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.

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.

Report to the Minister on the review of the Shipping Registration Act 1981 Final Report in 1997

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.