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A Comparative Evaluation of 'Safe Routes to School' Implementation

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This report compares and contrasts experience in different Australian States with the implementation of Safe Routes to School.

CR 176: Passenger Roof Crush Strength Requirements (1998)

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Rollover crashes, especially in the country, are usually very destructive events. About 15% of passenger cars in fatal crashes in Australia have overturned. Between about 13% and 16% of all passenger-car occupants killed in Australia died primarily as a result of injuries received in a rollover.

OR 21: Development of an Australian Design Rule for Offset Frontal Crash Protection

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Frontal crashes are the cause of the majority of deaths and injuries on the roads.

CR 175: Benefits of a Hybrid Side Impact Regulation (1998)

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There are two fundamentally different dynamic side impact regulations in existence currently, namely FMVSS 214 in the USA and ECE Reg 95 in Europe.

CR 179: Women behind the wheel: Driving behaviour and road crash involvement (1998)

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The aim of this project was to explore factors associated with risk of road crashes among two groups of women drivers aged 19-24 and 46-51.

CR 178: Women behind the wheel: Statistical overview of road crash involvement (1998)

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This report forms part of a series published by the Federal Office of Road Safety (FORS) on women and road safety. It presents national road crash statistics for women, and in particular, women drivers involved in fatal crashes and crashes resulting in hospitalisation.

CR 177: Women behind the wheel: Review of literature relating to male & female drivers (1998)

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In contrast to an extended literature comparing older and younger drivers, limited direct attention has been given to the safety of women as drivers relative to men.

Alcohol and road fatalities in Australia 1996.

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Provides information on the incidence of alcohol consumption amongst drivers, motorcycle riders and pedestrians fatality injured in road crashes during 1996.

The history of road fatalities in Australia

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Historical overview of the trends in road fatalities in Australia since 1925, and provides an outline of the contributors to the declining road toll.