Fildes, Brian (Monash University, Australia)
Australia’s National Crash In-Depth Study Progress Report, July 2002
Conference Year: 2002
Australia’s National Crash In Depth Study has been running for more than two years, with over 200 cases collected to date in Victoria and NSW. Partici ... [More]
Evaluation of Screening Tests For Older Drivers
Conference Year: 2002
Three new screening tests from North America have recently been developed to assess functionally impaired older drivers, namely DriveABLE, GRIMPS and ... [More]
A Referral Assessment Tool for Assessing Older and Functionally Impaired Drivers
Conference Year: 2002
This purpose of this study, commissioned by VicRoads, was to develop and evaluate a referral tool for use by GPs and other health professionals to ide ... [More]
Evaluation of Perceptual Countermeasure Treatments
Conference Year: 2002
Perceptual countermeasures is a term given to a class of road treatments which are intended to induce drivers to reduce travel speeds by altering driv ... [More]
Making the right choice: vehicle safety advice for seniors
Conference Year: 2002
Older drivers are particularly susceptible to serious injury or death in the event of a crash due to their increased level of frailty. For this reason ... [More]
Australia’s National Crash In-depth Study Progress Report July 2001
Conference Year: 2001
Australia’s National Crash In-depth Study (ANCIS) is an ongoing retrospective study of real-world modern vehicle crash performance and occupant injuri ... [More]
Airbag Effectiveness in Real World Crashes
Conference Year: 2001
This paper presents results from a sample of 383 belted drivers and 129 belted front seat passengers involved in frontal crashes. Of the drivers 253 v ... [More]
SELF-REGULATORY BEHAVIOUR OF OLDER DRIVERS
Conference Year: 2001
The task of driving is complex and places high demands on cognitive, attention, decision-making, perceptual and motor processes. Age-related changes i ... [More]
The Sensitivity and Bias of Older and Younger Driver Judgments in Complex Traffic Environments.
Conference Year: 2001
A previous investigation adapted a signal detection theory approach to an arrival-time task to establish the sensitivity and bias of traffic judgement ... [More]
Hospital admission rates and the rate of fractures of the femur in non-fatal traffic crashes in Victoria
Conference Year: 2001
Injuries following road traffic crashes are seen to vary according to age, roaduser type and collision partner. This is a consequence of differing inj ... [More]
The impact of age-related functional impairments on the ability to cross roads safely.
Conference Year: 2001
Older pedestrians are over-represented in serious injury and fatal crashes. The task of making gap judgements in order to cross roads safely may place ... [More]
Evaluation of Seat Protection in Low to Medium Severity Rear Impacts by Means of the BioRID II and Double Peak Crash Pulses
Conference Year: 2001
Whiplash injuries (AIS 1 neck injuries) are still common in rear impacts, but research has shown the importance of seat design in order to reduce this ... [More]
A Preliminary Investigation on Soft Tissue Neck Injuries from Side Impact
Conference Year: 2001
Typically low severity neck injuries (whiplash injuries) have been associated with front and rear impacts. These injuries are classified as low severi ... [More]
Achieving the National Strategy Target – A role for Vision Zero?
Conference Year: 2001
The National Road Safety Strategy (2001-2010) was released in Launceston, Tasmania by the Australian Transport Council towards th ... [More]
The Sensitivity and Bias of Older Driver Judgements in an Arrival-Time Task.
Conference Year: 2000
A signal detection theory approach was adapted to an arrival-time task to establish the sensitivity and bias of traffic judgements. The factors of age ... [More]
Evaluation of Perceptual Countermeasure Treatments
Conference Year: 2000
Perceptual countermeasures is a term given to a class of road treatments which are intended to induce drivers to reduce travel speeds by altering driv ... [More]
OLDER PEDESTRIAN SAFETY: The role of perceptual and cognitive factors and the ability to compensate for age-related changes.
Conference Year: 2000
Older pedestrians are over-involved in serious injury and fatal crashes compared to younger adults. This may be due, in part, to diminished perceptual ... [More]
Older Pedestrians - Meeting Their Safety and Mobility Needs
Conference Year: 2004
Crashes involving pedestrians are severe in nature and constitute a substantial proportion of serious injuries and deaths on the road. Moreover, many ... [More]
A preliminary evaluation of child restraint crash performance with three anchorage systems in a Holden Commodore
Conference Year: 2004
This study compared the crash performance of rear-facing and forward-facing child restraints (CRS) with three anchorage systems: standard seatbelt, LA ... [More]
Characteristics of multiple impact crashes in ANCIS
Conference Year: 2004
ANCIS (The Australian National Crash In Depth Study) has been collecting in-depth realworld crash cases for four years, with more than 350 cases colle ... [More]
Mathematical modelling of pedestrian crashes: Review of pedestrian models and parameter study of the influence of the contour of the vehicle
Conference Year: 2004
Road crashes result in a substantial number of pedestrian fatalities and injuries worldwide. Statistics from 35 European countries have shown that ped ... [More]
Visual search patterns in older and younger drivers
Conference Year: 2005
Despite substantial research on visual function among older drivers, there is a paucity of research on how age-related changes in visual search patter ... [More]
An evaluation of crash protection of booster seats for children
Conference Year: 2005
This study examined the suitability of booster seats for children across a wide age range. HyGe sled tests were conducted using a large vehicle buck w ... [More]
Full crash test reconstruction and analysis of four real-world impacts
Conference Year: 2005
Reconstruction of real-world crashes using computer software has been performed by previous researchers, as demonstrated by numerous studies in the li ... [More]
Assessing older driver's fitness to drive allowing for a low mileage bias: Using the GRIMPS screening test
Conference Year: 2005
Data from 244 older drivers in New Zealand have been used to demonstrate that older drivers who travel low mileages are liable to have more crashes pe ... [More]
An evaluation of the risk of brain injury for real-world crashes involving occupants of passenger vehicles in ANCIS
Conference Year: 2005
Brain injuries are a major cause of death and permanent disability for victims of motor vehicle crashes. The present study isolated characteristi ... [More]
An evaluation of intersection characteristics associated with crashes at intersections in Melbourne CBD
Conference Year: 2005
The contribution of crashes occurring at intersections to road trauma is well documented. Developing ways of combating this problem is difficult, p ... [More]
Drivers with visual field loss in one Australian licensing jurisdiction
Conference Year: 2007
In Australia, the presence of a visual field deficit condition requires assessment by an optometrist or ophthalmologist before an individual can be ... [More]
Crossing roads safely: The effects of training on improving children’s road crossing decisions
Conference Year: 2007
Pedestrian crashes are among the most common causes of death and serious injury to young children in the developed world. An initial phase of our re ... [More]
Road safety benefits of an accros-the-board 50km/h urban speed limit
Conference Year: 2007
Until 2001, each Australian jurisdiction had a default urban speed limit of 60 km/h. However Australia’s high urban speed limits came under increasi ... [More]