2020-21 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS IS NOW CLOSED

(Closed Thursday 17 October 2019)

Black Spot Programs are a vital part of the State's commitment to improving road safety and reducing road crashes and trauma on South Australian roads.

Black Spot Programs directly target improvements to the safety of roads with proven crash history or high-risk locations.

These programs are very effective in reducing the risk of crashes and saving the community many times the cost of the relatively minor road improvements that are implemented.

The list of projects for South Australia funded under the 2019-20 Australian Government Black Spot Program can be found here.

Black Spot Programs

The Australian Government Infrastructure Investment Black Spot Program is funded by the Australian Government.  In recognition of its success the Australian Government has now extended the program until 30 June 2022. Funding is subject to annual approval by the Australian Government Minister for the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Cities.

The Australian Government Infrastructure Investment Black Spot Program encourages local government and community organisations to submit nominations for South Australian to the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI). For 2020-21 nominations, please refer to the updated criteria.

The South Australian Black Spot Consultative Panel is now calling for project nominations of infrastructure investment projects for 2020-2021 aimed at significantly reducing serious road casualties on South Australian roads.

Things to consider before you nominate:

• Identify the problem you believe is associated with this site
• Have you contacted and consulted with the local road authorities?
• Determine if there have been 3 or more casualty crashes at this site within the last 5 years (2014-2018). A casualty crash is defined as either a fatal or injury crash. It excludes vehicle property damage crashes

Note- Black Spot Projects do not include red light or speed cameras, vegetation control or maintenance concerns.

Do you want to nominate a Black Spot?

Please use the nomination forms and guidelines on this page or contact your relevant road authority:

• Arterial roads and highways - Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure DPTI.SABlackspots@sa.gov.au
• Local roads - The relevant local Council https://www.lga.sa.gov.au/councilmaps

Who can nominate?

State and local road authorities, community groups, associations, road user groups, industry and individuals are encouraged to submit a nomination either direct or through the relevant road authorities.

How to apply for funding

1. Read Criteria and Guidelines

• Black Spot Program Criteria Summary (PDF, 39 KB)
• Notes on Administration for Nation Building Black Spot Program (2014-15 to 2018-19) - Use until update available (PDF, 1225 KB)
• Notes on Administration for Nation Building Black Spot Program (2019-20 to 2023-24) - Uploaded on 20 September 2019 (PDF, 2457 KB)
• Black Spot Program Guidelines (PDF, 563 KB)

2. Fill and submit Nomination Forms

• Black Spot Nomination Form (PDF, 106 KB)
• Black Spot Nomination Form (DOCX, 74 KB)
• Black Spot BCR Spreadsheet - BITRE* (XLS, 516 KB)
• Black Spot BCR Spreadsheet - Austroads* (XLS, 496 KB)

For reactive projects, the 'Benefit Cost Ratio' (BCR) is required for nominations, based on crash history. There are two methods which can be used to calculate the BCR, this is the BITRE methodology or the Austroads crash type method. Either of the method can be used to determine the highest benefit. *Ensure that the Macros are enabled before using either of these spreadsheets.

Note that the latest BCR spreadsheet must be used, as it adopts crash cost methods derived from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) and updated crash type costs for Austroads method. This will also make the BCR method consistent with those used in other DPTI road safety programs.

• Essential information as listed in the Nomination Form
• Estimating Manual for Roads and Rail (Rev 2) (PDF, 2826 KB)

These templates, forms and supporting information must be used to prepare nominations. Submit all forms to the contact provided in the “Black Spot Contacts” section.

Incomplete or late nominations will not be considered.

3. Additional information/resources for use in submitting nominations

• Council Crash Maps 2014-2018 (Password Required) - Only available to Council and DPTI
• DPTI Crash Maps 2014-2018 (Password Required) - Only available to Council and DPTI
• Austroads Road Safety Engineering Toolkit
• Adelaide Statistical Division Map (PDF, 1411 KB)

Note that the crash data is confidential and is SAPOL data that has been given to DPTI and Council's for Crash Analysis purposes only. This data or the user name/password is not to be distributed. The crash data is often still preliminary and may change as investigations are undertaken.

DPTI and Councils - Please contact DPTI.SABlackspots@sa.gov.au to be sent the user name and password. This user name and password is the same as for the  2019-20 Nomination Call

4. How are Black Spot programs approved?

The South Australian Consultative Black Spot Panel assesses and endorses recommended nominations for the Australian Government funded Black Spot Program for consideration and approval by the Australian Government.

The Panel Chair is Mr Tony Pasin MP, Federal Member for Barker.

Other Panel members include: Representative for the South Australian Minister for Road Safety; Representatives from the Local Government Association; Royal Automobile Association of South Australia; Bicycle SA; South Australian Freight Council; South Australian Road Transport Association; the Australian Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities and the DPTI.

Eligible projects not successful under that program will be considered for funding under the State Funded Program (funded by the South Australian Government) through DPTI. For Council projects, work under the State Funded Program require the Council to contribute a minimum payment of one-third of the total project cost.

To reflect the specific inherent risks at level crossings, nominations for level crossing related projects will be assessed independently of road nominations. Road Safety Audit report is not mandatory for level crossing nominations.

Program Administration

The DPTI is responsible for assessing nominated projects, recommending projects for approval by the Australian Government and State Ministers and administering both Black Spot programs.

Once projects are approved and underway, the following templates and forms under 'Administration Forms' must be used.

Councils receiving Black Spot funding are required to enter into a funding deed with DPTI.

Administration Forms

• Black Spot Claim Form (use for progress payments) - NEW (DOC, 987 KB)
• Variation to Cost or Scope / Withdrawal Form - NEW (DOC, 333 KB)
• Project Completion Report Form (submit to DPTI at project completion) - NEW (DOC, 335 KB)
• Quarterly Reporting Template (use for progress reporting purposes) (DOC, 116 KB)

Other reporting requirements as per Funding Deed or other requirements – i.e. project physical & financial status shall be provided to the department's contact.

Black Spot Contacts

For information about Black Spot programs and project nominations, please contact:

Melissa Briggs
Senior Road Safety Engineer
Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure
GPO Box 1533, Adelaide SA 5001
Email: DPTI.SABlackspots@sa.gov.au

For information about Level Crossing related projects, please contact:

Anne-Marie Egges
Project Officer
Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure
GPO Box 1533, Adelaide SA 5001
Email: DPTI.SABlackspots@sa.gov.au

Approved Black Spot Programs for 2019-20

• Infrastructure Investment Black Spot Program: 2019-20 Projects (PDF, 108 KB)
• Community Road Safety State Funded Program: 2019-20 Projects (PDF, 24 KB)
• Media Release

Approved Black Spot Programs for 2018-19

• Infrastructure Investment Black Spot Program: 2018-19 Projects (PDF, 110 KB)
• Community Road Safety State Funded Program: 2018-19 Projects (PDF, 102 KB)

Please refer to the attached link for the latest list of prequalified auditors and assessors for Road Safety Audits and Restricted Access Vehicle Routes Assessments.