CR 70: Road fatality rates in Australia, 1984–85 (1989)

This report describes the road crash fatality risks of Australians in 1984-85. Risk measurements or fatality rates are calculated as the average number of fatalities per distance travelled, time spent travelling and number of trips.

CR 60: Speed perception 2: Drivers' judgement of safety and speed on rural curved roads and at night (1989)

This project was a continuation of a previous study in speed perception that evaluated the role of the type of road and road width, roadside development, travel speed, driving experience and the sex of the driver on estimates of safety and travel speed (Fides, Fletcher & Corrigan, 1987).

MR 03: Sex differences in drink driving (1989)

BACs were obtained from drivers tested between 10pm and 3am in roadside surveys conducted in Adelaide between 1981 and 1987; drivers admitted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital between September 1985 & July 1987; and drivers killed on South Australian roads from 1981 to 1987 inclusive.

CR 82: Rural truck speed differentials: the 1986/87 national study (1989)

This study aimed to examine the effect of the increase in the heavy vehicle speed limit from 80 to 90 km/h on 1 January 1987. Articulated vehicle mean free speeds were found to have increased in four States: car speeds remained stable.

CR 81: Driver aggression: the role of personality, social characteristics, risk and motivation (1989)

The report addresses the topic of aggression in driving, with a consideration of a number of subject areas: theories of aggression; the definition of aggressive behaviour in driving; measurements of aggression; extreme forms of driver aggression; less extreme forms of driver aggression.

CR 80: Effective road safety campaigns: a practical handbook (1989)

This booklet is a summary companion volume of a much larger and more detailed set of Guidelines produced for the South Australian Department of Transport, the Federal Office of Road Safety, the Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW and the Road Traffic Authority of Victoria.

Pedestrian/vehicle conflict in the main street of country towns

This report presents the results of an explanatory investigation into the factorsinfluencing road safety on the 'main street' of country towns and how road safety may be improved.

MR 02: Blood alcohol concentrations of pedestrians (1989)

BACs were obtained for 213 adult pedestrians who were admitted to an Adelaide hospital between August 1985 & July 1987. Almost 2/3 of the pedestrians were male, and males had a higher rate per 10,000 pop. of admission to hospital than female pedestrians.

Concept Modification Approach to Pedestrian Safety: A Strategy for Modifying Young Children's Existing Conceptual Framework of Speed

Four possible outcomes have been proposed for the situation where children are taught concepts that are in direct conflict with their prior beliefs (Gilbert, Osborne and Fensham, 1982).

Social Survey Techniques for Assessing the Effects of Drink-Driving Countermeasures

There would be major coverage problems if the telephone system was to be used as the sole basis for the data collection.