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Upon the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly the Travelsafe Committee was subsequently disbanded.

Functions of the committee - Travelsafe Committee

The Travelsafe Committee was a select committee established by resolution of the House. The committee examined all aspects of road safety and public transport and, in particular, had the responsibility to monitor, investigate and report on:
  • issues affecting road safety including the causes of road crashes and measures aimed at reducing deaths, injuries and economic costs to the community; 
  • the safety of passenger transport services, and measures aimed at reducing the incidence of related deaths and injuries; and 
  • measures for the enhancement of public transport in Queensland and reducing dependence on private motor vehicles as the predominant mode of transport. 

Past inquiries

OTHER WORK

Reports

Report 53  Report on the conference on High Risk Road Users - Tabled 26 November 2008

Report 52  Annual Report 2007-2008 - Tabled 9 October 2008

Report 51  Report on the inquiry into Automatic Number Plate Recognition Technology - Tabled 11 September 2008

Report 50  Investigation into child deaths and injuries from low speed vehicle run-overs - Tabled 6 September 2007

Report 49  Annual Report 2006-2007 - Tabled 10 August 2007

Report 48  Investigation into the road safety implications of mandatory 12 hour shifts for Jilalan traincrew - Tabled 29 June 2007

Report 47  Report on the inquiry into Q-Ride - Tabled 25 June 2007

Conclusions and recommendations - Tabled 25 June 2007

Report 46  Getting tough on Drink Drivers - Tabled 31 October 2006

Conclusions and recommendations - Tabled 31 October 2006

Report 45 Annual Report 2005-2006 - Tabled 10 August 2006

Report 44 Annual Report 2004-2005 - Tabled 8 November 2005

Report 43 Driving on empty: fatigue driving in Queensland - Full Report - Tabled 6 October 2005

Conclusions and recommendations - Tabled 6 October 2005

Report 42 Annual Report 2003-2004 - Tabled 5 October 2004

Report 41 Provisional driver and rider licence restrictions - Full Report - Tabled 22 December 2003

Conclusions and recommendations - Tabled 22 December 2003

Report 40 Reducing the road toll for young Queenslanders - is education enough? - Full Report - Tabled 22 December 2003

Conclusions and recommendations - Tabled 22 December 2003

Report 39 Annual Report 2002/03 - Tabled 16 October 2003

Report 38 Public Transport in South East Queensland - Full Report - Tabled 4 December 2002

Conclusions and recommendations - Tabled 4 December 2002

Report 37 Annual Report 2001/02 - Tabled 29 October 2002

Report 36 Rural Road Safety in Queensland - Full Report - Tabled 16 May 2002

Conclusions and recommendations - Tabled 16 May 2002

Report 35 Annual Report 2000/01 - Tabled 9 August 2001

Report 34 Report on the symposium on work-related road trauma and fleet risk management in Australia, Brisbane 10 August 2001 - Tabled 18 April 2002

Report 33 Annual Report 1999/2000 - Tabled 5 October 2000

Report 32 Report on Queensland Transport's Road Safety Statistical Methodologies - Tabled 14 July 2000

Report 31 Report from a symposium on international visitors and road safety in Australia - Brisbane 14 May 1999 - Tabled 21 January 2000

Report 30 Report on the meeting of Australasian Parliamentary Road Safety Committees and Ministerial Advisors - Brisbane 13 May 1999 - Tabled 10 December 1999

Report 29 Drug Driving in Queensland - Tabled 9 November 1999

Report 28 Annual Report 1998/99 - Tabled 16 September 1999

Report 27 Unlicensed, Unregistered and on the Road - Tabled 22 July 1999

Report 26 Annual Report 1997-1998 - Tabled 15 September 1998

Report 25 Shared Bikeways - Tabled 30 July 1998

Report 24 Brisbane's Citytrain Network - Part Two  - Passenger Security - Tabled 8 May 1998

Report 23 Brisbane's Citytrain Network - Part One - Safety of the Rail System and Infrastructure - Tabled 15 December 1997

Report 22 Compulsory BAC Testing - Tabled 12 December 1997

Report 21 Annual Report 1996/1997 - Tabled 18 November 1997

Report 20 Unsecured Loads - Tabled 16 May 1997

Report 19 Queensland's Road Toll: Drink Driving (Part 1) - Tabled 28 January 1997

Report 18 Queensland's Road Toll: An Overview - Tabled 28 January 1997

Report 17 Annual Report 1995/1996 - Tabled 4 September 1996

Report 16 Report on Driver Training and Licensing - Tabled 3 April 1996

Report 15 Speed Cameras: Should They Be Used in Queensland - Tabled 24 November 1994

