Local organisations will share in $200,000 in new community grants, helping South Australians become lifelong learners of road safety.
The State Government's THINK! Road Safety Community Grants Program is designed to help councils, charities, community groups, sports clubs and schools fund the development of road safety education, awareness programs, and events.
A total of 13 grassroot organisations have been awarded funding to deliver targeted road safety projects in their communities. Recipients include:
- Uniting Country SA will expand its work providing culturally safe and inclusive driver training across the state's north.
- City of Salisbury will be supported to deliver cycling and walking education programs at their new Road Safety Park.
- Bridgewater Primary School will educate students on pedestrian safety through a walking school bus project where volunteers will walk with students after school for about a kilometre, dropping children off at designated spots along the way.
- Marree Aboriginal School will deliver the Marree Youth Save Moves Program – an age appropriate, culturally inclusive road safety and cycling education relevant to the community.
- Logging Investigation and Training Association will continue its efforts in the driver training space, ensuring learner drivers across the Limestone Coast can achieve the requirements of their licence by pairing them with trained volunteer mentors and providing access to a safe vehicle.
The grants program is a new addition to the THINK! Road Safety Partnerships Program, which for many years has been driving road safety initiatives with high-profile partners including Adelaide and Port Adelaide Football Clubs, Adelaide Lightning, and the RAA.
The State Government last year released South Australia's Road Safety Action Plan 2025-2027. This plan sets out actions that pave the way for a 10-year target of reducing lives lost by 50 per cent and serious injuries by 30 per cent by 2031.
Key initiatives introduced under the Action Plan include applying a time-based speed limit on high-priority arterial roads close to schools, increasing community awareness and understanding of road rules and the launch of the THINK! Road Safety Community Grants Program.
For the full list of grant recipients visit: https://www.thinkroadsafety.sa.gov.au/partnerships/community-grants-program.
As put by Michael Brown
No death or serious injury on our roads is acceptable.
That's why our THINK! Road Safety Community Grants Program is all about changing driver behaviour at a grassroots level. We want South Australians to be lifelong learners when it comes to road safety.
This year, 13 organisations will share in $200,000 to deliver targeted road safety projects in their communities. Everyone has a role to play in improving safety on our roads.
We will continue to work with our high-profile partners like Port Adelaide and the Crows to strengthen road safety messages and reach more South Australians.
