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Austroads 26 May 2026

AusRAP

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AusRAP is the Australian implementation of the international Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) star-rating system. It rates the in-built safety of road infrastructure for vehicle occupants, motorcyclists, pedestrians, and cyclists based on coded attributes captured during a road survey. AusRAP star ratings give a transparent, internationally benchmarked view of how forgiving a road is. A 5-star rated road is engineered to protect users when human error occurs.

In practice, AusRAP guides you through a structured, repeatable assessment so options can be compared and prioritised consistently.

  • Screens and ranks options using an evidence-based method.
  • Links each option to indicative cost and expected crash-reduction benefit.
  • Produces defensible outputs for funding submissions and prioritisation.
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Provides evidence-based scoring and ranking to support treatment selection, investment prioritisation, and network-wide decision-making.

Use AusRAP when you need to:

Use AusRAP when you need to communicate network safety performance to non-technical audiences, set jurisdiction-level star-rating targets, identify corridors that fall below acceptable star-rating thresholds, or compare treatment options on a like-for-like basis. AusRAP outputs are increasingly being adopted in national reporting frameworks and align with the National Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030 targets.

The tool is delivered as a web application. Typical workflow:

Survey the road using an in-vehicle camera-based survey, drone, or manual inspection. Code attributes against the AusRAP and iRAP attribute set, run the AusRAP model to generate star ratings and a corresponding treatment-recommendation list, and use the outputs in your jurisdictional reporting and capital-program prioritisation.

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