Report 14 The Desirability of Requiring Compulsory Third Party Insurance Cover for Boats and Trailers - Tabled 22 November 1994

Report 13 Annual Report for the period 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1994 - Tabled 27 October 1994

Report 12 Local Area Traffic Management - Tabled 28 April 1994

Report 11 The Safety and Economic Implications of Permitting Standees on Urban and Non-Urban Bus Services - Tabled 18 November 1993

Report 10 Annual Report 1992-1993 - Tabled 18 November 1993

Report 9 Pedestrian and Cyclist Safety - Tabled 15 July 1993

Report 8 Annual Report 1991-1992 - Tabled 24 February 1993

Report 7 Road Environment and Traffic Engineering - Tabled 28 April 1992

Report 6 Achieving High Levels of Compliance with Road Safety Laws - a review of road user behaviour modification - Tabled 18 March 1992

Report 5 Bicycle Safety - Tabled 28 November 1991

Report 4 Annual Report for the period 1 July 1990 to 30 June 1991 - Tabled 2 October 1991

Report 3 Road Safety Education and Traffic Law Enforcement - Tabled 4 September 1991

Report 2 The need for some form of compulsory periodic inspections of passenger vehicles as an effective means of reducing road crashes and the severity of associated injuries, and the need to improve the standards of motor vehicle repairs as a means of improving vehicle and road safety - Tabled 4 December 1990

Report 1 Annual Report for the period 10 May 1990 to 30 June 1990 - Tabled 5 September 1990

Conference/Seminar Proceedings

CONFERENCE - Developing safer drivers and riders

CONFERENCE - Joint Travelsafe Conference with the Australasian College of Road Safety 18 & 19 September 2008 "High Risk Road Users Motivating behaviour change: what works and what doesn't work?"

Issues Papers

Issues Paper No. 12 - Inquiry into Automatic Number Plate Recognition technology - Tabled 31 October 2007

Issues Paper No. 11 - Inquiry into the Q-Rider Training Program - Tabled 1 December 2005

Issues Paper No. 10 - Inquiry into vehicle impoundment for drink drivers - Tabled 10 November 2005

Issues Paper No. 9 - Educating drivers to stop driving tired - Tabled 21 December 2004

Issues Paper No. 8 - Inquiry into crashes involving driver and rider fatigue in Queensland - Tabled 18 June 2004

Issues Paper No. 7 - Inquiry into provisional driver and rider licence restrictions - Tabled 27 March 2003

Issues Paper No. 6 - Public Transport in South East Queensland - Interim Findings - Tabled 12 December 2001

Issues Paper No. 5 - Rural Road Safety - Interim Findings - Tabled 9 August 2001

Issues Paper No. 4 - Rural Road Safety in Queensland - Tabled 13 April 1999

Issues Paper No. 3 - Drug Driving in Queensland - Tabled 12 November 1998

Issues Paper No. 2 - The Road Safety Implications of Unlicensed Driving and the Driving of Unregistered Vehicles in Queensland - Tabled 15 September 1998

Issues Paper No. 1 - Compulsory BAC Testing - Tabled 1 February 1997

Information Papers

Information Paper No. 1 - Inquiry into Public Transport in South East Queensland - Tabled 12 November 1999

OTHER

CD - 15 Years of Travelsafe (1990 - 2005)

Ministerial responses to reports

Report 51 Report on the inquiry into Automatic Number Plate Recognition Technology

Interim ministerial response - Tabled 1 December 2008
Ministerial response - Tabled 18 June 2009

Report 50 Report on the investigation into child deaths and injuries from low speed vehicle run-overs

Ministerial response - Tabled 6 March 2008
Interim ministerial response - Tabled 17 December 2007

Report 49 Annual Report 2006-2007 - No ministerial response required

Report 48 Investigation into the road safety implications of mandatory 12 hour shifts for Jilalan traincrew

Ministerial response - Tabled 1 October 2007

Report 47 Report on the inquiry into Q-RIDE

Ministerial response - Tabled 24 December 2007
Interim ministerial response - Tabled 25 September 2007

Report 46 Getting tough on drink drivers

Ministerial response - Tabled 15 June 2007
Interim ministerial response - Tabled 12 February 2007

Report 45 Annual Report 2005-2006 - No ministerial response required

Report 44 Annual Report 2004-2005 - No ministerial response required

Report 43 Driving on Empty: Fatigue driving in Queensland

Ministerial response - Tabled 10 April 2006
Interim ministerial response - Tabled 6 January 2006

Report 42 No ministerial response required

Report 41 Provisional driver and rider licence restrictions

Update on implementation of recommendations - Tabled 5 June 2006
Ministerial response - Tabled 22 March 2004

Report 40 Reducing the road toll for young Queenslanders - is education enough?

