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

Summary

The Federal Office of Road Safety has produced a pre-primary schools version of the road safety education resource material “Out and About”. This report details the evaluative research undertaken amongst pre-school teachers, pupils and parents, once the resource had been trialled on 10 pre-schools and 32 pre-school classes. Teachers using the materials were generally positive about the usefulness of the sensibly age-related road safety concepts.

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

Summary

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. The results of this simulation show good agreement with currently accepted tolerance levels for head impact in children.

OR 10: Vehicle Occupant Protection in Australia

Summary

Four important features were pre-requisites for the success of compulsory restraint wearing in Australia. They were a detailed specification for design, construction and installation of restraints; a multi-layered system of quality control and inspection: enforcement; and education and publicity to increase awareness of the benefits of restraint wearing.

Temporary Licence Applications and Variations

Received

August 2018

Community Attitudes to Road Safety—2011 survey report

Summary

This report documents the findings from the Department's 2011 survey of community attitudes to road safety. The twenty-second in a series of national surveys on community attitudes to road safety was conducted in May and June 2011. A total of 1,555 interviews were conducted with persons aged 15 years and over.

Driveway Safety: Are your kids at risk?

Summary

Many small children, particularly toddlers, are run over in home driveways. This brochure provides advice about keeping children safe around vehicles at home.

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Community Attitudes to Road Safety—2013 survey report

Summary

This report documents the findings from the Department's 2013 survey of community attitudes to road safety. The twenty-third in a series of national surveys on community attitudes to road safety was conducted in October and November 2013. A total of 1,500 interviews were conducted with persons aged 15 years and over.

Road safety

Delivering safer roads is not solely a government problem, nor solely a transport problem – everyone’s actions matter.

Road deaths and accidents have significant economic, health and societal impacts. Improved safety on our roads not only results in reduced financial and medical costs, it benefits all of us.

Temporary Licence Applications and Variations

Received

July 2018

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