The Community Action for Safe Speeds (CASS) study offers the opportunity to contribute your thoughts to help create safer journeys on our roads.
Mid-Western regional Council is working with the George Institute for Global Health, conducting a study that aims to better understand attitudes toward safe speeds on our community’s roads.
Phase 1
Community Juries
(October – November 2024)
15 members of the local community came together for four jury meetings in Mudgee and heard testimonies from experts about speeding behaviours, speed management, road design and psychology. They were asked to formulate solutions to help shift local attitudes toward speeding.
Phase 2
Delivery and Analysis of Interventions
(January to November 2025)
This stage of the project is currently underway.
- Assessment and selection of an intervention
- Survey of local attitudes
- Delivery of the intervention
- Final data collection and measurement
Phase 3
Analysis of results is on track to commence in 2026.
Road safety campaign - Signage
Residents had the opportunity to display garden sign in their front yard as part of a road safety campaign to change attitudes towards speeding. The signs were made from corflute material and were a similar size to election boards.
All costs are covered by a grant from the National Road Safety Action Grants Program.