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2026 ACRS Excellence in Road Safety Award
The ACRS Excellence in Road Safety Award, established in 2024, recognises outstanding projects that demonstrate innovation, impact, and leadership in improving road safety anywhere in the world. This prestigious award celebrates initiatives that address key road safety challenges through evidence-based, scalable, and cost-effective approaches.
Open to multidisciplinary teams from any sector, nominated projects must tackle significant road safety issues and demonstrate measurable impact. Submissions are assessed on their contribution to reducing road trauma, potential for replication in other contexts, and their consideration of broader systemic, societal, environmental, and governance factors.
Winning projects exemplify how collaborative, strategic efforts can lead to safer roads for all users, and highlight the value of informed, research-driven action in road safety.
Award Criteria
To make a submission for this award, the project team must include at least one member of the Australasian College of Road Safety (ACRS).
Submissions must demonstrate:
- How project resolves or addresses an issue;
- How project addresses systematic, societal, environmental, or policy and governance factors that contribute to road trauma;
- How easily can project be replicated for use in other areas or
by other jurisdictions; - What are key elements that contribute to the success of the
project; - Project budget and cost effectiveness;
- Benefits / positive impacts to road safety; and
- Evidence of project evaluation.
General Information
If you have any questions regarding this award, please contact the Australasian College of Road Safety by email at admin@acrs.org.au.
