Transport Accident Commission

What is the Transport Accident Commission?

The TAC is a Victorian Government-owned organisation set up to pay for treatment and benefits for people injured in transport accidents, promote road safety and help Victorians get their lives back on track.

We are funded through the TAC charge which is a component of the payment made by Victorian motorists when they register their vehicles each year with VicRoads.

Delivering benefits

We cover the costs of injuries which are the direct result of the driving of a car, motorcycle, bus, train or tram. We provide support services for people injured in a transport accident as a driver, passenger, pedestrian, motorcyclist, and in many cases, a cyclist.

Under our ‘no-fault’ scheme, we will pay medical benefits and support services to any injured person regardless of who caused a crash.

These supports can include income support while you recover, and the payment of a lump sum if you have a serious and permanent injury.

For more details on the support the TAC can offer visit the ‘What the TAC can pay for‘ page.

We commit to delivering these benefits to everyone in a caring, efficient and financially responsible way.

Accident prevention

We are unique among personal injury compensation schemes in that one of our key roles is to promote road safety.

Working closely with Victoria Police, the Department of Justice and VicRoads, we develop campaigns that increase awareness of road safety issues, change behaviour and ultimately reduce the incidence of road trauma.

The economic and social costs associated with road trauma make the issue of road safety a major concern for the community.

The number of lives lost on our roads each year across Victoria is less than a third of what it was back in 1989. This has been achieved in part through sustained campaigning to reduce road trauma and death on Victoria’s roads. Victoria now has one of the best road safety records in the world.

Reducing the frequency and severity of transport accidents not only saves lives and avoids serious injuries, it also reduces claims. This provides savings to the Victorian community and ensures the long-term financial viability of the transport accident scheme.

Supporting Actions Delivered by TAC

• TAC was an active partner in helping establish NRSPP and a constant part of its journey from a concept to through to present day. Samantha Cockfield joined several NRSPP Steering Committee Partners in March 2014 in Sydney at Coca-Cola Amatil to design the founding performance measures and logic map for the program ahead of its launch.
• Steering Committee and Governance Board Partner from 2014 to present.
• TAC through NRSPP joined the Swinburne University Partnership Road Safety Student Campaign focused on driver distraction.  What resulted was the establishment of Re:act to facilitate the annual establishment and growth of  the initiative.
  • Re:act 2016 – Theme was Safer use of mobiles in vehicles
    • Melbourne Swinburne University: Chloë Young’s ‘Live the Moment’ campaign
  •  Re:act 2017 – Theme was The morning after alcohol
    • Melbourne Swinburne University: Lucy Boehme ‘Give Your Liver Longer’ concept.
  • Re:act 2018 – Theme was Safe interaction of 18-25 year old road users with trucks
    •  Melbourne Swinburne University: Charlotte Hicks, Grace Kirby and Caitlyn Preyser were the winners of re:act 2018 with their hard hitting ‘Don’t Truck Around’ campaign.
  • Re:act 2019 – Theme Vulnerable road users and drivers: shared responsibility
    • Melbourne Swinburne University: Communication Design students Max Bufardeci, Riley van Ingen, Felicity Lemke and Caitlin Gmehling created the ‘100% Human’ road safety campaign
  • Re:act 2020 – Theme: Distraction
    • Melbourne Swinburne University: Communication Design students Stephanie Powell, Thomas Pritchard, Caitlin Xavier & Laura Hughes created the ‘You miss a lot distracted’ road safety campaign
• Safe Use of Mobiles in Vehicles (SUMV)
  •  TAC through Samantha Buckis and Kim Norbury joined SUMV which included two core elements, delivery of the guide and the communications and engagement strategy. TAC assisted with laying out and formatting the SUMV Guide, the whole working group delivered:
    • NRSPP Guide: Developing an Effective Policy for Mobile Phone Use in Vehicles
    • B2B Video 
    • Mobile Phone Distraction in Vehicles – It Doesn’t Add Up! (Poster Series)
    • TAC A Road Safety Leadership Forum August 2016 hosted the launch of the guide.
• NRSPP assisted TAC with providing industry partners for workplace road safety discussion panels to attend their 2015-2017 leadership forums.
• Suicide in Road Transport
  • TAC has attended all of the workshop since the working group was formed and been an active ongoing partner.
•  Empowr Mobility
  • TAC has been a is funding a pilot to test the Empowr Mobility ecosystem in 2020 with Ganbina and GROW.