National Road Safety Council (NRSC)

• Reach:

  National

• Focus area:

  General

• Category:

  Government

Description

The NRSC facilitates and monitors implementation of agreed road safety priorities, as set out in the National Road Safety Strategy, Action Plans and other ATC agreed initiatives. The NRSC provides advice to the Australian Transport Council on road safety priorities, as required. The NRSC aims to build productive relationships with stakeholders across a broad range of sectors and interests, and raising the profile of road safety as a major public health issue.and consults and engages with stakeholders.

Members of the NRSC include:

• Mr Roger Cook AM (Chair)
  Chair of the Motor Accident Commission of South Australia

• Emeritus Professor MaryAnn Bin-Sallik
  Former Dean, Indigenous Research and Education, Charles Darwin University

• Ms Ann Bunnell
  Chair, Australian Foundation of the Alliance for Healthy Cities

• Ms Freda Crucitti
  President, Australian Automobile Association

• Mr Wayne Gardner AM
  Former world motorcycle racing champion

• Dr Soames Job
  Director, NSW Centre for Road Safety, Roads and Traffic Authority, NSW

• Professor Ian Johnston AM
  Deputy Chairman, National Transport Commission

Ambassadors of the NRSC include:

• Ms Melissa Doyle
  Co-host of the Channel 7 Sunrise program

• Mr Lindsay Fox AC
  Founder of the Linfox Group, an Australian-based international transport and warehousing corporation

• Assistant Commissioner John Hartley
  Commander,Traffic Services, New South Wales Police

• Mr Neil Mitchell AO
  Host of 3AW talk back radio

• Mr David Wirrpanda
  Former AFL footballer and WA Young Australian of the Year 2009

Contacts

National Road Safety Council secretariat
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
Level 2, 111 Alinga Street
Canberra ACT 2601
GPO Box 594
Canberra ACT 2601
Phone: (02) 6274 6275
Email: NRSC@infrastructure.gov.au

Related publications

National Road Safety Council (2010)

Road safety message from the National Road Safety Council: road safety message from David Wirrpanda.

: National Road Safety Council

The video road safety message spoken by the Western Australian football star David Wirrpanda tells of the disproportionate number of Indigenous people who are fatalities of road crashes.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

• Links
• View publication: Road safety message from the National Road Safety Council: road safety message from David Wirrpanda
• View information: Indigenous road users
• View website: National Road Safety Council

Links

• View information: Indigenous road safety
• View website: National Road Safety Council (NRSC)