Road Safety Publications

CR 174: Case-Control Study of Motorcycle Crashes (1997)

This report presents the findings of the Case-control study of motorcycle crashes.

CR 172A: Travelling Speed and the Risk of Crash Involvement—Volume 2: Case and Reconstruction Details (1997)

Volume 2 of this Report 'Case and Reconstruction Details' contains detailed information on each individual case and explains the method of analysis used in the reconstruction process. It is not necessary to view Volume 2 in order to understand the general method and results of the study.

CR 173: Children in Adult Seat Belts and Child Harnesses; Crash Laboratory Comparisons of Dummy Responses (1997)

Rationale for project

CR 171: Community Attitudes to Road Safety: Community Attitudes Survey Wave 10 (1997)

This document reports the findings from a national survey of 1,298 people representative of the general public aged 15 years and over, conducted in June 1997.

CR 160: Prevention of Head Injuries to Car Occupants: An Investigation of Interior Padding Options (1997)

Head injuries to car occupants in crashes on Australian roads are a major cause of death and permanent brain damage.

Monograph 21: Road behaviour of unlicensed motorists involved in fatal crashes

Australian roads feature a disturbingly high incidence of unlicensed driving, and crashes involving these motorists make a significant contribution to Australia's road casualty statistics, including about one in every eleven road fatalities.

Pre-ATSB (FORS) Monograph 16: Australia's International Road Safety Performance

This monograph compares Australia's road safety performance to its OECD counterparts. The comparisons are drawn taking into account the level of motorisation and population of the countries reported.

CR 172: Travelling Speed and the Risk of Crash Involvement—Volume 1: Findings (1997)

The relationship between free travelling speed and the risk of involvement in a casualty crash in a 60 km/h speed limit zone was quantified using a case control study design.

CR 162: The Long-Term Effects Of Random Breath Testing In Four Australian States: A Time Series Analysis (1997)

This study is about the long-term effectiveness of random breath testing, as judged by time series analyses of statistical data on accidents and police enforcement in four Australian states: New South Wales (RBT introduced December 17, 1982), Queensland (RBT introduced December 1, 1988), Western

CR 169: Perceptual Countermeasures: Simulator Validation Study (1997)

Driving simulators have much to offer experimental research programs as they have the potential to provide a safe and controlled environment for testing driving performance without having to expose participants to the hazards of real world driving.