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Publications

CR 136: Young Drivers Research Program: Evaluation of Australian Graduated Licensing Scheme (1994)

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A graduated licensing scheme was one of the elements of the 10-point road safety package announced by the then Prime Minister in December 1989 as part of the Federal Government's Road Safety Initiative, for adoption by States and Territories.

CR 143: Young Drivers Research Program: the Influence of Age-related and Experience-related Factors in Reported Driving Behaviour (1994)

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This study investigated the relative importance of youth and lack of driving experience as contributors to the over-representation of young drivers in traffic crashes.

CR 132: Sharing the Main Street: Practitioners' Guide to Managing the Road Environment of Traffic Routes through Commercial Centres (1993)

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Sharing the Main Street represents the culmination of research which started over ten years ago at the University of New South Wales into the competing uses of the street space through town centres and other activity areas.

CR 133: Literature Review on Vehicle Mass and Size Versus Safety (1993)

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A review of the international literature was undertaken to examine the relationshipbetween a vehicle's mass or size and its influence on occupant protection. A number of specific objectives were addressed on this relationship and its consequence for vehicle downsizing in Australia.

CR 127: The Speed Review: Road Environment, Behaviour, Speed Limits, Enforcement and Crashes (1993)

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A study was undertaken to review the role of vehicle speed in road crashes, speed limits, enforcement and behaviour, and the environment. A review of the international literature was initially carried out to highlight overseas findings and issues identified for further research and development.

CR 118: Road Safety Mass Media Campaigns: A Meta Analysis (1993)

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This report details the use of a scientific approach to synthesise the results of a large number (87) of evaluated road safety mass media campaigns.

MR 12: Estimation of Truncated Ordinal Regression Models (1993)

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This report discusses the implementation of a new procedure called Truncated Ordinal Regression (TOR). The technique is more general and efficient than the existing methods. It allows for an ordinal scale of injury such as uninjured, severe injury, dead.

CR 122: Strategies to Combat Fatigue in the Long Distance Road Transport Industry. The Bus and Coach Perspective (1993)

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This report aims to identify effective and practicable strategies to reduce driver fatigue in the long distance bus and coach industry.

CR 113: Trends in Road Crash Fatality Rates, Australia 1970–1990 (1993)

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This report describes and analyses temporal changes in fatalities per population between 1970 and 1990 in Australia.

CR 115: Trends in Road Crash Fatality Rates Summary Report: Australia 1970–1990 (1993)

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Australia has seen a substantial and sustained reduction in road crash fatality rates between 1970 and 1990. This report describes and analyses the changes in road fatality rates in Australia.