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Links on various subjects
A few sites with information on topics we are asked about:
Accident Reconstruction
www.aspaci.org.au/
(Australasian & South Pacific Assoc. of Collision Investigators)
www.nettrace.com.au/resource/investigation/accident.htm
Bull bars and road trauma
www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/safety/publications/1980/BullBar_2.aspx
Assessment of Pedestrian Protection Afforded by Vehicles in Australia www1.tpgi.com.au/users/mpaine/ped_veh.html
Current Trends in Bumper Design for Pedestrian Impact www.autosteel.org/
[pdf]
Inquiry into the Incidence and Prevention of
Pedestrian Accidents www.parliament.vic.gov.au/rsc/walking/
RACV motoring.racv.com.au Bull-bars: think before fitting
Car Colour
Newstead, S. & D'Elia, A. (2007) An investigation into the relationship between vehicle colour and crash risk, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 263
BMJ
2003;327:1455-1456
www.colormatters.com/bbcar.html
Drivers.com - Hi Ho silver is
safe!
AAA Foundation - car colour and safety [.pdf]
Red Book Analysis #9 www.sureplan.net/pdf/rba_issue9.pdf [p4]
Car Sitting Positions
Car Pages UK - www.carpages.co.uk/news/repetitive-driving-injury-23-05-06.asp
RAC Foundation - www.racfoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=245&Itemid=35
Back Designs Inc. - backdesigns.com/AB1921000Store/CarHeadRoom.asp
Spine Universe - www.spineuniverse.com/displayarticle.php/article2028.html
Cargo barriers
LTSA Safe Loading of Vehicles
www.landtransport.govt.nz/commercial/loading.html
Qfleet safe driving guide - www.qfleet.qld.gov.au/
NRMA - www.mynrma.com.au/cps/rde/xchg/mynrma/hs.xsl/lethal_weapons.htm
Children in Cars
Dept. of Transport - Child
restraint guide and road safety info
RACV
- Child restraints (including child restraint calculator)
RACV child restraint monograph
Charlton, J., Koppel, S., Fitzharris, M., Congiu, M. & Fildes, B. (2006) Factors that influence children's booster seat use , Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 250
Charlton, J., Fildes, B., Laemmle, R., Smith, S. & Douglas, F. (2004)
'A preliminary
evaluation of child restraint crash performance with three anchorage
systems in a Holden Commodore', Proceedings 2004 Road Safety Research,
Policing and Education Conference, 14-16 November, Perth, Western
Australia, Vol 2, 10p.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - www.chop.edu/carseat
Henderson, M., Charlton, J., Pronk, N. & Scully, J. (2005) 'Improving child safety restraint systems', In J. Langford and B. Fildes [Eds.], Australasian Road Safety Handbook: Volume 2, pp.72-81, Sydney: Austroads Incorporated, AP-R268/05
Roadwise child resraints www.childcarrestraints.com.au/
SWOV - Seat belts and child restraints -
www.swov.nl
Transport Canada www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety/safedrivers/childsafety/index.htm
www.rta.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/children/childrestraints/index.html
Assessment of Child Restraint Performance in Australia - users.tpg.com.au/users/aoaug/cr_paper/cr_tests.html
Crash Statistics
Dept. of Transport road crash statistics
VicRoads CrashStats - Victorian accident statistics and mapping program
NISU Flinders www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/publications.php#hdr24
Cost of Injury
Consumer
Product-Related Injury in Australia: Direct hospital and medical costs to
government
Cost of Injury
to Victoria
Cost of
Road Trauma: Single and Multiple Injury Cases
Development of
method of estimating costs of injuries predicted by ANCAP...
