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Publications

MR 01: Report on overseas visits: Vehicle occupant protection project (1989)

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Visits were made to a number of American and European vehicle manufacturers, Research Centres, and Traffic Safety Administration Authorities during April and May 1988 to discuss current trends and developments in occupant safety worldwide.

CR 86: Out and About: a survey of teachers' usage (1989)

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The Federal Office of Road Safety has produced a pre-primary and primary schools version of the road safety education resource material 'Out and About'.

CR 85: Community attitudes to road safety: community attitudes survey Wave IV (1989)

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In March 1989, the fourth in a series of national surveys on community attitudes to road safety was conducted. This report contains results from Wave 4 and, where possible, comparative results since 1986.

CR 84: Road fatality rates in Australia, 1984-85: Summary report (1989)

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This report describes the road crash fatality risks of Australians in 1984-85.

CR 70: Road fatality rates in Australia, 1984–85 (1989)

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This report describes the road crash fatality risks of Australians in 1984-85. Risk measurements or fatality rates are calculated as the average number of fatalities per distance travelled, time spent travelling and number of trips.

CR 60: Speed perception 2: Drivers' judgement of safety and speed on rural curved roads and at night (1989)

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This project was a continuation of a previous study in speed perception that evaluated the role of the type of road and road width, roadside development, travel speed, driving experience and the sex of the driver on estimates of safety and travel speed (Fides, Fletcher & Corrigan, 1987).

MR 03: Sex differences in drink driving (1989)

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BACs were obtained from drivers tested between 10pm and 3am in roadside surveys conducted in Adelaide between 1981 and 1987; drivers admitted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital between September 1985 & July 1987; and drivers killed on South Australian roads from 1981 to 1987 inclusive.

CR 82: Rural truck speed differentials: the 1986/87 national study (1989)

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This study aimed to examine the effect of the increase in the heavy vehicle speed limit from 80 to 90 km/h on 1 January 1987. Articulated vehicle mean free speeds were found to have increased in four States: car speeds remained stable.

CR 81: Driver aggression: the role of personality, social characteristics, risk and motivation (1989)

The report addresses the topic of aggression in driving, with a consideration of a number of subject areas: theories of aggression; the definition of aggressive behaviour in driving; measurements of aggression; extreme forms of driver aggression; less extreme forms of driver aggression.

CR 80: Effective road safety campaigns: a practical handbook (1989)

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This booklet is a summary companion volume of a much larger and more detailed set of Guidelines produced for the South Australian Department of Transport, the Federal Office of Road Safety, the Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW and the Road Traffic Authority of Victoria.