CR 225: Australian Indigenous Road Safety: 2005 Update

In actioning one of the recommendations to come out of the 2004 Indigenous Road Safety Forum and Working Group, the ATSB commissioned ARRB Group to update the indigenous road safety scoping study that they had completed in 2003.

Road Deaths Australia, Monthly Bulletin May 2006

This month's key figures The total number of road deaths in May 2006 was 125 - this is a 13.8% decrease from the May 2005 figure. The number of road deaths in 2006 to the end of May is 669 - this is a 0.1% increase over the same 5 month period in 2005.

Road Deaths Australia, Monthly Bulletin April 2006

The total number of road deaths in April 2006 was 122—this is a 9.6% decrease from the April 2005 figure. The number of road deaths in 2006 to the end of April is 540—this is a 3.3% increase over the same 4 month period in 2005.

CR 227: Community Attitudes to Road Safety: Community Attitudes Survey Wave 18, 2005

This report documents the findings from the latest survey of community attitudes to road safety.

Beliefs and Attitudes about Speeding and its Countermeasures

Speeding substantially reduces road safety, and despite efforts to reduce speeding it remains the norm.

Monograph 18 Driveway deaths of child pedestrians

Every year, a number of young children in Australia are killed as a result of low-speed impact with a motor vehicle, often as a consequence of a parent or family friend unwittingly driving a motor vehicle over a child in their yard or driveway.

Road Deaths Australia, Monthly Bulletin March 2006

The total number of road deaths in March 2006 was 127 - this is a 19.6% decrease from the March 2005 figure. The number of road deaths in 2006 to the end of March is 410 - this is a 5.7% increase over the same 3 month period in 2005.

Road Deaths Australia, 2005 Statistical Summary

This publication presents an annual statistical summary of fatal road crashes and road deaths in Australia.

CR 226: A pilot study of the effects of macrotexture on stopping distance

This pilot study was undertaken to investigate whether presently available methods were capable of generating useful information on the relative contribution of microtexture and macrotexture to stopping distance at different speeds.

Road Deaths Australia, Monthly Bulletin February 2006

The total number of road deaths in February 2006 was 124 this is a 4.2% increase over the February 2005 figure. The number of road deaths in 2006 to the end of February is 279