Bring us the site that worries you
Most councils don’t come to us wanting “a service”. They come with a problem: an intersection in the crash data, a grant that keeps getting knocked back, a community meeting next month. Here is what we do about each one. Every job is led by Christopher Davis and quoted as a fixed fee before work starts.
“Someone has been hurt there, and the fix we were quoted is out of reach.”
This is where Vision Zero Australia started. In 2012 a crash between a car and a mobility scooter at Ninth Street and Pine Avenue in Mildura cost a life. The conventional answer was a full roundabout nobody could afford. We built a compact roundabout into the existing intersection over two nights for $56,000. There have been no fatal or serious crashes there since.
We look at what the treatment is meant to achieve, then find the most affordable, quickest way to build it. That might be a Low-Cost Implanted Compact Roundabout, a redesigned intersection or a lower speed limit backed by the data. You get a concept or detailed design with a cost estimate you can take straight to council.
“We’ve got the money, but we can’t get it approved.”
A council can have $2 million sitting in a state programme and still not get the work built, because the design doesn’t meet the programme criteria. Chris visited all 79 Victorian councils for the TAC and helped shape the Safe Local Roads and Streets Program, so he knows what the funding bodies need to see. We design to the criteria from the first sketch, so the submission and the design tell the same story. Black Spot, Safer Roads and other state and federal programmes.
“We need an audit that leads to something being built.”
Stage 1 to 4 audits, pre-opening and existing road audits, subdivision audits and motorcycle audits where the auditor rides the route. Chris is a Senior Road Safety Auditor who helped write the national Road Safety Audit guide (AGRS06-22). Findings rank the treatments you can actually afford first, so the report doesn’t end up in a drawer.
“Council needs a plan it can defend.”
Road safety strategies, speed management plans and integrated transport strategies built on evidence, not opinion. The Mildura speed plan brought 40 km/h to every residential street, backed by ANRAM and AusRAP analysis that projected a 34% fall in fatalities. The Ballan Integrated Transport Strategy was adopted by Moorabool Shire Council in 2026. When a plan frees up road space, we show how it becomes shade, footpath or outdoor dining, giving elected members something they can stand behind.
“A development is coming and we need to know what it does to our roads.”
Traffic impact assessments and subdivision designs that put people walking, cycling and on mobility scooters first, written for the decision-maker as well as the engineer.
How it works
Tell us the site, your timeline and what you have to work with. You get a fixed-fee proposal with a scope and delivery date. Chris walks, drives or rides the site himself, and stays on the phone after the report is handed over. Where a design needs certification by a registered engineer, it’s provided through an engineer associate.
Vision Zero Australia is joining council and state agency panels across Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia. Most jobs can also be engaged directly by quotation. Certificates of currency, referees and a capability statement are available on request.
