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Assessment of the need for, and the likely benefits of, enhanced side impact protection in the form of a pole side impact global technical regulation

This report includes analyses of the incidence, burden and injury risk associated with side impact crashes from Australian and United Kingdom in-depth and mass crash data sources, as well as an assessment of the likely benefits and costs of a global technical regulation on pole side impact for Australia.

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