Road safety education driven by new grants program

Wednesday 10 June 2026

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, while 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.
• Funding will also see Marree Aboriginal School 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 state’s south east 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.

Sadly, 87 people lost their lives and there were 787 serious injuries in road crashes across South Australia last year. To date, 47 people have lost their lives and there has been 396 serious injuries on our roads this year.

For the full list of grant recipients: https://www.thinkroadsafety.sa.gov.au/partnerships/community-grants-program.