Road Safety Publications

Pedestrian casualties: children in early school years

Investigates trends in pedestrian fatalities among children of primary school age.

Driving in unfamiliar surroundings part 2: driving interstate

Reviews issues relating to driving outside one's home state and concentrates on drivers of passenger vehicles, excluding trucks and buses.

Alcohol and road fatalities

Considers the involvement of alcohol in fatal road crashes and provides a statistical overview of alcohol related fatal road crashes in 1992.

Airbags and the risk of serious injury to children and small adults

Looks at the safety issues related to airbag deployment.

Monograph 1: Road fatality trends in Australia: 1995 summary

Analyses trends in road fatalities during 1995 in Australia and in the States and Territories.

Female car drivers and risk

This monograph investigates trends in female driver fatalities and the risk of serious injury in a road crash. (1996)

Driving in unfamiliar surroundings part 3: country driving/city driving

Considers the risks entailed by city drivers travelling in the country and country drivers in the city.

Australia's Rural Road Safety Action Plan

Reproduces excerpts from Australia's Rural Road Safety Action Plan, with a focus on the actions proposed under the plan.

Bicycle Road Accidents Caused by Steering Instability

Recently the community has been made aware that certain bicycles in use in the general community possess a potential steering instability. The issue has gained increased exposure in Queensland and Australia after the death of a 12 year old girl in 1994.

CR150: Vehicle Occupant Protection: Four-Wheel-Drives, Utilities and Vans (1996)

Although the number of 4WDs, utilities (not passenger car derivatives) and forward control vans in Australia is increasing, very little is known about the occupant protection they offer in real world crashes.