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CR 48: Evaluation of the red light camera program and the owner onus legislation

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Red light cameras were introduced in Victoria in August 1983, with the intention of reducing the number of accidents that result from motorists disobeying red traffic signals at signalised intersections. Accident data from 46 treated and 46 control sites from 1981 to 1986 were analysed.

CR 66: Out and About child safety campaign (1988)

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The Federal Office of Road Safety developed an education package 'Out and About' aimed at children aged 5-11 years. The material is a major component of a campaign for the safety of children in the traffic environment.

CR 77: Evaluation of the pre-licence motorcycle training course at the New South Wales Traffic Education Centre (1988)

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The development and implementation of the Pre-Licence Motorcycle Training Course at the NSW Traffic Education Centre was reviewed.

CR 72: Driver fatigue, concepts, measurement and crash countermeasures (1988)

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his report addresses the topic of driver fatigue, an issue that is receiving increasing attention in the road safety field.

CR 74: Community attitudes to road safety, community attitudes survey Wave III (1988)

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AGB: McNair was commissioned by FORS to conduct Wave 3 of a national survey on community attitudes to road safety. This report contains results from Wave 3, and where possible comparative results since 1986.

CR 75: An analysis of the relationship between road improvements and road safety (1988)

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The report identifies aggregations of crashes by location (black spot), or by other common characteristics.

CR 71: Road safety benefits from rural road improvements (1988)

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This report describes the results of a literature review undertaken to determine the cost-effectiveness of a range of safety improvements for rural roads.

OR 10: Vehicle Occupant Protection in Australia

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Four important features were pre-requisites for the success of compulsory restraint wearing in Australia.

CR 63: Out and About pre-school children's road safety campaign evaluation (1988)

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

CR 64: Study of head injuries in children (1988)

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The literature describing the biomechanical response of children to impact is reviewed. The results of a computer simulation of a real child pedestrian impact using the computer program MADYMO are presented.