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.

Our Research

We strive to provide the research-based solutions that make Australians safer everyday. Find out more about our research and what our research teams do.

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.

Our Publications

Our researchers produce a broad range of reports and journal articles on injury prevention topics covering transport, workplace, and home and community. Find them here.

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Victorian Injury Surveillance Unit (VISU) Data Request Service

The Victorian Injury Surveillance Unit is based at MUARC and has been analysing, interpreting and disseminating data on injury deaths, hospital admissions and emergency department presentations across the state, nationally and internationally for more than 30 years. Requests for information can be lodged via the data request form on the VISU website.

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

MUARC offers PhD scholarships as part of Fire to Flourish program

Looking for rigorous graduate research training and want to make a substantial contribution to research on a crucial issue? MUARC is offering two exciting scholarships as part of the Fire to Flourish program.

Welcome To Jonathan Abrahams, Director, Monash University Disaster Resilience Initiative

MUARC is pleased to welcome Jonathan Abrahams as new Director of the Monash University Disaster Resilience Initiative (MUDRI). Jonathan brings many years of international, regional and national experience and extensive connections across the world to MUDRI.

MUARC Appoints New Directors

Stuart Newstead has been appointed Professor and Director of the Monash University Accident Research Centre. Professor Jennie Oxley has been announced as the Deputy Director.

PhD opportunity with MUARC and the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency

MUARC's Victorian Injury Surveillance Unit, in collaboration with the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency, has a scholarship available to undertake a PhD programme that will determine the injury burden resulting from non-ionising radiation (NIR) treatment applied to the skin for cosmetic purposes.

WHO & MUARC Step Safely Webinar Series - Strategies for Preventing and Managing Falls Across The Life-Course

The Step Safely webinar series was hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC) in April 2022 to support the promotion and dissemination of the Step Safely Technical Package.

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