Road Safety Publications

CR 175: Benefits of a Hybrid Side Impact Regulation (1998)

There are two fundamentally different dynamic side impact regulations in existence currently, namely FMVSS 214 in the USA and ECE Reg 95 in Europe.

CR 179: Women behind the wheel: Driving behaviour and road crash involvement (1998)

The aim of this project was to explore factors associated with risk of road crashes among two groups of women drivers aged 19-24 and 46-51.

CR 178: Women behind the wheel: Statistical overview of road crash involvement (1998)

This report forms part of a series published by the Federal Office of Road Safety (FORS) on women and road safety. It presents national road crash statistics for women, and in particular, women drivers involved in fatal crashes and crashes resulting in hospitalisation.

CR 177: Women behind the wheel: Review of literature relating to male & female drivers (1998)

In contrast to an extended literature comparing older and younger drivers, limited direct attention has been given to the safety of women as drivers relative to men.

Alcohol and road fatalities in Australia 1996.

Provides information on the incidence of alcohol consumption amongst drivers, motorcycle riders and pedestrians fatality injured in road crashes during 1996.

The history of road fatalities in Australia

Historical overview of the trends in road fatalities in Australia since 1925, and provides an outline of the contributors to the declining road toll.

Signs of trouble to come? A behavioural assessment of the effectiveness of road warning signs

This report is the final report under a FORS grant to use a driving simulator to measure the effectiveness of some standard Australian road warning signs.

Women behind the wheel: young drivers

This monograph is composed of excerpts from FORS CR179 Women Behind the Wheel: Driver Behaviour and Road Crash Involvement, and focuses on young driver behaviour.

Women behind the wheel: mid-age drivers

This monograph is composed of excerpts from FORS CR179 Women behind the Wheel: Driver Behaviour and Road Crash Involvement, and focuses on mid-age driver behaviours.

Drink-driving Arrests and Alcohol-Related Crashes: Results from the Linkage of Western Australian Arrest and Crash Records (1987–1995)

Records of all reported road crashes occurring in Western Australia between 1987 and 1995 were linked with records of all drink-driving arrests in the sameperiod. All drink-driving arrests and all road crashes experienced by each driver over the period were identified.