Update on implementation of recommendations - Tabled 5 June 2006
Ministerial response - Tabled 22 March 2004

Report 39 No ministerial response required

Report 38 Public Transport in South East Queensland - Tabled 3 March 2003

Report 37 No ministerial response required

Report 36 Rural Road Safety in Queensland

Ministerial response - Tabled 13 November 2002
Interim ministerial response -
Tabled 16 August 2002
Ministerial response - Tabled 9 August 2002
Ministerial response - Tabled 18 July 2002

Report 35 No ministerial response required

Report 34 Report on the symposium on work-related road trauma and fleet risk management in Australia, Brisbane 10 August 2001

Ministerial response - Tabled 16 September 2002
Interim ministerial response -
Tabled 18 July 2002

Report 33 No ministerial response required

Report 32 Report on Queensland Transport's Road Safety Statistical Methodologies - Tabled 7 December 2000

Report 31 Report from a symposium on international visitors and road safety in Australia - Brisbane 14 May 1999 - Tabled 16 May 2000

Report 30 No ministerial response required

Report 29 Drug Driving in Queensland

Ministerial response - Tabled 14 June 2001
Interim ministerial response -
Tabled 9 February 2000

Report 28  No ministerial response required

Report 27 Unlicensed, Unregistered and on the Road and Executive Summary

Ministerial response - 14 March 2000
Interim ministerial response -
Tabled 26 October 1999

Report 26  No ministerial response required

Report 25 No ministerial response required

Report 24 Brisbane's Citytrain Network - Part Two  - Passenger Security

Ministerial response - Tabled 26 November 1998
Interim ministerial response -
Tabled 25 August 1998

Report 23 Brisbane's Citytrain Network - Part One - Safety of the Rail System and Infrastructure - Tabled 20 October 1998

Report 22 Compulsory BAC Testing -

Ministerial response - Tabled 14 June 2001
Interim response -
Tabled 17 March 1998
Ministerial response - Tabled 25 February 1998
 

Report 21  No ministerial response required

Report 20 Unsecured Loads

Ministerial response - Tabled 20 November 1997
Interim ministerial response -
Tabled 17 September 1997
Ministerial response - Tabled 21 August 1997

Report 19 Queensland's Road Toll: Drink Driving (Part 1) -

Ministerial response - Tabled 29 April 1997
Ministerial response - Tabled 1 May 1997

Report 18 Queensland's Road Toll: An Overview -

Ministerial response - Tabled 29 April 1997
Ministerial response - Tabled 29 April 1997
Ministerial response - Tabled 1 May 1997

Report 17  No ministerial response required

Report 16 Report on Driver Training and Licensing

Ministerial response - Tabled 10 July 1996
Interim Ministerial response -
Tabled 9 July 1996
Ministerial response Part 1 - Tabled 1 November 1996
Ministerial response Part 2 - Tabled 1 November 1996
Ministerial response Part 3 - Tabled 1 November 1996

Report 15 Speed Cameras: Should They Be Used in Queensland - Tabled 23 May 1995

Report 14 The Desirability of Requiring Compulsory Third Party Insurance Cover for Boats and Trailers - Tabled 23 May 1995

Report 13  No ministerial response required

Report 12 Local Area Traffic Management - Tabled 2 August 1994

Report 11 The Safety and Economic Implications of Permitting Standees on Urban and Non-Urban Bus Services -

Ministerial response - Tabled 13 April 1994
Ministerial response - Tabled 2 August 1994
Ministerial response - Tabled 9 June 1994

Report 10 No ministerial response required

Report 9 Pedestrian and Cyclist Safety -

Ministerial response - Tabled 27 April 1994
Ministerial response - Tabled 25 February 1994
Ministerial response - Tabled 25 February 1994
Ministerial response - Tabled 24 February 1994
Ministerial response - Tabled 16 February 1994
Ministerial response - Tabled 30 November 1993

