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Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW)<\/a> in Australia has been awarded the Yellow Ribbon Excellence Award for its road safety leadership, releasing AusRAP Star Rating results<\/a> for over 35,000 km of important state and regional roads. This marks a significant milestone in advancing road safety transparency and supporting evidence-based investment in safer road infrastructure.<\/p>\n The Yellow Ribbon Excellence Award is presented by National Transport Research Organisation (NTRO)<\/a> and Safer Australian Roads and Highways (SARAH)<\/a> to organisations which show excellence in road safety.<\/p>\n With road trauma starting to rise nationally for the first time in two decades, road safety \u2013 and particularly how to combat rising road fatalities and serious injuries \u2013 is in the spotlight.<\/p>\n The public release of Star Ratings empowers communities, policymakers, and road managers to better understand road risk and prioritise improvements that will save lives and reduce serious injuries.<\/p>\n Jeff Doyle, NTRO Executive Director Roads and Road Safety, congratulated TfNSW for the award achievement.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019d like to congratulate the team at Transport for NSW for their unwavering commitment to road safety. We are delighted to award them with the NTRO Yellow Ribbon Excellence Award,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n This achievement represents over 10 years of dedicated work by TfNSW to develop comprehensive road safety assessments. The department has systematically surveyed, collated, and coded AusRAP Star Rating Scores across their network, and for over 40% of the State Highway has conducted updated assessments following infrastructure investment.<\/p>\n Peter Frazer OAM, SARAH Founder and Organiser of National Road Safety Week commends TfNSW for their leadership:<\/p>\n \u201cSARAH is committed to AusRAP\u2019s \u20183 Star or Better\u2019 policy, which underpins the minimum safety standard that every road user deserves.<\/p>\n \u201cBy making Star Ratings public, TfNSW is encouraging a more constructive and transparent conversation about road safety \u2026 one that not only guides new infrastructure investment but also helps decision-makers prioritise where limited resources should be directed for critical maintenance.<\/p>\n \u201cThis initiative will especially be a boon for local governments, and the communities they serve, by providing a practical tool to identify risks, save lives, and prevent serious injuries on local roads. For instance, where councils lack immediate funding to upgrade dangerous one and two-star roads, lowering unsafe speed limits will provide a first line of defence, lifting minimum safety standards.<\/p>\n \u201cSARAH proudly commends Transport for NSW, because like NTRO and ourselves, TfNSW believes that everyone has a right to #GetHomeSafe to their loved ones\u2026 every day \u2026 no exceptions!<\/p>\n \u201cI am sure this initiative will inspire other jurisdictions to follow their leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n This initiative directly supports the Austroads AusRAP Strategy, which commits to publishing Star Rating results for all major arterial roads nationally by 2025. The plan sets an ambitious target. By 2030,at least 80% of travel should occur on roads rated 3 stars or better, as part of Australia’s vision for zero deaths and serious injuries on our roads by2050.<\/p>\n TfNSW’s leadership in making these results publicly available will benefit communities across New South Wales.<\/p>\n Transport for New South Wales joins Bundaberg Regional Council<\/a> as recipients of a NTRO Yellow Ribbon Excellence Award.<\/p>\n The NTRO Yellow Ribbon Excellence Award was officially presented to Transport Deputy Secretary, Safety, Policy, Environment & Regulation, Sally Webb, at a special function in Sydney on Thursday, September 4.<\/p>\n We congratulate Transport for New South Wales for their road safety leadership, and commend NTRO and SARAH for recognising road safety excellence through the Yellow Ribbon Awards Programme.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/www.transport.nsw.gov.au\/roadsafety\/what-we-do\/safe-system\/nsw-ausrap-map” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”View TfNSW’s interactive AusRAP map” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/irap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/TfNSW-Yellow-3.jpg” title_text=”TfNSW Yellow 3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Article and images credit: NTRO<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW) in Australia has been awarded the Yellow Ribbon Excellence Award for its road safety leadership, releasing AusRAP Star Rating results for over 35,000 km […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":82082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW)<\/a> in Australia has been awarded the Yellow Ribbon Excellence Award for its road safety leadership, releasing AusRAP Star Rating results<\/a> for over 35,000 km of important state and regional roads. This marks a significant milestone in advancing road safety transparency and supporting evidence-based investment in safer road infrastructure.<\/p> The Yellow Ribbon Excellence Award is presented by National Transport Research Organisation (NTRO)<\/a> and Safer Australian Roads and Highways (SARAH)<\/a> to organisations which show excellence in road safety.<\/p> With road trauma starting to rise nationally for the first time in two decades, road safety \u2013 and particularly how to combat rising road fatalities and serious injuries \u2013 is in the spotlight.<\/p> The public release of Star Ratings empowers communities, policymakers, and road managers to better understand road risk and prioritise improvements that will save lives and reduce serious injuries.<\/p> Jeff Doyle, NTRO Executive Director Roads and Road Safety, congratulated TfNSW for the award achievement.<\/p> \u201cI\u2019d like to congratulate the team at Transport for NSW for their unwavering commitment to road safety. We are delighted to award them with the NTRO Yellow Ribbon Excellence Award,\u201d he said.<\/p> This achievement represents over 10 years of dedicated work by TfNSW to develop comprehensive road safety assessments. The department has systematically surveyed, collated, and coded AusRAP Star Rating Scores across their network, and for over 40% of the State Highway has conducted updated assessments following infrastructure investment.<\/p> Peter Frazer OAM, SARAH Founder and Organiser of National Road Safety Week commends TfNSW for their leadership:<\/p> \u201cSARAH is committed to AusRAP\u2019s \u20183 Star or Better\u2019 policy, which underpins the minimum safety standard that every road user deserves.<\/p> \u201cBy making Star Ratings public, TfNSW is encouraging a more constructive and transparent conversation about road safety \u2026 one that not only guides new infrastructure investment but also helps decision-makers prioritise where limited resources should be directed for critical maintenance.<\/p> \u201cThis initiative will especially be a boon for local governments, and the communities they serve, by providing a practical tool to identify risks, save lives, and prevent serious injuries on local roads. For instance, where councils lack immediate funding to upgrade dangerous one and two-star roads, lowering unsafe speed limits will provide a first line of defence, lifting minimum safety standards.<\/p> \u201cSARAH proudly commends Transport for NSW, because like NTRO and ourselves, TfNSW believes that everyone has a right to #GetHomeSafe to their loved ones\u2026 every day \u2026 no exceptions!<\/p> \u201cI am sure this initiative will inspire other jurisdictions to follow their leadership.\u201d<\/p> This initiative directly supports the Austroads AusRAP Strategy, which commits to publishing Star Rating results for all major arterial roads nationally by 2025. The plan sets an ambitious target. By 2030,at least 80% of travel should occur on roads rated 3 stars or better, as part of Australia's vision for zero deaths and serious injuries on our roads by2050.<\/p> TfNSW's leadership in making these results publicly available will benefit communities across New South Wales.<\/p>