RSRP principles and governance
The AAA Road Safety Research Program supports studies with high potential for delivering practical road safety benefits.
Program principles
The Program adheres to the following principles:
Transparency
All selection processes and all decisions on funding road safety research are transparently communicated to stakeholders.
Collaboration
The program fosters collaboration across sectors and disciplines to identify and address road safety challenges.
Ethical and responsible research
The program encourages ethical and responsible research consistent with the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research.
Quality
The program uses independent expertise to improve its processes and assess research proposals against its selection criteria.
Knowledge sharing
The program shares research outputs with the road safety research community to improve collective knowledge.
Value for money
The program seeks to deliver value for money from its investments in road safety research to help maximise the achievement of its desired outcome and avoid duplication of research.
Program governance
The AAA Road Safety Research Program is supported by a Club Advisory Group and an Expert Advisory Panel. These committees guide and support the research’s strategic direction, and assess and recommend candidate projects. Both committees have the same independent chair, former RAC Group (WA) Chief Executive Terry Agnew.
Club Advisory Group (CAG)
- Nina Haubold: NRMA General Manager Group Safety
- Makarla Cole: RACV General Manager Automotive Services
- Joel Tucker: RACQ Manager - Road Safety & Technical
- Charles Mountain: RAA Senior Manager – Safety & Infrastructure
- David Elston: RAC Acting General Manager – Social Impact
- Melinda Percival: General Manager – Advocacy and Government Relations, RACT
- Craig Newland: Director – Policy & Research, AAA
Expert Advisory Panel (EAP)
- Dr John Crozier: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons’ Trauma Committee Chair
- Iain Cameron: WA Department of Transport Managing Director, and WA Road Safety Council Chairman
- Position Vacant: Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications First Assistant Secretary
- Professor Simon Bronitt: University of Sydney Law School Dean
- Associate Professor Lyndel Bates: Griffith University School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Dr Karen Klockner: Central Queensland University School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Senior Lecturer,
- Dr Mark Elliott: School of Psychological Sciences and Health, University of Strathclyde (UK)
The AAA Board makes final decisions on research project funding and decides how much funding to invest each year based on the quality and nature of research projects presented to them for consideration. Up to $1 million may be available for selected high-quality projects. Multi-year project proposals will be considered up to a value of $1 million per annum.
For more details, see the Assessment Framework and General Terms & Conditions (below).
