Australian Bus Safety

This publication provides information on the incidence and characteristics of bus crashes in Australia. It examines the number of bus occupants fatally injured or hospitalised within Australia. The relative safety of bus occupants was also compared with other vehicle occupant safety.

Driving Performance Related Tasks, B-Blockers and the new Antidepressants

The study was conducted as a double blind, placebo controlled, four-way cross over study.

CR 198: Driver Fatigue: A Survey of Long Distance Heavy Vehicle Drivers in Australia (2001)

This is the report of a second national survey of long distance road transport drivers regarding fatigue and its effects on driving. This report examines the extent of changes in awareness and experiences of fatigue since the first survey, undertaken in 1991.

CR 209: Driver Fatigue: A Survey of Long Distance Transport Companies in Australia (2002)

This report describes the results of a national survey of transport companies in Australia. The aim was to survey companies about knowledge and awareness of fatigue, about workrest scheduling practices and about the factors which underlie the way schedules are organised.

Monograph 9 – Fatal light truck crashes

Fatal Light Truck Crashes in Australia

Level Crossing Accidents: A Literature Survey

INTRODUCTION

CR 204: Travelling Speed and Risk of Crash Involvement on Rural Roads (2001)

The main aim of this project was to quantify the relationship between free travelling speed and the relative risk of involvement in a casualty crash, for sober drivers of passenger vehicles in rural out of town 80 km/h and above speed limit zones in South Australia.

CR 205: Further Development of a Protective Headband for Car Occupants (2001)

This publication is a sequel to the ATSB report CR193, "The development of a protective headband for car occupants" (Anderson et al., 2000).

Monograph 8 – Articulated Truck Crashes

The following monograph presents the most recently available national data on fatal crashes, associated fatalities and rates where an articulated truck was involved. Fatalities include truck occupants, motorcyclists, bicyclists, other vehicles occupants and pedestrians.

CR 187: The Impact of the "Under the Limit" Drink Driving Rehabilitation Program on the Lifestyle and Behaviour of Offenders (2001)

Drink driving remains a major public health issue for industrialised countries. Drink driving rehabilitation programs have been introduced as one method of reducing recidivism among convicted drink drivers.