Ash Mani

Ash Mani

Ash Mani is a traffic/transport engineer specialising in road safety, Safe System assessments, and transport network risk analysis. His work focuses on identifying practical and evidence-based interventions that improve safety outcomes across roads, streets, and major infrastructure projects.

He brings experience across consultancy projects in Victoria, across Australia and internationally, working on audits, assessments, traffic analysis, and safety infrastructure delivery. His project experience spans major freeway networks, local government programs, and international capacity-building initiatives, combining technical analysis with practical delivery and stakeholder engagement.

Ash combines strong technical capability with a people-focused and collaborative approach to road safety engineering.

What Ash does

Ash specialises in analysing transport network safety and developing practical treatments that reduce risk and improve outcomes for all road users.

His work focuses on:

• Improving Road Safety outcomes

• Safe System policy and strategy

• iRAP assessments

• Evidence-based safety improvement programs Crash and network risk analysis

• Safety infrastructure planning and delivery

• Concept designs

• Communications and stakeholder engagement

• Project management

He works across both strategic and project-level contexts, helping agencies and project teams identify risks early and develop targeted, practical responses.

Approach

Ash applies a structured and evidence-led approach to road safety engineering. His work combines technical analysis, network assessment, and stakeholder input to support safer and more effective transport outcomes.

In practice, this includes:

• Linking crash data with network and site conditions

• Identifying systemic safety risks across transport corridors

• Developing practical and deliverable safety treatments

• Balancing technical analysis with user experience and operational realities

• Working collaboratively with project teams, councils, and agencies

His approach is grounded in Safe System principles and focuses on delivering safety improvements that are practical, targeted, and measurable.

Selected project experience (from previous experience)

Road Safety Audits and Safe System Assessments | Various Clients

Delivered more than 200 road safety audits and over 100 Safe System assessments across Victoria, helping shape safer outcomes across highways, urban streets, intersections, and major infrastructure projects.

Austroads Guide to Road Safety - 2021 edition | Austroads

Contributed to the development and publication of the updated Guide to Road Safety, consolidating technical content and supporting the delivery of best-practice road safety guidance used across Australia and New Zealand.

TAC Safe Local Roads and Streets Program | TAC

Provided road safety advice and concept design input across multiple councils, supporting practical interventions aimed at reducing fatalities and serious injuries on local roads and streets.

CityLink Road Safety Audit and Crash Analysis | Transurban

Led a network-wide road safety audit and crash analysis across Melbourne’s CityLink network, identifying recurring risk patterns and recommending targeted safety treatments across a major metropolitan freeway corridor.

Burnley Tunnel Enhancement Project | Transurban

Supported the assessment of proposed tunnel upgrades through road safety analysis and reporting, helping inform recommendations that improve driver experience and reduce safety risks within the Burnley Tunnel.

Solomon Islands Road Safety Capacity Improvement | Solomon Islands Government

Supported development of a national road safety action plan, combining technical assessment with stakeholder engagement and training delivery to strengthen local road safety capability.

Road safety and Safe System expertise

A core part of Ash’s work is applying Safe System thinking to transport infrastructure and network planning.

His expertise includes:

• Identifying high-risk road environments

• Analysing crash trends and network patterns

• Assessing infrastructure against Safe System principles

• Developing safety-focused concept designs and treatments

• Supporting agencies to prioritise risk reduction investments

He combines technical rigour with a strong understanding of Safe System principles, helping deliver outcomes that improve safety for drivers, pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists alike.

Collaboration and stakeholder engagement

Ash places strong emphasis on collaboration and communication throughout project delivery. He works closely with multidisciplinary teams, agencies, councils, and stakeholders to ensure technical findings are translated into clear and actionable outcomes. He also has experience managing external communications and stakeholder engagement for projects of various sizes across Victoria.

His ability to combine analytical thinking with practical communication supports effective decision-making across complex projects and safety programs.

Education and credentials

• Master of Engineering (Civil) — University of Melbourne

• Bachelor of Commerce (Economics and Finance) — University of Melbourne

• Accredited Road Safety Auditor

• Endorsed Safe System Assessor

• iRAP Accredited Supplier of Road Attribute Coding

Position within Eukai

At Eukai, Ash supports transport and infrastructure projects through road safety analysis, his extensive knowledge of Safe System principles, and evidence-based engineering advice. His work strengthens the integration of technical safety analysis with practical and deliverable transport outcomes.