CR 129: Young Driver Research Program: Literature Review on Crash Characteristics (1994)

This report reviews literature on young drivers' behavioural and personal characteristics in relation to their crash risk.

CR 125: A comparison of accident and emergency with police road injury data (1994)

This report examines the consistency of police and hospital reporting of outcomes of road traffic crashes using a database linking police accident reports and hospital accident and emergency (A & E) department data.

The Bayesian Analysis of Truncated Regression Models

The analysis of truncated data when an unobserved latent structure is assumed is considered. A Bayesian analysis of truncated data in the presence of covariates is presented. A method is derived for the analysis of truncated data when the response for the unobserved members is known.

Adaptive Speed Limit Signs for Road Safety

A state-of-the-art report was prepared on adaptive speed limit signs; that is, intelligent signs displaying variable speed limits based on weather or traffic conditions.

CR 123: Analysis of Medical Data From Fatal Road Crashes (1994)

This report, based upon data in the Federal Office of Road Safety Fatality File database, analyses various aspects of medical outcomes resulting from fatal road crashes in Australia in 1988.

Predictive Models for Road Crashes at Intersections

This report deals with the development of appropriate predictive models for crashes at intersections capable of being used in planning purposes. It begins with a brief review of past studies into the relationship between crashes at intersections and traffic flow.

Road Traffic Injury in Western Sydney: Serious Motor Vehicle Occupant Injury in the Wentworth and Western Sydney Health Areas

This investigation aimed to characterise serious road traffic injury in the Wentworth (WHA) and Western Sydney (WSHA) Health Areas in Western Sydney and explain an observed excess of road traffic deaths in one Area (WHA standardised mortality ratio for male road traffic injury 135.8, 99 percent c

The Development of Traffic Safety as a Profession: Tertiary Education

This report investigates the potential for the professionalisation of Traffic Safety. The multi-disciplinary nature of Traffic Safety is discussed and justification is provided for the provision of tertiary studies in Traffic Safety to unify the body of knowledge.

CR 142: Alcohol controls and Drink Driving: The Social Context (1994)

This report presents the findings of a study aimed at developing an overall picture of the drink driving elements that comprise the social contextual influence in Australia. Open ended discussions were held with key opinion leaders in the field of research and policy related to drink driving.

CR 131: Young Driver Research Program: Overview of Mass Crash Data Analysis (1994)

This research program is a series of eleven reports examining young versus older driver differences in car crashes for both Australian and USA data.