Assessment criteria
A risk management approach is used to assess applications.
Applications that meet the mandatory criteria will be assessed against the following criteria:
- the likelihood of a crash occurring based on exposure rates (i.e traffic volume data) and the consequence of a crash
- the potential crash reduction benefit(s) of the proposed infrastructure treatment
- co-contribution or explanation for applications not supported by local council funding
- the use of the Safe System design tool (diagram below)
- alignment with key directions under the Towards Zero Strategy.
The VRUP Assessment Committee conducts the assessment of applications. Membership is made up of representatives from the Road Safety and State Roads branches of State Growth.
