On Road Worker Day of Remembrance, TMAA and the Safer Australian Roads and Highways (SARAH) Group are remembering the traffic controllers and road workers killed or seriously injured on our roads, and calling on road authorities to share safety data and lessons more openly.

Australia still can’t say with confidence how many road workers are injured or killed each year, and too little is shared back with industry about why incidents happen. TMAA respects the integrity of investigations, but key safety learnings can and should be shared early, without waiting years for a process to conclude.

TMAA CEO Matthew Bereni said: ““We still don’t know how many road workers are hurt or killed each year, and when tragedy strikes, the lessons too often stay locked away. Every incident holds a lesson that could protect the next worker. Those lessons belong with the people doing the work, and they need to be shared openly and quickly.”

SARAH Group President Peter Frazer OAM urged drivers to play their part: “Choose to actively protect them by slowing down, staying alert, and treating every work zone as the workplace it is.”

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For more information about Road Worker Day of Remembrance, visit roadsafetyweek.com.au/rwdor.