Newstead, Stuart (Monash University, Australia)
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]
Some consequences of different older driver licensing procedures in
Conference Year: 2002
Given both the expected growth in the number of older drivers and their over-involvement in fatal and serious injury crashes, there has been a world-w ... [More]
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REAL CRASH BASED AND BARRIER TEST BASED VEHICLE SAFETY RATINGS: A SUMMARY AND INTERPRETATION OF THREE RECENT STUDIES.
Conference Year: 2002
The provision of information on comparative vehicle safety has become an important mechanism to encourage consumers to consider safety aspects in the ... [More]
Roadside Environment Safety: a statistical analysis of collisions with fixed roadside objects in Victoria
Conference Year: 2002
This study aims to investigate the nature and extent of the problem of collisions with fixed roadside objects in Victoria using VicRoads data on casua ... [More]
An interim evaluation of the default 50 km/h speed limit in Victoria
Conference Year: 2002
A statewide default 50 km/h speed limit in built-up areas (except where otherwise signed), was introduced in Victoria on January 22, 2001. This legisl ... [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]
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]
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 THE CRASH EFFECTS OF THE CHANGES IN SPEED ZONES IN VICTORIA DURING 1993-1994 (EXCLUDING 100 to 110km/h)
Conference Year: 2001
During late 1992 and early 1993, a rationalisation of speed limits on Victorian roads was undertaken in order to achieve credible speed limits which w ... [More]
Evaluation of the crash effects of the Queensland speed camera program
Conference Year: 2003
A speed camera program was introduced in Queensland from 1 May 1997 utilising overt deployment of cameras in marked white commercial vans at sites ... [More]
A model for considering the ‘total safety’ of the light passenger vehicle fleet
Conference Year: 2004
This paper describes the results of research to develop and apply a comprehensive model to consider the influence of the mix of vehicle types in the f ... [More]
The Effectiveness of Anti-Lock Brake Systems: a statistical analysis of Australian data
Conference Year: 2004
This assesses the effect of anti-lock brake systems (ABS) on driver injury risk and injury severity through analysis of real crash outcomes reported b ... [More]
A framework for assessing the relative effectiveness of vehicle crashworthiness measures through data simulation
Conference Year: 2005
The measurement of relative vehicle occupant injury risk and injury severity is useful for assessing the safety performance of particular vehicle m ... [More]
A statistical evaluation of the default 50km/h speed limits in Victoria
Conference Year: 2005
Victoria introduced a statewide default 50 km/h speed limit in built-up areas (except where otherwise signed), on January 22, 2001. The purpose of ... [More]
Projecting effects of improvements in passive safety of the New Zealand light vehicle fleet to 2010
Conference Year: 2005
In the year 2000, NZ road safety targets were set for a reduction in social cost of 15.5% associated with improvements in crashworthiness, which is a ... [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]
Trends in crashworthiness of the New Zealand vehicle fleet
Conference Year: 2005
Crashworthiness ratings measure the relative safety of vehicles in preventing death or serious injury to their drivers in crashes. This study has s ... [More]
The influence of trends in heavy vehicle travel on road trauma in the light vehicle fleet
Conference Year: 2006
Increased travel by heavy vehicles (rigid trucks, articulated trucks and buses) has been identified as one of the key components of total growth in ve ... [More]
Study of the relationship between injury outcomes in police reported crash data and crash barrier test results in Europe and Australia
Conference Year: 2006
This paper reports on the use of police reported crash data from Great Britain, and Germany to estimate injury risk and injury severity measures for ... [More]