Road Safety Publications

Predictive Models for Road Crashes at Intersections

This report deals with the development of appropriate predictive models for crashes at intersections capable of being used in planning purposes. It begins with a brief review of past studies into the relationship between crashes at intersections and traffic flow.

Road Traffic Injury in Western Sydney: Serious Motor Vehicle Occupant Injury in the Wentworth and Western Sydney Health Areas

This investigation aimed to characterise serious road traffic injury in the Wentworth (WHA) and Western Sydney (WSHA) Health Areas in Western Sydney and explain an observed excess of road traffic deaths in one Area (WHA standardised mortality ratio for male road traffic injury 135.8, 99 percent c

The Development of Traffic Safety as a Profession: Tertiary Education

This report investigates the potential for the professionalisation of Traffic Safety. The multi-disciplinary nature of Traffic Safety is discussed and justification is provided for the provision of tertiary studies in Traffic Safety to unify the body of knowledge.

CR 142: Alcohol controls and Drink Driving: The Social Context (1994)

This report presents the findings of a study aimed at developing an overall picture of the drink driving elements that comprise the social contextual influence in Australia. Open ended discussions were held with key opinion leaders in the field of research and policy related to drink driving.

CR 131: Young Driver Research Program: Overview of Mass Crash Data Analysis (1994)

This research program is a series of eleven reports examining young versus older driver differences in car crashes for both Australian and USA data.

CR 124: Fatal Rural Single Vehicle Crashes (1994)

This study employed fatal crash data from the Federal Office of Road Safety 1988 Fatality File, serious crash data from the period 1989-90 for Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia and serious crash data for 1990-92 from the Northern Territory.

CR 136: Young Drivers Research Program: Evaluation of Australian Graduated Licensing Scheme (1994)

A graduated licensing scheme was one of the elements of the 10-point road safety package announced by the then Prime Minister in December 1989 as part of the Federal Government's Road Safety Initiative, for adoption by States and Territories.

CR 143: Young Drivers Research Program: the Influence of Age-related and Experience-related Factors in Reported Driving Behaviour (1994)

This study investigated the relative importance of youth and lack of driving experience as contributors to the over-representation of young drivers in traffic crashes.

CR 132: Sharing the Main Street: Practitioners' Guide to Managing the Road Environment of Traffic Routes through Commercial Centres (1993)

Sharing the Main Street represents the culmination of research which started over ten years ago at the University of New South Wales into the competing uses of the street space through town centres and other activity areas.

CR 133: Literature Review on Vehicle Mass and Size Versus Safety (1993)

A review of the international literature was undertaken to examine the relationshipbetween a vehicle's mass or size and its influence on occupant protection. A number of specific objectives were addressed on this relationship and its consequence for vehicle downsizing in Australia.