King, Mark J. (Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety - Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Improving road safety transfer from highly motorised countries to less motorised countries
Conference Year: 2006
The global road toll is estimated to be about 1 million fatalities each year, with the majority occurring in less motorised countries. As these count ... [More]
Profiling Drink Driving Offenders in Queensland
Conference Year: 2006
The major objective of this research was to characterise drink drivers in Queensland and generate profiles of drink drivers within the general driving ... [More]
Motor Vehicle Safety Levels – Considerations For Consumers In Used Vehicle Purchasing Decisions
Conference Year: 2006
The Australasian New Car Assessment and the Used Car Safety Rating Programs are aimed at both promoting improvements in the level of vehicle safety ... [More]
Self-Awareness of Driving Impairment in Patients with Cataract or Glaucoma
Conference Year: 2006
This study compared the driving performance of individuals with the eye diseases cataracts or glaucoma with age-matched controls, as well as the ind ... [More]
Driver-Vehicle Interactions in 4WDs: A Theoretical Review
Conference Year: 2006
With the escalating number of four-wheel drive (4WD) vehicles present on Australian roads, it is becoming increasingly important to understand the fac ... [More]
Competing or Complementing: Driver Education and Graduated Driver Licensing
Conference Year: 2006
Driver education and graduated driver licensing are two countermeasures designed to help reduce the crash risk of young novice drivers. However, while ... [More]
Comparing Driving Behaviour between 4WD and Sedan Vehicles:
Conference Year: 2006
Vehicle rollover is the most common characteristic of 4WD (4-Wheel-Drive) crashes. Among all fatal crashes in Australia, a significantly higher propor ... [More]
Queensland Young Driver Community Engagement Process
Conference Year: 2006
A young driver discussion paper was released by the Queensland Government in November 2005 providing 22 possible initiatives to reduce the high incide ... [More]
Grey Nomads: Road Safety Impacts and Risk Management
Conference Year: 2008
The Australian population is ageing, and an increasing number of older Australians are becoming “grey nomads”, driving long distances on high speed ru ... [More]
Relative risk of illegal pedestrian behaviours
Conference Year: 2008
High numbers of pedestrians are killed and injured each year in urban areas, with about half being considered responsible for the crash. Observations ... [More]
Projecting the future burden of older road user crashes in Queensland
Conference Year: 2007
The population of Queensland is growing rapidly, and ageing rapidly. As older road users (aged 60 or more) have a different pattern of crashes to o ... [More]