Australian Bureau of Statistics - Injury
in Australia: A Snapshot
Burden
of Disease & Injury in Australia
Flinders University - Cost
of Injury
NHTSA Economic Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes 2000
www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
Road Crash Costs in Australia www.btre.gov.au/
SaferRoads - Get the facts
SWOV - Road crash costs www.swov.nl
UNSW IRMRC - Injury fact sheets www.irmrc.unsw.edu.au/Publications/factsheets.asp
Daytime Running Lights
www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/safety/publications/2003/Cons_Lights.aspx
www.mynrma.com.au/cps/rde/xchg/SID-3F5768EC-49864FCF/mynrma/hs.xsl/daytime_running_lights.htm
www.umich.edu/~industry/headlighting.html
Langford, J. & Patterson, T. (2005) 'Road safety implications of daytime running lights', In J. Langford and B. Fildes [Eds.], Australasian Road Safety Handbook: Volume 2, pp.65-71, Sydney: Austroads Incorporated, AP-R268/05
SWOV www.swov.nl/UK/Research/Publicaties/inhoud/factsheets.htm
IIHS www.hwysafety.org/research/qanda/drl.html
RACV motoring.racv.com.au
Driver Aggression
(Road rage)
Driver
Aggression: The role of personality, social characteristics, risk and
motivation
www.aggressive.drivers.com
www.drivers.com/topic/31/
www.aaafoundation.org/resources/index.cfm?button=roadrage
www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/outreach/safesobr/16qp/wordout.html
www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/enforce/aggressdrivers/toc.html
www.science.org.au/nova/069/069sit.htm
AAMI
report
How to avoid aggressive
driving
Status Report 33(10) 1998
Fatigue
Haworth, N. Fatigue and fatigue
research: The Australian experience, February 1998
Symmons, M. & Haworth, N. (2004) 'The
contributions of speeding and fatigue to work-related road crashes',
Proceedings 2004 Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference
SWOV -
fatigue in traffic [pdf]
Dept. of Infrastructre, Transport, Regional Development - fatigue
brochure [pdf]
NTC
Heavy vehicle driver fatigue
LTSA fatigue fact sheet www.ltsa.govt.nz/factsheets/24.html
RACV - don't drive tired
RACV - fatigue and young drivers
Stephan, K., Hosking, S., Regan, M., Verdoorn, A., Young, K. & Haworth, N. (2006) The relationship between driving performance and the Johns Drowsiness Scale as measured by the Optalert system, Report No. 252 .pdf [838KB]
Injury Statistics
Dept. of Transport - www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/safety/road_fatality_statistics/index.aspx
Road Safety in Australia - ATSB for WHO 2004
Comparison of International Fatality Rates
National Injury Surveillance Unit
Austroads - RoadFacts 2005
NCIS Fatal Facts -
identifies and summarises coronial recommendations
www.ncis.org.au/web_pages/fatal_facts.htm
Motorised Scooters
NRMA - Mobility scooters; Fact sheet (pdf); Motorised scooters
www.livedrive.org.au/scooters.html
www.officeofroadsafety.wa.gov.au/index.cfm?event=topicsMotorisedScooters
Hazard #62 www.monash.edu.au/muarc/VISU/hazard/
School buses (and seat belts)
www4.tpg.com.au/users/mpaine/busbelt.html
www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/menuitem.e712547f8daccabbbf30811060008a0c/
www.hsrc.unc.edu/safety_info/school/index.cfm
www.carrsq.qut.edu.au/research/research-school.jsp
www.carrsq.qut.edu.au/community/school_transport_safety/index.asp
www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/safety/schoolbus/schoolbus.htm
Langford, J. (2005) 'Road safety impact of fitting seat belts to school buses', In J. Langford and B. Fildes [Eds.], Australasian Road Safety Handbook: Volume 2, pp.32-37, Sydney: Austroads Incorporated, AP-R268/05
Transport Canada www.tc.gc.ca/
RACV bus safety motoring.racv.com.au
Seat belts
Seat
belt wear and tear, NZ
Restraint facts, WA www.officeofroadsafety.wa.gov.au
Proper Seat Belt Use Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals www.carsp.ca
www.autoliv.com/wps/wcm/connect/autoliv/Home/What+We+Do/Seatbelts
The history of seat belts
School transportation news - the history of seat belt development
RoSPA seat belt history
Stopping distances (and physics)
Australian Federal Police - stopping distances
www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/safety/publications/1997/Speed_Risk_1.aspx
www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/safety/publications/2002/Speed_Risk_3.aspx
www1.tpgi.com.au/users/mpaine/speed.html
Reaction
time of drivers to road stimuli
Fatal impact – the physics of speeding cars www.science.org.au/nova/058/058key.htm
Effect of Initial Speed and Road Conditions on Stopping Distance
Vehicle Stopping Distance And Time www.csgnetwork.com/stopdistinfo.html
NRMA Stopping distance tests www.nrma.com.au/pub/nrma/motor/car-research/stop_distance.shtml
Monash University does not endorse any particular person or
organisation. This list is provided as a resource and is by no means
exhaustive. Monash University (through the Accident Research Centre) is
not responsible for any service or advice provided by those listed, nor
responsible for any action taken on the basis of that advice.
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