Monograph 3 – Australia's international pedestrian safety performance 1990 to 1997

This monograph compares Australias pedestrian fatalities with other OECD nations between 1990 and 1997. The comparisons are drawn taking into account the population and level of motorisation of the countries reported.

CR 197: Community Attitudes to Road Safety: Community Attitudes Survey Wave 13 (2000)

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

Monograph 2 – Australia's international road safety performance 1997

This monograph compares Australias road safety performance with its OECD counterparts. The comparisons are drawn taking into account the level of motorisation and population of the countries reported.

OR 22: Estimating road trauma in the Australian indigenous population

This report compares the annual road death rate of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in three jurisdictions, which currently collect this information, and then estimates the Indigenous road toll Australia-wide. Two conclusions can be drawn from the analyses in this report.

CR 193: The development of a protective headband for car occupants (2000)

In 1997 McLean et al. (1997) demonstrated that energy absorbing headwear for car occupants might be effective in reducing the numbers of head injuries sustained by car occupants.

Dementia and driving

Drivers with dementia may have a higher accident risk than comparable drivers without dementia, but the results of studies are ambiguous, as are those linking neuropsychological impairments to driving safety.

Monograph 1 – Fatal crash involvement of never-licensed motorists.

Unlicensed motorists feature prominently in Australias road crash statistics. Their crashes contribute about one in every twelve road fatalities.

Pre-ATSB (FORS) Monograph 30: International tourists and road risk

An overview of international tourist involvement in fatal crashes in Australia.

CR 183: Drink Driving Offenders in a Rural Community: A Profile of Drink Driving Offenders in Regional Queensland (1999)

Drink driving remains a major health and economic problem for industrialised countries. Interventions and strategies developed for rehabilitation of drink drivers need to target the specific needs of this subgroup within the population.

CR182: Perceptual Countermeasures: Experimental Research (1999)

Speeding has long been recognised as a major factor in road crashes in Australia that deserves priority attention.