Report 8  No ministerial response required

Report 7  No ministerial response required

Report 6  No ministerial response required

Report 5  No ministerial response required

Report 4  No ministerial response required

Report 3  No ministerial response required

Report 2  No ministerial response required

Report 1  No ministerial response required

Public hearing transcripts

Media releases

  • Travelsafe Committee to look at the barriers to Transit Oriented Development in SEQ - 21 November 2008
  • Win the hearts and minds of risky drivers to cut the road toll - 19 September 2008
  • Roads and cars can be made safer – But what about people? - 16 September 2008
  • Travelsafe Committee supports new traffic cameras to cut the road toll - 11 September 2008
  • Hearing to look at using number plate readers to cut the road toll - 7 March 2008
  • Submissions reveal differing views about emerging technology - 13 February 2008
  • Travelsafe Committee investigates technology to detect illegal road behaviour - 31 October 2007
  • Queensland Parliament's Travelsafe Committee Makes Recommendations to Prevent Driveway Deaths and Injuries - 6 September 2007
  • 12 hour shifts pose road safety risks unless properly managed – 29 June 2007
  • Travelsafe calls for motorbike training and licensing changes - 25 June 2007
  • Public Forum to examine toddler driveway deaths - 16 April 2007
  • Travelsafe Committee Investigates Toddler Driveway Deaths - 13 March 2007
  • Parliamentary Committee calls for tougher line on drink drivers- 31 October 2006
  • Travelsafe Hearing to look at tightening Q-Ride- 28 July 2006
  • Public Symposium to examine motorcycle licensing- 5 May 2006
  • Committee calls public hearing to hear views on vehicle impoundment- 23 March 2006
  • Committee asks for public advice to cut motorcycle deaths - 13 March 2006
  • Committee seeks input to stop repeat drink drivers 10 February 2006
  • Travelsafe Committee inquiry to cut motorcycle deaths 1 December 2005
  • Travelsafe Committee to investigate confiscating cars 10 November 2005
  • Travelsafe Committee clocks up 472 recommendations in 15 years - 8 November 2005
  • Travelsafe Committee targets mining industry in fatigue driving trial - 6 October 2005
  • Driving on empty: fatigue driving in Queensland - 6 October 2005
  • Parliamentary committee to look at warnings for high risk drivers about driving tired - 21 December 2004
  • Inquiry to look at police powers to deal with tired drivers - 18 June 2004
  • New measures to reduce young driver crashes - 22 December 2003
  • Committee recommends reducing learner licence age to 16 - 22 December 2003
  • Travelsafe Committee proposes late night driving restriction - 22 December 2003
  • Post-licence education to reduce young driver crashers - 22 December 2003
  • Travelsafe to announce recommendations to reduce young driver crashes - 19 December 2003
  • Parliamentary hearing to look at training and restrictions to cut young driver crashes - 16 September 2003
  • Young driver group to discuss road toll - 7 July 2003
  • Rockhampton Parliamentary forum to look at reducing young driver crashes - 17 June 2003
  • Cairns Parliamentary forum to look at reducing young driver crashes - 17 June 2003
  • Townsville Parliamentary forum to look at reducing young driver crashes - 17 June 2003
  • Mackay Parliamentary forum to look at reducing young driver crashes - 17 June 2003
  • Travelsafe Committee support community initiatives - 6 June 2003
  • Parliamentary forums to look at reducing young driver crashes - 13 May 2003
  • Inquiry to look at night driving and passenger restrictions for young drivers - 27 March 2003
  • Travelsafe inquiry to examine novice driver and rider crashes - 10 January 2003
  • Travelsafe inquiry to examine novice driver and rider crashes - 19 December 2002
  • The car is king in South East Queensland, but public transport is essential - 4 December 2002
  • Better phone services in rural and remote areas will save lives - 18 September 2002
  • Educated drivers are safe drivers - training industry fights back - 23 July 2002
  • Conference told driver training fails road safety test - 22 July 2002
  • Conference to look at better training to reduce the road toll - 19 July 2002
  • Rural road safety in Queensland - 16 May 2002
  • National conference to look at training to make drivers safer - 3 May 2002
  • Employers can do more for road safety - 18 April 2002
  • Speeding still the problem, not the speed cameras - 17 December 2001
  • Travelsafe Committee releases interim findings from SEQ public transport inquiry - 12 December 2001
  • Travelsafe Committee releases interim findings from rural road safety inquiry - 22 August 2001
  • Travelsafe to look at workers' crashes while on-the-job - 29 June 2001
  • Travelsafe Committee to report on rural road safety and SEQ public transport - 17 May 2001
  • Travelsafe Committee to hold public hearing for rural road inquiry - 18 October 2000
  • Travelsafe holds hearing for SEQ public transport inquiry - 12 April 2000
  • Inquiry into SEQ public transport - 12 November 1999
  • Committee pushes for specialist drug driving task force - 9 November 1999
  • Unlicensed, unregistered and on our roads - 23 July 1999
  • Rural road safety in parliamentary spotlight - 1 April 1999
  • Queensland drug driving tests to be scrutinised at Travelsafe Public hearing - 25 March 1999
  • Parliamentary inquiry into drug driving - 6 November 1998
  • Public hearing to consider the costs of unlicensed driving and the driving of unregistered vehicles - 30 October 1998
  • Got your driver's licence with you? - 14 October 1998
  • Travelsafe targets unlicensed drivers and unregistered vehicles - 3 September 1998
  • Travelsafe reports on passenger security on Brisbane trains - 7 May 1998

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