DriveSafe DriveAware

24/02/2026

Who is safe to drive?

An insightful article from the AMA highlighting Australia’s DriveSafe DriveAware tool as one of the few options available with the potential to help GPs bridge the gap between office‑based cognitive screening and on‑road outcomes.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hidden-challenge-general-practice-deciding-jcbnc/?trackingId=14QMU6t4QSyZsruTynxNYQ%3D%3D



Austroads NSW Road Safety - NSW GOV

Dr Monika Moy, Australian Medical Association SA Road Safety Committee Chair Assessing a patient’s fitness to drive is one of those bread‑and‑butter tasks that quietly sits in the background of general practice until it suddenly becomes the most difficult consult of the day. In South Australia...

01/12/2025

If you are an Australian clinician and subscriber to Healthed, listen to Dr David Lim, GP hosting Laura Bosci (an experienced Occupational Therapist who uses DSDA in her practice).

Learn why MMSE and MoCA don’t predict driving ability well and why DSDA is a more accurate tool, explore practical tips for discussing driving cessation with empathy and know your legal responsibilities in Australia around reporting and patient safety.

https://www.healthed.com.au/podcasts/assessing-older-drivers-beyond-the-basics/

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20/07/2025

DriveSafe DriveAware is featured in this article about the importance of fair & effective medical fitness-to-drive assessment to protect road users - published by Australian Ageing Agenda's Community Care Review.

https://communitycarereview.com.au/2025/07/09/how-to-support-driving-independence-and-ageing/

A fair and effective medical fitness-to-drive assessment process is essential to protecting all road users, writes Dr Beth Cheal.

23/06/2025

We are buoyed to see the DriveSafe DriveAware screening tool identified as the leader amongst 56 cognitive assessments or batteries in a pivotal scoping review published in Disability and Rehabilitation this month. The study examines how cognitive clinical assessments can predict performance in on-road driving evaluations and concluded that "Only four (of the 56) met predefined psychometric standards, and of these, only DriveSafe DriveAware also met clinical utility criteria."

Importantly, three widely used, global cognitive assessments did not meet psychometric criteria for accuracy in predicting the outcome of an on-road driving assessment:

- the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)
- the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
- Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination-revised (ACE-R)

🔗 Read the full study here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09638288.2025.2512057

Disability and Rehabilitation is an international, peer reviewed journal.

For those of us who have long been supporters and adopters of the DriveSafe DriveAware technology, this is fabulous confirmation that DSDA is the most viable off-road testing solution.

Staying current with emerging research is essential to ensure that cognitive assessments used to predict driving ability are based on current evidence. This review evaluated studies published since...

04/06/2025

An opportunity for young neurodivergent people to share their driving experiences in an Australian TV documentary series: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1C3baSg6Wp/

30/05/2025

Very supportive of the work Austroads do to keep us all safe on the roads. A timely reminder that if you have any concerns about your ability to drive (or the ability of your loved ones) have a chat to your clinician.

There are simple and accurate tools available to your clinician now that can provide peace of mind. For example, the DriveSafe DriveAware cognitive screening tool has been used by clinicians in AU and NZ to conduct over 3,500 patient assessments in the past 18 months.

See the DriveSafe DriveAware website https://drivesafedriveaware.com for more details.

🚗 This National Road Safety Week, we’d like to remind all drivers that health matters behind the wheel. Medical conditions and disabilities can affect your ability to drive safely – and that impacts everyone on the road. is working with health professionals, licensing authorities and the community to raise awareness and support safe driving decisions. Together, we can help people drive for as long as it’s safe to do so.
🔗 Learn more: austroads.info/aftd-implementation
Your fitness to drive – Drive so others survive.

09/05/2025

We are now offering free online webinars on the 3rd Friday of the month!

Join our director Dr Beth Cheal as she chats about what makes a good cognitive driving assessment tool, why DriveSafe DriveAware is an industry-leader, and how health professionals can best administer the tool and deliver results to their patients.

Book now via: https://drivesafedriveaware.com/book-a-webinar

20/01/2025

175 drivers over 65 die on Australian Roads each year and thousands more are injured. Research shows that taking some simple steps may help bring down this toll. DriveSafe Diagnostics' director and occupational therapist Dr. Beth Cheal shares some simple yet impactful adjustments that can make driving safer for older Australians and other road users.

21/11/2024

Our Director Beth recently represented Occupational Therapy Australia in the launch of the 'Vehicle Safety for Older Drivers and Passengers' guidelines. These guidelines were co-developed by researchers from Transurban Road Safety Centre at NeuRA, The George Institute and Occupational Therapy Australia.

Older people are over represented in crash statistics. Chest injuries are the most common among older drivers who die or are hospitalised in car crashes. These guidelines provide clear and actionable advice to health and road safety professionals who provide advice to older drivers about safe travel in vehicles.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/neuroscience-research-australia_roadsafety-olderdrivers-occupationaltherapy-activity-7264869968293302274-02DS

Always a pleasure to welcome colleagues from our corporate partner Transurban—Hayley Falkiner, Senior Advisor, Government Relations and Group Media, and Karen…

22/10/2024

Version 2.5 of the DSDA app was released this week, bringing some performance enhancements and changes to the timing of automatic syncing. Please read more here: https://drivesafedriveaware.com/dsda-version-releases

27/08/2024

DSDA Version 2.4(6) is now available from the App Store!

Existing users will be prompted to upgrade. Details of all releases are available on the DSDA website at:

Version releases  The following details the versions of the DriveSafe DriveAware app that have been released to the Apple Store and the changes that they contain: Version Release Date Details V2.4(6) - current 26 AUG 2024 The Test Administrator field is now mandatory for patient records A bug fix t...

17/06/2024

Japan has the largest elderly population in the world. Approximately 23% of Japanese drivers are aged 65+, with around half of all motor vehicle driver fatalities being among this group. Japan has addressed this challenge by requiring drivers aged 70+ to attend classroom sessions and driver training as a prerequisite to license renewal. Drivers aged 75+ are also required to undergo cognitive testing. In May this year, Japan opened its first elderly driving centre - designed to deliver 180 cognitive tests a day.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/10/japan/saitama-senior-drivers-training-center . Japan is aiming to increase the safety of all older drivers by delivering road safety programs to all seniors.

Drivers 70 and older have to undergo sessions consisting of driving instruction and classroom lectures, as well as cognitive tests.