Accident Research Centre

Accident Research Centre

We’re one of the world’s most comprehensive injury prevention research institutions. Our research is extensive but our goal is quite simple: we strive to make people safer.

Transport

Everyday we're striving to provide the research-based solutions that make Australians safer across all modes of transport.

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Workplace

By understanding people's weaknesses and limitations, we help reduce the chance of them being hurt on the job.

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Home and Community

We bring scientific rigour into home, sport and leisure settings to prevent injury. We're also making communities resilient in the face of disaster.

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Study with us

Join our team and became part of the largest accident and injury prevention research facility in Australia and one of the most respected institutes of its kind in the world.

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Impactful research

An injury-free society won't happen by itself. Our policy-makers need real-world, evidence-based data to point them in the right direction. That's what we're here for.

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Road Safety Management Leadership Program

Lead the way

Whether you're a road safety professional locally or abroad, our Road Safety Management Leadership Program can help accelerate your professional development.

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Stay up-to-date with the latest news from MUARC

Electric and hybrid cars putting pedestrians at risk

The increase of electric and hybrid cars on Australian roads is putting pedestrians at significant risk, particularly people who are blind or have low vision, new research has found.

Drivers distracted every 96 seconds – first findings from the Australian Naturalistic Driving Study

The first results from the Australian Naturalistic Driving Study (ANDS) have found that drivers are distracted for 45 per cent of the time behind the wheel.

PhD student Renée St Louis wins best paper by a new researcher

MUARC is pleased to announce that PhD student Renée St Louis has won the best paper by a new researcher at the Australasian Road Safety Conference 2018.

MUARC's Dr Sharon Newnam recognised as Australia's leading researcher in Quality and Reliability

Congratulations to MUARC's Dr Sharon Newnam for receiving the accolade of a Research Field Leader in a recent edition of The Australian's Research acknowledgements.

MUARC joins new EU-project: improving road safety with virtual crash tests

MUARC has joined a new EU-funded research project that will develop virtual methods of crash testing to improve road safety.

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