A comprehensive assessment of whether a medical condition, disability or age-related change is affecting your ability to drive safely. It has an off-road (clinical) part and an on-road (practical) part, and is measured against the national Assessing Fitness to Drive standards used by VicRoads.

People with a medical condition, injury or disability that may affect driving; drivers asked by VicRoads Medical Review to be assessed; and learner drivers with a diagnosis who want to understand their readiness to drive. In Victoria, age alone is not a reason for an assessment.

Under Victoria’s Road Safety Act 1986, drivers must report medical conditions that may affect safe driving. VicRoads Medical Review may ask for an assessment before deciding whether, and on what conditions, you continue to hold your licence.

A referral from your GP or specialist, any correspondence from VicRoads Medical Review, and a current medical and/or eyesight report. On the day, bring your licence or learner permit, your glasses if you wear them, a list of your medications, and any seating or support equipment you use.

No. The on-road assessment is done in the driving instructor’s dual-control vehicle, for safety.

There are three. You may be found safe to continue driving — sometimes with a conditional licence, such as local-area or daylight driving, or with vehicle modifications. You may be recommended a program of lessons with the driving instructor, followed by an on-road re-assessment. Or, where it’s no longer safe to drive, the recommendation may be to stop. We frame every outcome around keeping you as mobile and independent as safely possible.

Your OTDA will advise how many lessons are recommended and whether an on-road re-assessment is needed. If you’re funded, we’ll apply for approval; if you’re self-funded, we’ll help you to connect to the driving instructor to arrange lessons. For modifications, we guide prescription, trial, funding and any licence conditions.

Where VicRoads Medical Review is involved, they confirm your licence and any conditions. Then you’re on the road after receiving notifications from VicRoads or after receiving a new licence

A recommendation to stop driving is only made when the clinical and on-road findings both point to safety concerns that can’t be resolved through lessons or vehicle modifications. It’s a difficult outcome, and we don’t reach it lightly. Your OTDA will explain the reasons clearly, and we’ll share information on retiring from driving and getting around without a car. You’re welcome to discuss the result with your GP and to seek a second opinion. The final decision about your licence rests with VicRoads Medical Review, based on the assessment and your medical reports; if you disagree, you have the right to seek a review of that decision.

It depends on your funding stream. We work with private, NDIS, TAC, WorkSafe, and My Aged Care funding. Contact us and we’ll confirm what applies.

The two sessions are usually scheduled close together, subject to instructor availability, with the report following shortly after. Contact us for current timeframes.