Female car drivers and risk

This monograph investigates trends in female driver fatalities and the risk of serious injury in a road crash. (1996)

Driving in unfamiliar surroundings part 3: country driving/city driving

Considers the risks entailed by city drivers travelling in the country and country drivers in the city.

Australia's Rural Road Safety Action Plan

Reproduces excerpts from Australia's Rural Road Safety Action Plan, with a focus on the actions proposed under the plan.

Bicycle Road Accidents Caused by Steering Instability

Recently the community has been made aware that certain bicycles in use in the general community possess a potential steering instability. The issue has gained increased exposure in Queensland and Australia after the death of a 12 year old girl in 1994.

CR150: Vehicle Occupant Protection: Four-Wheel-Drives, Utilities and Vans (1996)

Although the number of 4WDs, utilities (not passenger car derivatives) and forward control vans in Australia is increasing, very little is known about the occupant protection they offer in real world crashes.

Biomechanics of Cervical Spinal Cord Injury in Rollover Crashes

A series of physical models of the human head and neck were constructed to study, the biomechanics of the cervical spinal cord during a simulated rollover clash.

The Role of Parents in the Road Safety Behaviour of Children

Survey data from 835 parents in New South Wales suggest that parents regard themselves as key providers of road safety education for their children, supported by other family and community members.

The Behaviour of Child Pedestrians at Darwin Primary School

The purpose of the research was to examine the effect that the education program Out and About had on the behaviour of child pedestrians as they travelled to and from Darwin primary schools. The study primarily focussed on children's level of compliance to road crossing behavioural elements.

Older drivers

Considers trends in driver fatalities against issues such as the ageing population, travel patterns of drivers of different ages and the ability of older people to survive crashes.

Optimisation of the Omnibus Roll Cage Structure

Improvement of vehicle stability and crashworthiness to reduce rollover and to provide increased occupant protection in the event of rollover requires that the effects of design parameters on vehicle rollover propensity are thoroughly understood.