Submission Information

Instructions and Upload Information

The 2025 Australasian Road Safety Conference invites your submission for possible inclusion in this year’s conference program.

Before submitting your Extended Abstract or Interactive Workshop proposal, ensure you read the below guidelines carefully. All information that you require is included below.

Extended Abstract and Interactive Workshop Submission Templates

To submit an Extended Abstract for an Oral or Poster presentation or an Interactive Workshop, use the appropriate template below. This will then be submitted through the ARSC Submission Portal. Instructions for this process are contained in the Portal.

Template for Extended Abstract submissions – Download the template here
Template for Interactive Workshop proposals – Download the template here

Submissions for ARSC 2025 are now closed

Template and guidelines now available!

Prepare your oral presentation – Oral guidelines and template
Prepare your poster presentation – Poster guidelines

Extended Abstract Information

Please note that all correspondence will be sent to the email address you provide when submitting.

Applicants whose submission is accepted must be a registered attendee.

A link will be sent to the main author to register. Any costs incurred remain at the responsibility of the presenting author.

Conference Theme

Equity, Elasticity and Evolution

All submission must address at least one of this year’s theme components that encompass:

Equity, recognising the inherent value of each person or road user, and treating all fairly, enabling equity, dignity and informed choices
Elasticity, addressing the system’s adaptability and resilience, emphasising energy and elasticity for equitable access and promoting shifts in transportation modes
Evolution, evolution of a safe system, exploring the development and implementation of safe systems, including past approaches, future challenges and insights into components, measures and human factors

Topics

We welcome delegates to submit their Extended Abstracts or Interactive Workshop proposals under the following categories:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Autonomous Vehicles
Communications and media
Community and school programs
Crash data collection and analysis
Cyclists
Distractions and inattention
Early childhood
Emergency services, medical and post-crash care
Enforcement and policing
Fatigue
First Nations
Heavy vehicles (trucks, buses and drivers)
Intelligent Transport Systems
Local Government
Low-cost treatments
Motor cyclists
Motor vehicles
Novice driver/rider training and licensing
Older road users
Other vehicle users (quad bikes etc)
Pedestrians
Personal mobility devices (e.g. e-scooters)
Policy development and implementation
Restraints
Road safety across cultures
Road safety in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC)
Road safety management
Road user behaviours and human factors
Road user training – general (workplace, OHS, cyclist etc)
Roads, road design and road environment
Rural roads
Safe speed, speeding, travel speeds
Safe streets and neighbourhoods
Workplace and work-related road safety

Conference prizes

Best Conference Theme Submission
Best Road Safety Poster
Best Submission by a New Road Safety Practitioner
Best Submission by a Road Safety Practitioner
Best Submission by a Road Safety Researcher
Best Submission by a Road Safety Researcher
Best Submission with Implications for Improving Road Safety Policing
Best Submission with Implications for Improving Workplace Road Safety
Tom McLaughlin Prize for Best Submission with Implications for Improving Road Safety for Children

Review of Submissions

All submissions will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee to ensure the quality and compatibility with the conference.

Submissions will be peer-reviewed. The peer-review is double anonymised, with reviewers matched by subject matter expertise and sector (i.e., practitioners will review practitioners, researchers will review researchers). All authors will be notified of the outcome of their submission.

The final decision on acceptance, and presentation formats will be determined by the Scientific Committee. Decisions will be informed by the peer-review and available spaces in the program with preference given to the highest quality submissions from practitioners and researchers.

Posters

All successful applicants will be required to display the poster at the conference utilising the standardise poster template
Authors of an accepted ‘Poster presentation with speed oral presentation’ must be available to present their poster including:
- Short three (3) minute presentation on Day 2
- Stand next their poster to discuss the work on Day 2
Posters can be printed on paper or fabric and/or laminated. We recommend using a material that is compatible with Velcro which will be used to mount the posters on the poster boards
Presenters are required to hang their posters prior to morning tea on Day 2
Posters will be on display for the duration of the conference.
- Authors who are part of the collaboration with Monash Art, Design and Architecture (MADA) will be contacted with further details about their poster design. Sponsored as part of the 2025 ARSC, this collaboration is free for authors and includes: Design of your poster by final year science communication students at Monash University, MADA
- Supervision by professional Art Directors
- Printing and hanging of the poster at the conference venue
- Free use of the artwork after the conference

See posters designed for ARSC 2021 – 2024

Important Information

The abstract for all accepted submissions will be published in the conference app available to all conference attendees during the conference
The full submission including posters and prize winners will be published in the conference proceedings that will be publicly available post-conference
Each author of an accepted submission must register for the conference by 15 August 2025 and pay the registration fee
Accepted submissions that do not have a registered presenter by 15 August 2025 will be removed from the concurrent program. Late registering authors will have the option to present a Poster Only.

Key dates

2025 ARSC Scholarships

ACRS is pleased to announce multiple scholarship opportunities for 2025 ARSC.

Program enquiries

For conference abstract submission process and scientific review, enquiries contact:

Australasian Road Safety Conference Program Managers
c/o MCI Australia