Road Design
Integrating Safe System principles into every stage of road design to reduce crash risk for all road users.
By combining design expertise, evidence-based analysis, and the consideration of road user behaviour and vehicle performance, we deliver practical and implementable design solutions that enhance safety, performance, and usability across the network.
Crash site investigation, expert witness legal advice
An objective investigation of a crash site to review the road design, road condition and road environment factors to determine if or how these may have contributed to a crash. Advanced techniques, including consideration of surface condition, time of day, weather conditions, location, and link crash rates, as well as compliance with Australian Standard requirements, can also be adopted.
Line Marking Condition Surveys & Maintenance Program Devleopment
Services
We work with you to deliver evidence based solutions in Road Safety, Road Design, Heavy Vehicle Access, and Asset Management.
We adopt a first principles, Safe System aligned approach to develop practical multidisciplinary solutions that reduce crash risk.
Our work enables clients to make confident, defendable decisions that improve network safety and performance.
Our Clients and Memberships
Portfolio
We know guidelines and standards. Having sat on national standards committees and national and international working groups, our team has a sound understanding of best practices. We also understand the principles behind these documents and know what didn't make it to publication.
A sample of published reports our team have developed over the years is provided below.
Our Team
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David Milling
Director, Principal Consultant
Masters of Engineering (civil & transport), Accredited senior/lead Road Safety Auditor, 20+ years experience
David is passionate about converting knowledge into practical solutions that improve road safety. He has a Master's of Engineering (Civil and Transport) is an accredited Senior Road Safety Auditor with over two decades of experience across government, consulting, and research. He has led the development of technical guidance, safety strategies, and major research programs to develop new approaches to provide safe and accessible road networks. Prior to establishing RSDH, David spent 17 years at the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) and the National Transport Research Organisation (NTRO) in state and national leadership roles in road safety, road design, heavy vehicle access and asset management.
A specialist in Safe System thinking, David works across disciplines and sectors to design outcomes that exceed a 'consulting approach' but provide tailored, targeted solutions to reduce crash risk. His expertise is leveraging first principles knowledge, analysis of historical crash data, predictive risk data, traffic and speed data to identify crash trends and risk to provide proactive, prioritised actions and evidence-based programs that reduce crash risk.
Subject Matter Experts
Human Behaviours, Forensic Crash Investigation, Asset Management, Pavement Design and Sustainable Materials, Line marking design
We have a network of expert consultants, each with over 20 years of experience. Each consultant is a nationally or internationally recognised specialist in their field with research and consulting experience.
We bring in these experts when we require their expertise to provide you with the highest quality outcome. This approach enables us to provide cost-effective, high quality services.