The Effects of Lower Urban Speed Limits on Mobility, Accessibility, Energy and the Environment: Trade-Offs with Increased Safety?

This report describes the application of a computer-based traffic network model to a set of synthetic test networks, to examine the effects of lower speed limits on traffic progression, travel times, speeds and delays, fuel consumption and emissions under different traffic control strategies and

Adolescent males' driving behaviour

There is widespread consensus that young adults are over-represented in motor vehicle accident statistics. This report presents findings of research undertaken in the Newcastle region that analysed young males' driving behaviour and their attitudes towards the question of road safety.

Taxi Drivers and Road Safety

This report examines aspects of taxi driver road safety in three parts: first, a study of NSW data concerning taxi accidents from 1993-1995; second, a survey of Sydney metropolitan taxi drivers regarding job-related variables, attitudes, fatigue, personality and driving behaviour, together with a

CR 167: Community Attitudes to Road Safety: Community Attitudes Survey Wave 9 (1996)

Survey Methodology and Aim

CR 168: Repeat Drink Driving Offenders in Western Australia, 1984 to 1994 (1996)

The aim of this study was to determine patterns of drink-driving arrests in Western Australia, and the characteristics of repeat drink-drivers. For the purpose of this study, drink-drivers were defined as those arrested for a drink-driving offence between 1984 and 1994.

CR 167: Community Attitudes to Road Safety: Community Attitudes Survey Wave 9 (1996)

Survey Methodology and Aim

CR 166: Pedestrian Friendly Vehicle Front Structures. A Review of the Research Literature (1996)

In 1994 more pedestrians died on Australian roads than did motorcyclists and pedal cyclists combined [did passengers in vehicles]. Attempts to reduce the number of pedestrian casualties have concentrated on preventing the collision from occurring.

Pre-ATSB (FORS) Monograph 9: Australia's Rural Road Safety Action Plan

Rural road safety is a major issue in Australia. In recent years, gains in road safety in rural areas have not matched those made in urban areas (Monograph 2, Trends in Fatal Crashes on Rural Roads).

CR 165: Benefits of a Frontal Offset Regulation (1996)

Australian vehicles are currently required to meet Australian Design Rule ADR 69 which specifies head, chest and femur dummy criteria in a dynamic full frontal crash test at 48km/h.

CR 164: Young Driver Research Program: Digest of Reports and Principal Findings of the Research (1996)

The over-involvement of young drivers in road crashes is widely understood in Australia to be a most serious and to date largely intractable road safety problem. Young people aged 15-24 make up 15% of the population but account for 31% of fatalities.