Road Safety Planning
Find out how the City of Vincent plans and prioritises road safety improvements, the strategies that guide our decisions, and how we're working with our partners to create safer roads for everyone.
Our approach to road safety
The City of Vincent is committed to creating a safer road network for everyone, whether you're walking, cycling, riding a motorcycle, using public transport or driving.
Our approach to road safety is guided by a range of local, State and national strategies that work together to reduce crashes, prevent serious injuries and create safer streets for everyone.
Road Safety Management Plan
The Road Safety Management Plan 2025-2030 is the City's roadmap for improving road safety over the next five years. It sets out our priorities, the actions we'll take, and how we'll work with our partners to improve safety across the City.
The Plan supports the City's long-term vision and aligns with the Western Australian Government's Driving Change - Road Safety Strategy 2025–2030, contributing to the State's target of reducing the number of people killed or seriously injured on our roads by 50-70% by 2030.
Supporting strategies
The Road Safety Management Plan is supported by a range of strategies that guide road safety planning, including:
- Strategic Community Plan: Sets the City's long-term vision and priorities
- Accessible City Strategy: Supports a transport network that is safe, connected, accessible and enjoyable to use
- Driving Change - WA Road Safety Strategy: Provides the State's vision and targets for improving road safety
- Bike Network Plan: Provides the City's plan for efficient cycle infrastructure and programs to attract more people to cycle safely.
The Safe System approach
The City has adopted the Safe System approach, which is used by governments across Australia to guide road safety planning.
The Safe System recognises that people make mistakes, but those mistakes shouldn't result in death or serious injury. It considers how roads, speeds, vehicles and road users work together to create a safer transport network.
The four elements of the Safe System are:
- Safe roads and roadsides
- Safe speeds
- Safe vehicles
- Safe road use.
How we identify and prioritise road safety improvements
Road safety improvements are identified using data, technical assessments and local knowledge to help ensure investment is directed where it will have the greatest benefit.
How we identify safety issues
We use a range of information to understand where improvements may be needed, including:
- Crash mapping and risk assessment tools
- Road safety audits
- Inspections of locations where concerns have been raised
- Local area traffic assessments
- Collaboration with state agencies to identify safety risks across key routes.
How projects are prioritised
Every local road in the City is assessed using a traffic management warrant. The warrant considers factors such as traffic speed, road type and recorded safety risks to help identify where traffic management improvements may be needed most.
A higher score indicates a higher priority for investigation, however each location is assessed individually before any decisions are made.
The City's draft Local Area Traffic Management Policy supports this process by explaining how requests for traffic treatments are assessed and prioritised. The policy is currently available for community feedback through Imagine Vincent.
Road safety improvement programs
The Road Safety Management Plan is delivered through a range of programs and initiatives, including:
Find your street's priority
Search for your street to view its current traffic management warrant score and understand how road safety improvements are prioritised across the City.
Search Road Improvement Priority by Street
Working together for safer roads
Road safety is a shared responsibility.
The City works closely with Main Roads WA, the WA Police Force, the Road Safety Commission, the Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure and WALGA RoadWise to plan and deliver road safety improvements.
To learn more about who is responsible for maintaining different roads, visit Road Maintenance and Responsibilities.
Black Spot Program
The Black Spot Program funds safety improvements at high-risk locations on Australian roads. Both the Australian Government and the State Government run their own Black Spot programs, with the State program administered through Main Roads WA.
How we find high-risk locations
We use a combination of data and community input to identify where safety improvements are needed most. This includes:
- Conducting road safety assessments to identify potential locations for Black Spot funding submissions
- Carrying out high-risk route and intersection assessments at known sites of concern
- Using crash mapping tools to analyse crash history across the network
- Considering community feedback about locations where safety concerns have been raised.
How black spot improvements are funded
The City of Vincent applies for funding through the State Government and Australian Government Black Spot programs.
Applications are assessed by Main Roads WA, with funding focused on the most cost-effective treatment of hazardous locations.
Not every application is successful. Where funding is not approved, the City continues to work with Main Roads WA to pursue improvements at the location, may reapply in future funding rounds,
More information and contact
Download the full Road Safety Management Plan below for more detail on:
- The data and crash history behind our priorities
- Our progress against the state's road safety targets
- The full list of actions we're taking, who we're working with, and when they'll be delivered.
Road Safety Management Plan 2025 to 2030
You can also read more about the strategies and plans that inform our work:
Strategic Community Plan (PDF)
Accessible City Strategy (PDF)
See also:
If you have any questions or need further information, please contact us.