Welcome to the latest newsletter from the National Road Safety Partnership Program (NRSPP). NRSPP is a government-supported, industry-led collaborative network which aims to support Australian businesses and organisations to develop a positive road safety culture and help protect their workers and the public, not only during work hours but also when staff are ‘off-duty’.

This Edition Will Cover

• NRSPP Achievements
• NRSPP’s Next Heavy Vehicle Toolbox Talk is Out Now!
• NRSPP Monthly Focus
• Monthly Features:
  • NRSPP Case Study: NRSPP Case Study: Victorian Transport Logistics Company: Impatient Drivers, Distracted Pedestrians, E-Rideables And Nightclub Patrons: Managing The Risk Of Delivery All In A Day’s Work
  • Respect Traffic Controllers Campaign
  • Look Beyond the Truck Campaign
• NRSPP News
• Social Media
• NRSPP Resources
• Events
• Acknowledgements
• The NRSPP Steering Committee met on 16 May in Perth which was kindly hosted by Commonwealth Bank to coincide with the launch of National Road Safety Week. Attending the meeting was Adrian Warner, Commissioner for Road Safety in Western Australia. Key outcomes from the meeting include:
  • Paul Harrison from New Zealand Transport Association presented on the $23 million to develop a local version of NRSPP under which several aligned deliverables like a local CLOCS-NZ will be established. 
  • A new working group will be established to explore the development of the programs content such as Toolbox Talks into an online LMS system. 
  • The NRSPP Program Partner process will be updated to reflect one or two key measures that align with findings from MUARC’s Baseline Workplace Road Safety Culture project when completed in 2024. 
  • Dr Sarah Jones provided an update on the NRSPP/MUARC funded project exploring “implications and learnings of Covid-19 on Australia’s supply chains.”
  • The Truck Ride Along program development was supported. 
• NRSPP released two organisational campaigns:
  • Respect Traffic Controllers – NRSPP Australia in support of National Road Safety Week.
  • Look Beyond the Truck – NRSPP Australia in support of the 2023 Brisbane Truck Show.
• The NRSPP Utilities Forum met on the 22 May ahead of the AfMA Conference | with the following key outcomes:
  • Partners workshop development of a formal benchmarking framework for the sector
  • A partner shared issue relating to EWP heavy vehicle rollovers and invited sharing from industry peers on their approaches. 
  • ANCAP presented on how the program is evolving. 
  • Partners continued to workshop a fit-for-purpose safer vehicle purchasing guide and supporting research facilitated by Queensland University of Technology. 
• NRSPP Program Director presented/facilitated at:
  • Major Transport Infrastructure Authority on CLOCS-A
  • Australasian College of Road Safety WA Chapter road safety field trip on CLOCS-A
  • Safer Together – Natural Gas Exploration & Production Industry Safety on a discussion generator regarding the vehicle as a workplace and the role of NRSPP, research and Safer Together. 
  • National Bulk Tanker Association Bulk Tanker Day Wellbeing of Bulk tanker people – looking out for each other with panellists David Westgate of Black Dog, Natalie Flatt of Super Friends and Naomi Frauenfelder of Health Heads Truck and Sheds. 
  • 2023 Brisbane Truck Show as part of the Apprenticeship Challenge on road safety
  • 2023 Australasian Fleet Conference and Exhibition on importance of fatigue and sleep in the vehicle as a workplace. 
• Program Chair, Jude Charlton presented at a WA forum on NRSPP as part of National Road Safety Week. 
• Our June Heavy Vehicle Toolbox Talks (HVTBT) release features Habits & Familiarity with drivers from Bingo and Holcim.
• NRSPP Team went to Toll Group Grocery in Laverton at 4.30am and interviewed five more professional drivers as part of the final batch of Heavy Vehicle Toolbox Talks.