-australia-have-your-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Parceiros do RAP na Austr\u00e1lia \u2013 d\u00ea a sua opini\u00e3o sobre os limites de velocidade padr\u00e3o e a Estrat\u00e9gia Nacional de Seguran\u00e7a Rodovi\u00e1ria."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Default speed limits in Australia: Your submission is needed by 10 November<\/strong><\/p>\n

We encourage all our iRAP Partners in Australia<\/strong> to contribute their expertise and\u00a0inputs to the Federal Government consultation on reduced open road default speed limits.\u00a0 Your submission is needed by 10 November <\/strong>so please submit<\/a> to help ensure evidence-based inputs out-weigh the usual volume of responses that support unsafe speeds.<\/p>\n

In simple terms road authorities set speed limits on most roads and that will not change.\u00a0 On other roads \u2013 typically low volume rural and remote roads \u2013 there is a default speed limit.\u00a0 That speed limit is typically 100km\/h or 110km\/h.<\/p>\n

Those roads also typically have the lower design standards and lower maintenance levels.\u00a0 All of that contributes to a risk per road user in rural and remote areas that is 11 times greater compared to a road in a city area.<\/p>\n

In iRAP terms it is simple as the image below demonstrates.\u00a0 At 110 and 100km\/h you have a 1-star journey with an extremely high risk of fatal and serious injury.\u00a0 At 90 and 80km\/h you at least have a 2-star journey and at 70km\/h you are having a 3-star or better journey that aligns with the UN Global Targets 3 and 4.<\/p>\n

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In rural and remote regions, everyone knows everyone.\u00a0 That means the loss of a life and the sadness, lost time associated with grieving and impact on a community is extreme.\u00a0 Changes to the default speed limit by at least 20km\/h will more than halve the amount of times that sadness is felt.\u00a0 That is why iRAP is supporting the changes to the default speed limit in Australia and we encourage you to do the same.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have your say here – infrastructure.gov.au\/have-your-say\/regulatory-impact-analysis-reduce-open-road-default-speed-limit<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

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Mid-term review of National Road Safety Strategy – Submit by 25 November\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts is also undertaking a mid-term review of the National Road Safety Strategy 2021-30. <\/em><\/p>\n

You can have your say through the portal here:<\/a>\u00a0 The portal will be open until 11:59pm on Tuesday 25 November 2025.<\/p>\n

At a time where the number of people killed and injured on our roads is rising \u2013 and we are even further away from the global targets to halve road deaths and serious injuries by 2030 it is clear we need to act, act now, act big and act with urgency.<\/p>\n

There is also a goal for Vision Zero in CBDs by 2030, zero deaths for kids under seven and zero deaths on national highways carrying 80% of the traffic.\u00a0 Is the investment and implementation being mobilised to meet these targets?<\/p>\n

The leadership and positive feedback on the recent launch of the Austroads led AusRAP Collection<\/a> is a great start.\u00a0 Now we need that transparent knowledge of how safe our roads are to translate into an appropriate scale of investment in safer road infrastructure for all road users and the implementation of safer speeds where needed so we reach the target for 80% of travel (for all road users) to be 3-star or better by 2030.<\/p>\n

With road crashes costing us at least $45 billion a year it is simple:<\/p>\n