Safety survey determines future of notorious road

• The identification of possible roadside hazards (e.g.: trees, power poles, embankment types, water hazards)
• Evaluation of potential roadside hazards (consideration of factors such as road type, curvature and grade, surrounding road environment, traffic volumes, speed and crash history).
• Prioritisation of hazard reduction treatments.

Recorded data suggests that 18 crashes have occurred along the stretch since 2005, but it is thought that the data may not include crashes outside of the ‘Quanda Road to Toolborough Road’ area, where more than one fatality has occurred.
As a result of the investigation into the need for guardrails, the Minister advised that TMR has instead decided to increase the number of road edge guideposts to improve safety and delineation where the roadside embankment is steep.