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Managing the Road Trauma Trust Account

Agencies

This audit includes:

  • The Road Safety Council (which has the legislated responsibility to recommend to the Minister for Road Safety how to use the Road Trauma Trust Account’s funds)
  • The Office of Road Safety (a business unit of Main Roads WA)

View the agency response to this audit:

Further information from Background.

The Road Safety Council is an expert body that is supported by the Office of Road Safety

The Road Safety Council was established in 1997 and operates under the Road Safety Council Act 2002. It identifies and recommends measures to reduce road trauma and recommends to the Minister how to use the Road Trauma Trust Account. The Account funds road safety initiatives in Western Australia using money from traffic fines.

government agencies and other stakeholders who have a role in road safety. The Road Safety Council is led by a Chair appointed by the Minister for Road Safety, and current membership, determined by the Act, is:

  • Western Australia Police
  • Main Roads Western Australia
  • Department of Transport
  • Department of Planning
  • Western Australian Local Government Association
  • Department of Health
  • Department of Education
  • Insurance Commission of Western Australia
  • Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia (representing all road users)

Office of Road Safety

  • The Road Safety Council bases its advice on Towards Zero, other evidence-based research, community consultation, and input from the main

We refer to all Road Safety Council member organisations as agencies in this report, including the Office of Road Safety, Western Australian Local Government Association and the Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia.

Under the Act, the Road Safety Council’s functions are to:

  • identify and recommend measures to improve the safety of the State’s roads
  • identify and recommend measures to reduce deaths and injuries resulting from road crashes
  • evaluate and monitor the effectiveness of these measures
  • evaluate and monitor the safety of roads in the State
  • make recommendations to Government on the expenditure of monies allocated to the Road Trauma Trust Account.

The Office of Road Safety is responsible for assisting the Minister to administer the Road Safety Council Act 2002. It provides administrative support to the Road Safety Council and helps coordinate the road safety effort for the State. It also administers the allocation of Road Trauma Trust Account funding. The Office of Road Safety was transferred from the Department of Transport to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet in 2002. Since July 2009, it has been a business unit within Main Roads Western Australia.

Page last updated: January 20, 2020

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