BRAKE Australia

04/06/2026

Student Responses of the Week!

Responses from high school students completing the BRAKE Driver Awareness program in their classrooms across Australia.

BRAKE students answer more than 50 reflection and quiz questions across the program. These are three of them.

BRAKE is a school-based road safety program delivered by teachers, helping young people build safer attitudes and decisions before they start driving independently.

03/06/2026

We are excited to be partnering with Transurban as their 2026 Bridge to Brisbane charity partner.

Through this partnership, more young people will have access to evidence based road safety education before they start driving independently.

We look forward to working with Transurban to help more young people stay safe on our roads.

03/06/2026

Every year, significant resources are invested in improving road safety. Advertising campaigns, enforcement, safer roads, safer vehicles.

All of it matters but there's a question we don't often ask.

How much more effective could these investments be if people already cared about road safety before they got on the road?

Most road safety campaigns reach people who are already using the road. By that point, attitudes and habits are already forming.

BRAKE gets in earlier. Six to eight weeks in the classroom, before students are licensed, focused not on rules but on how choices affect you and everyone around you.

We consistently see students move from viewing road safety as an external set of rules to something they feel a personal stake in. That shift builds week by week.

A young person getting their licence with that mindset already in place responds differently to the road safety messages they encounter throughout life.

Because road safety already means something to them.

Not tuning out the advertisement. Not dismissing the campaign. Not seeing enforcement as something that only exists to punish.

Early intervention isn't just about creating safer young drivers. It also creates road users who are more receptive to the broader road safety system around them and that makes every other road safety investment more effective.

28/05/2026

Road trauma remains one of the leading causes of death for young Australians, yet most road safety conversations still begin after a young person gets their licence.

Last weekend, BRAKE COO, John Duncan appeared on ABC Weekend Breakfast to discuss why road safety education needs to start earlier and be recognised as a preventative health measure before young people begin driving independently.

The interview also explored the unique challenges faced by regional and remote communities and how BRAKE helps schools deliver high quality, evidence based road safety education in areas that have traditionally missed out on this vital education due to their location.

Thank you to the ABC Weekend Breakfast team for helping raise awareness about the importance of prevention, education and preparing young people before they get behind the wheel.

You can watch the interview below.

27/05/2026

National Road Safety Week was an incredibly busy and meaningful week for BRAKE.

Over the past week we took part in media interviews, school discussions and community conversations across Australia, helping raise awareness about why preventative road safety education before young people begin driving independently is so important.

The response to those conversations and the support shown throughout the week genuinely exceeded anything we expected.

Together, our community raised more than $16,000 to help more students access the BRAKE program fully funded, with every dollar matched by Transurban through the dollar match campaign. To every business, fundraiser, parent, supporter and community member who donated, shared the campaign or helped raise awareness, thank you.

Through funds raised from the Transurban Bridge to Brisbane partnership, BRAKE has already been able to open 20 fully funded places for Queensland schools to implement the program in 2026.

National Road Safety Week may be over for another year but the importance of preparing young people to make safe decisions on the road continues every day.

Thank you again to everyone who supported BRAKE throughout the week.

You can still donate to BRAKE's Transurban Bridge to Brisbane campaign until the 13th of September by following the link: https://zurl.co/tgrFE

22/05/2026

With less than 48 hours remaining in the National Road Safety Week dollar match campaign, $16,020 has already been donated toward the $20,000 target, with every dollar matched by Transurban.

We have been blown away by the support from businesses, supporters, fundraisers and the community throughout this week.

These funds are already helping create more fully funded places for Queensland schools to implement BRAKE in 2026. Through funds raised from the Transurban Bridge to Brisbane partnership, BRAKE has already been able to open 20 fully funded places for Queensland schools.

There is now less than 48 hours remaining for donations to be matched.

If you would like to help more young people access preventative road safety education before they begin driving independently, we would greatly appreciate your support.

You can donate here: https://zurl.co/haXci
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21/05/2026

This week, Transurban and BRAKE visited St Peter's Lutheran College during National Road Safety Week, with The Courier Mail covering students completing the BRAKE road safety education program.

The visit highlighted the 2026 Transurban Bridge to Brisbane partnership, which is helping more schools deliver BRAKE at no cost to students and families.

Road trauma remains the leading cause of death for young Australians, yet road safety education before licensing is often limited to road rules and compliance. Peer influence, emotional regulation, risk perception and decision making are rarely covered before students begin driving independently.

BRAKE aims to help bridge that gap through structured classroom road safety education delivered before students get behind the wheel on their own.

It was great to spend time with such thoughtful, mature and welcoming students and we are grateful to the staff and school community for supporting this important education.

So far, funds raised through the partnership have already created fully funded opportunities for 20 schools to deliver BRAKE in 2026. Schools interested in securing one of these places are welcome to reach out to learn more.

Read the article below:

Transurban has used this week’s Road Safety Week initiatives to announce plans to financially support a South East Queensland education program focused on helping young people become better drivers.

21/05/2026

Great to see students at St Peters Lutheran College Springfield taking part in BRAKE during National Road Safety Week.

Road safety education works best when schools create space for students to explore decision making, peer influence, personal responsibility and risk before they begin driving independently.

We were incredibly grateful to spend the day with such thoughtful and welcoming students on Monday.