Sheehan, Mary (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Social and psychological predictors of young people’s involvement in fatal and serious injury crashes
Conference Year: 2002
The present paper reports preliminary findings from a longitudinal study of early adolescent drink driving and later involvement in fatal and hospital ... [More]
The serious traffic crashes of young drivers and their previous traffic offence histories
Conference Year: 2002
To explore the relationship between traffic offences, in particular drink driving and speeding, and subsequent involvement in traffic crashes.
... [More]
Safe school travel is no accident! - Applying the Haddon Matrix to school transport safety
Conference Year: 2001
Given the high value placed on a child’s life, safe school travel remains a priority issue for the Australian public and Government.
Resea ... [More]
A model for trialling alcohol ignition interlocks in Queensland
Conference Year: 2000
This paper describes the development of a model for the trialing of alcohol ignition interlocks with drink driving offenders in Queensland. A range of ... [More]
A Preliminary Investigation into a Group of Recidivist Drink Drivers' Experiences and Perceptions of Legal Sanctions
Conference Year: 2004
Concern remains regarding the ability of legal sanctions to produce behavioural change among recidivist drink drivers. This paper reports on an invest ... [More]
Time and distance halo effects of an overtly deployed mobile speed camera
Conference Year: 2005
This study investigated time and distance halo effects of mobile overt speed cameras. It was hypothesised that there would be a substantial reduction ... [More]
The Adolescent Injury Checklist: An investigation of transport related injuries as reported by Australasian adolescents
Conference Year: 2005
Injury is a leading cause of death among adolescents. Mortality rates resulting from injury among young people reveal strong associations with r ... [More]
A content analysis of Australian motor vehicle advertising: Effects of the 2002 voluntary code on restricting the use of unsafe driving themes
Conference Year: 2005
The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) introduced its “Advertising for Motor Vehicles Voluntary Code of Practice” in August 2002 for n ... [More]
Trip characteristics of rural and remote crashes
Conference Year: 2005
Rates of fatalities and serious injuries are higher in rural and remote crashes and have been less responsive to road safety strategies. In 2 ... [More]
Methodological challenges in rural road safety case-control studies
Conference Year: 2005
A case-control study of serious crashes in an extensive rural area of North Queensland, Australia, is currently underway. Planning for the st ... [More]
The importance of cars and driving to adolescent males: vehicle theft, traffic offences and gender
Conference Year: 2005
Despite a considerable body of evidence detailing the overwhelming “maleness” of traffic offence behaviour and clear sex differences in the risky road ... [More]
Assessing Crash Risks on Curves
Conference Year: 2006
In Queensland, curve related crashes contributed to 63.44% of fatalities, and 25.17% required hospitalisation. In addition, 51.1% of run-off-road cr ... [More]
A comparison of offroad and onroad crashes in rural and remote Queensland
Conference Year: 2006
Offroad vehicle use and in particular offroad motorcycling has been established as a significant source of injury both within Australia and internatio ... [More]
Assessment of personal crash risk among rural drivers: Perception versus reality
Conference Year: 2006
The higher incidence of road crashes in rural areas is well-known to safety researchers and practitioners. High rates of rural road fatalities and ser ... [More]
Ten years back and ten years forward: Are we smarter and safer?
Conference Year: 2006
... [More]