The Characteristics of Fatal Crashes During the Christmas/New Year Holiday Period

The Christmas/ New Year holiday period has traditionally been associated with a public perception of increased danger on Australian roads. Police enforcement and road safety education are heightened and fatal road crashes are traditionally given increased media attention.

CR 213: Community Attitudes to Road Safety: Community Attitudes Survey Wave 15 (2002)

This is the fifteenth in a series of surveys of community attitudes and perceptions towards a range of road safety issues.

CR 211: Benefits of Seat Belt Reminder Systems (2002)

Historically Australia has played a leading role in promoting seat belt use, principally through government legislation since the 1970s.

Monograph 13 – Road fatalities among older pedestrians

Road fatalities among older pedestrians Pedestrians represent a significant component of Australias total road deaths. Of 1,737 deaths throughout Australia in 2001, about one-in-six (290) were pedestrians.

CR 210: Development and Testing of Production Prototypes of a Protective Headband for Car Occupants (2002)

This publication is the third in a series of reports for the ATSB in which we have detailed the development of a protective headband for car occupants. In CR193, we documented the results of tests made to determine the energy absorbing characteristics of several candidate materials.

OR 23: Fatigue-related crashes: An analysis of fatigue-related crashes on Australian roads using an operational definition of fatigue

This report examines a proposed operational definition of fatigue, and the occurrence and characteristics of fatigue-related road crashes within Australia as identified by the operational definition.

CR 207: Reanalysis of Travelling Speed and the Risk of Crash Involvement in Adelaide South Australia (2002)

The main aim of this project was to establish a mathematical curve that defines the relationship between free travelling speed and the risk of involvement in a casualty crash, for sober drivers in an urban setting.

Monograph 12 – Motorcycle rider age and risk of fatal injury

The relatively high risk to motorcycle riders of serious and fatal injury, compared with other road users, is a significant road safety issue. Trends in motorcycle fatalities over the decade to 2001 suggest improvement in the safety of motorcyclists has been lagging that of other road users.

CR 208 Driveway deaths: fatalities of young children in Australia as a result of low-speed motor vehicle impacts

This report summarises the incidence and characteristics of events involving fatalities of young children in Australia as a result of low-speed motor vehicle impacts during 1996, 1997 and 1998 (the latest years for which full records are available).

Monograph 11—Four wheel drive crashes

Fatal four wheel drive crashes This monograph examines the involvement of four wheel drive (4WD) vehicles in fatal crashes. It reports on the characteristics of fatal crashes involving 4WDs and compares them with the characteristics of crashes involving other passenger vehicles.