Road Safety Publications

Developing a model for a randomised trial of alcohol ignition interlocks in Queensland

This study reports a trial of an extension of the 'Under the Limit' Drink Driving Rehabilitation program (UTL) to include ignition interlocks which commenced in February 2001.

Estimation of the optimum speed on urban residential streets

The optimum speed is defined as one which balances the social costs and benefits of increased travel time with decreased road trauma, vehicle operating costs, emissions, etc.

CR 212: Community Attitudes to Road Safety: Community Attitudes Survey Wave 14 (2001)

This is the fourteenth in a series of annual surveys of community attitudes and perceptions towards a range of road safety issues.

Australian Bus Safety

This publication provides information on the incidence and characteristics of bus crashes in Australia. It examines the number of bus occupants fatally injured or hospitalised within Australia. The relative safety of bus occupants was also compared with other vehicle occupant safety.

Driving Performance Related Tasks, B-Blockers and the new Antidepressants

The study was conducted as a double blind, placebo controlled, four-way cross over study.

CR 198: Driver Fatigue: A Survey of Long Distance Heavy Vehicle Drivers in Australia (2001)

This is the report of a second national survey of long distance road transport drivers regarding fatigue and its effects on driving. This report examines the extent of changes in awareness and experiences of fatigue since the first survey, undertaken in 1991.

CR 209: Driver Fatigue: A Survey of Long Distance Transport Companies in Australia (2002)

This report describes the results of a national survey of transport companies in Australia. The aim was to survey companies about knowledge and awareness of fatigue, about workrest scheduling practices and about the factors which underlie the way schedules are organised.

Monograph 9 – Fatal light truck crashes

Fatal Light Truck Crashes in Australia

Level Crossing Accidents: A Literature Survey

INTRODUCTION

CR 204: Travelling Speed and Risk of Crash Involvement on Rural Roads (2001)

The main aim of this project was to quantify the relationship between free travelling speed and the relative risk of involvement in a casualty crash, for sober drivers of passenger vehicles in rural out of town 80 km/h and above speed limit zones in South Australia.