CR 07: Frontal impacts and the effect of Australian Design Rules 10A and 10B for steering columns (1979)

Australian Design Rules (ADRs) 10A and 10B are aimed at reducing injuries to drivers who strike steering columns. ADR 10B is also aimed at limiting rearward displacement of steering columns in frontal collisions.

CR 03: Ethanol ingestion studies: pilot project (1979)

A set of ethanol ingestion studies was designed to test the feasibility of collecting frequent blood samples to construct an ethanol tolerance curve. Three methods of analysis were tested - gas chromatography, an enzyme method and the breathalyser.

CR 01: Collisions with utility poles

In a survey of utility pole collisions, information on site characteristics and accident severity was obtained. Randomly-selected samples of sites and vehicles provided control information. An accident-predictor model which identifies accident risk on the basis of site measurements is derived.

CR 02: Collisions with utility poles—Summary report

This report summarises the objectives, methodology, findings and recommendations of a study of collisions with utility poles. In a survey of accidents, information on site characteristics and accident severity was obtained.

CR 06: Appraisal of the existing traffic accident data collection and recording system—South Australia (1979)

Traffic accident data collection in South Australia has been appraised with the intention of answering two questions: What can reasonably be expected of the mass accident data system, and what improvements could be achieved by alterations to the system or to the demands made of it?

OR 1: Rules of Precedence at Intersections: An Examination of Alternatives for Australia

The paper examines the principles underlying the approaches adapted to the regulation of traffic at intersections in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Australia and New Zealand and comments upon their relevance to local conditions.

OR 3: The Use of Television Publicity to Modify Seat Belt Wearing Behaviour

Legislation requiring seat belts to be worn has led to major reductions in casualties in Australia. However injuries have resulted from belt slackness, from the location of buckles in the abdominal region and from webbing twist.

CR 04: The effect of seat belts on minor and severe injuries measured on the abbreviated injury scale (1979)

Following the implementation of compulsory seat belt wearing legislation in Victoria in December 1970, the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons established a survey to collect detailed injury and crash data from car accidents in that State.

CR 05: The effectiveness of Australian Design Rule 22 for head restraints (1979)

As introduction, the report describes Australian Design Rules 22 and 22A requiring head restraints to be fitted to driver and front left seats of all new cars in Australia from 1972 models onwards.

Report of the Royal Commission into Matters Relating to Norfolk Island, October 1976