- $400,000 has been returned to local communities to promote road safety
- Featuring road safety messages in Urdu, animated videos, child restraints, sculptures, trucks, surfing, yellow footpaths and more
- Grants funded from red light and speeding fines
The Road Safety Commission has awarded over $400,000 in community grants for road safety projects and events.
Grants of up to $25,000 will help a wide variety of community organisations across the State to make our roads safer.
The funding for these grants comes from the Road Safety Commission via the Road Trauma Trust Account (RTTA). This account is where every dollar collected from photographic speeding and red-light cameras is deposited and used to improve road safety.
Community interest in the grants was strong, particularly in the regions. Of the 49 grants awarded, 34 will see projects and events delivered in regional Western Australia. The key criteria was whether the project or event delivered against the State's Driving Change - Road Safety Strategy. This framework underpins the State's approach to reducing the number of people killed and injured on our roads.
Grants were awarded for a wide variety of projects including:
- City of Armadale Youth Roadsafe Video Project - a contest to give young people the opportunity to use their creativity in producing an animated video on road safety;
- City of Stirling Child Car Restraint Program - this program will include a child car restraint fitting service;
- Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale - a campaign focused on horse riders and cars sharing the road safely;
- Pakistanis in Australia - road safety messaging in Urdu; and
- Shire of Pingelly - Safe Road Home Project - a drive trail loop highlighted with sculptures every 15 kilometres along the Brookton and Albany Highways to help keep drivers engaged on the road.
More details of the grants and how to apply for the next round can be found at the Road Safety Commission Community Grant Portal: Road Safety Commission's Community Grants Portal | Community Connect Road Safety (rsc.wa.gov.au)
As stated by Road Safety Minister David Michael:
"Road safety is a whole of community responsibility, which is why these grants are so important.
"It's fantastic to see such a wide variety of creative initiatives, which serve to remind me of how crucial it is to tap into the ideas of locals to help make our roads safer.
"I encourage all community organisations interested in making their community safer to consider applying for these grants in the future.
"It is also important to remind the community about where the funding for these grants comes from. Every dollar collected from photographic speeding and red-light camera fines goes into an account administered by the Road Safety Commission.
"This account (the Road Trauma Trust Account) can only be utilised for road safety initiatives such as these grants."
