Overview
In an ideal world, harm caused by road safety issues is uncommon and unacceptable. The Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland (CARRS-Q) was established in 1996 to work towards an ideal road safe world and address the enormous human, economic and social costs resulting every year from road crashes. Investigating people’s behaviour and conducting high impact research influencing national and international policy, CARRS-Q is reshaping road safety.
Evolve with QUTeX
QUTeX develops the practical skills of road safety professionals wanting to improve their performance and advance their career with the latest in road safety innovations. With one or both of the CARRS-Q courses as part of your professional development, you’ll upgrade your skills as a road safety practitioner and develop a distinct new set of capabilities you can apply into the real world to achieve more in what you do.
Who should participate?
Both CARRS-Q courses are designed for road safety practitioners, researchers and policy makers working in road safety and injury prevention. As these courses have no prerequisites, they are designed to provide you with an opportunity to upgrade your professional skills or formal qualifications.
Your expert facilitators Associate Professor Shimul Haque, Dr Mark King & Etiene La Grange
Associate Professor Shimul Haque
Shimul has over a decade of research experience in traffic safety analysis, blackspot identification, travel behaviour, and human factors and driving behaviour.
He is a highly trained road safety auditor in both Queensland and Singapore, having been accredited since 2010. He also has experience in delivering various road safety courses and workshops to road safety professionals in developing countries.
Dr Mark King
Mark is the Education & International Development Coordinator and Deputy Director at CARRS-Q, and has extensive experience working in government and road safety policy and research at Federal and State levels. He has developed and delivered customised courses for road safety professionals both within Australia and internationally.
Mark is Chair of the Queensland Chapter of the Australasian College of Road Safety.
Etiene La Grange
As Senior Traffic and Safety Engineer with the NZ Transport Agency, and previous experience in state and local road authorities, tertiary educational institutions, consultancies and contractors, Etiene has amassed nearly 25 years in the road safety sector.
Etiene’s specialist expertise includes traffic and road safety engineering, crash reduction studies and black spot investigations, feasibility studies and development of State and Federal project submissions and road safety auditing.
Core concepts
This two-day course is based on Austroads Guide to Road Safety, Part 8: “Treatment of Crash Locations”, and incorporates the Safe System Approach.
The course develops your skills and knowledge required to conduct a black spot treatment exercise, and how to use a road safety engineering toolkit to identify road safety problems and select suitable countermeasures.
With this course, you will gain an understanding of the principles of the human factors of traffic behavior within the Safe System Approach, as well as how to apply these principles to the design and effectiveness of road safety and injury prevention interventions that target human behavior.
This course covers a range of topics, including:
- identifying black spots
- diagnosing safety issues
- designing countermeasures
- conducting an economic appraisal
- assessing the effectiveness of an implemented countermeasure through monitoring and evaluation.
Details
Where and when
QUT Kelvin Grove Campus, Brisbane QLD.
When:
2021 registrations closed. Please email qutex@qut.edu.au to be added to 2022 interest list.
Cost
*NB: the below fees are indicative only.
| Registration type | Cost | Closing date |
|---|---|---|
| Early Bird | $1,800 (incl. GST) | 29 Jan 2021 |
| Standard | $2,000 (incl. GST) | 26 Feb 2021 |
| QUT Alumni/Staff* | $1,500 (incl. GST) | 26 Feb 2021 |
| Group* (4 or more) | $1,800 (incl. GST) per person | 26 Feb 2021 |
*For group and QUT staff registrations, please email QUTeX for further instructions.