The Joint Select Committee on Road Safety has been established to inquire into and report on:

1. the effectiveness of existing road safety support services and programs, including opportunities to integrate Safe System principles into health, education, industry and transport policy;
2. the impact of road trauma on the nation, including the importance of achieving zero deaths and serious injuries in remote and regional areas;
3. the possible establishment of a future parliamentary Standing Committee on Road Safety and its functions;
4. measures to ensure state, territory and local government road infrastructure investment incorporates the Safe System principles;
5. road trauma and incident data collection and coordination across Australia;
6. recommending strategies, performance measures and targets for the next National Road Safety Strategy;
7. recommendations for the role of the newly established Office of Road Safety; and
8. other measures to support the Australian Parliament’s ongoing resolve to reduce incidents on our roads, with a focus on the recommendations from the Inquiry into the effectiveness of the National Road Safety Strategy 2011–2020.