Publication List

Contract reports for ATSB (formerly FORS) (now Road Safety, Australian Government Department of Infrastructure)

Report titles with underlined links will take you to abstracts or Executive Summaries of the reports where they are available.
Reports from no. CR160 (and some earlier) are now available from the DoI site.

Report No.	Authors	Title	Key words	Date
MR 1	Fildes, BN Vulcan, AP	Report on overseas visits to discuss vehicle occupant protection	Accident, vehicle, occupant, injury, safety device, struck item, specification, tests, mechanism	October, 1989 .pdf [1.7MB]
CR 60	Fildes, BN Leening, AC Corrigan, J	Speed Perception 2: Drivers' judgements of safety and speed on rural straight and curved roads and for different following distances	Speed, perception, highway, carriageway, pavement, environment, man, woman, experience (human), recently qualified driver, laboratory, safety, rural area, risk taking, headway, vehicle spacing	August, 1990 .pdf [10.5MB]
CR 72	Haworth, NL Triggs, TJ Grey, EM	Driver fatigue: concepts, measurement and crash countermeasures		June, 1988 .pdf [3MB]
CR 81	Grey, EM Triggs, TJ Haworth, NL	Driver aggression: the role of personality, social characteristics, risk and motivation	Aggression, aggressive drinking, driver behaviour, risk assessment, risk measurement	March, 1989 .pdf [375KB]
CR 92	Sweatman, PF Ogden, KJ Haworth, NL Vulcan, AP Pearson, RA	NSW heavy vehicle crash study. Final technical report	Road safety, trucks, driver behaviour, speed, fatigue, drink driving, road environment	August, 1990 .pdf [15MB]
CR 95	Fildes, BN Lane, JC Lenard, J Vulcan, AP	Passenger cars and occupant injury	Safety, accident, vehicle occupant, injury, test method, head on, evaluation	March, 1991 .pdf [10MB]
CR 100	Monash University Accident Research Centre	Feasibility of occupant protection measures	Safety, accident, vehicle occupant, injury, countermeasure, cost-benefit, economic, harm, evaluation	June, 1992 .pdf [5.5MB]
CR 107	Lane, JC	The child in the centre seat	Seat belts, injury, spine, abdomen, adults, child, seat belt syndrome, centre seat, child restraints	March, 1992 .pdf [4.5MB]
CR 116	Oxley, JA Fildes, BN	Pilot study of the long-term effects of road crashes	Injury, accident, long-term consequences	February, 1993 .pdf [3.5MB]
CR 119	Haworth, N Rechnitzer, G	Description of fatal crashes involving various causal variables	Car, safety, accident, driver, vehicle occupants, injury, fatality, road user, pedestrian, motorcyclist, cyclist, fatigue, speed, alcohol, statistics, age	February, 1993 .pdf [5MB]
CR 120	Ozanne-Smith, J Haworth, N	Development of data collection methodology: crashes resulting in hospitalisation and casualty crashes not resulting in hospitalisation	Road crash, surveillance, injury, hospitalised, emergency department, general practice, data collection, methodology	March, 1993 .pdf [5.3MB]
CR 121	Drummond, A.E. Triggs, T.J. Macdonald, W.A. Bowland, L.	Young driver research program - overview report	Young driver, crash, exposure to risk, graduated licensing, driving performance, motivation	May, 1993 .pdf [800KB]
CR 127	Fildes, B.N. Lee, S.J.	The speed review: Road environment, behaviour, speed limits, enforcement and crashes	Speed, accident, enforcement, speed limit, environment, pedestrian, research needs, driver, behaviour, countermeasures, design speed, perception	July, 1993 .pdf [7.5MB]
CR 127A	Fildes, B.N. Lee, S.J.	The speed review: Appendix of speed workshop papers	Speeding, accidents, enforcement, speed limits, environment, research needs, driver behaviour, countermeasures	September, 1993 .pdf [6MB]
CR 128	Macdonald, W.A.	Young driver research program: A review of information on young driver crashes	Young driver, vehicle crashes, experience, gender, time of day, driver errors, driver behaviour	1994   51p .pdf [2.5MB]
CR 129	Macdonald, W.A.	Young driver research program: A review of information on young driver performance characteristics and capacities	Young driver, driver behaviour, skill, attention, risk, motivation, exposure	1994   41p .pdf [2.4MB]
CR 130	Drummond, A.E.	Young driver research program: A technical and strategic overview of exposure reduction measures as a means of reducing young driver crashes	Young driver, crash, exposure reduction, night-time driving restrictions, occupancy restrictions, licensing age, legal drinking age, zero BAC, vehicle power	1994   66p .pdf [2.2MB]
CR 131 (1) to (10)	Hancock, A. Bowland, L. Yeo, E-Y. Cavallo, A. Macdonald, W.	Young driver research program - Mass Crash Data Analyses	Young driver, crash analysis, day, night, car driver	1994   10 volumes NO STOCK HELD
CR 131 (11)	Macdonald, W.A. Bowland, L. Hancock, A.	Young driver research program: Mass crash data analyses - overview of results from Australian and USA mass crash database analyses	Young driver, crash analysis, day, night, car driver	1994   116p .pdf [8.5MB]
CR 133	Fildes, B.N. Lee, S.J. Lane, J.C.	Vehicle mass, size and safety	Vehicle type, dimension, vehicle weight, safety, crashworthiness, accident, vehicle design, vehicle occupant	1993   56p .pdf [2.9MB]
CR 134	Fildes, B.N. Lane, J.C. Lenard, J. Vulcan, A.P.	Passenger cars and occupant injury: side impact crashes	Safety, accident, vehicle occupant, injury, test method, side impact, evaluation	April, 1994 75p+app. .pdf [4.6MB]
CR 136	Haworth, N.L.	Young driver research program: Evaluation of Australian graduated licensing schemes	Recently qualified driver, drivers licence, learner driver, attitudes, compliance, drink driving	1994   59p .pdf [2MB]
CR 137	Fildes, B.N. Lane, J.C. Lenard, J. Vulcan, A.P. Wenzel, J.	Lower limb injuries to passenger car occupants	Safety, accident, vehicle occupant, injury, test method, lower limbs, evaluation, injury mechanisms	1994 44p + app. .pdf [3.1MB]
CR 139	Haworth, N. Bowland, L. Foddy, W.	Young driver research program: Graduated licensing survey - technical report and data	Recently qualified driver, drivers licence, learner driver, attitudes, compliance, drink driving	1994   46p .pdf [1.7MB]
CR 143	Catchpole, J.E. MacDonald, W.A. Bowland, L.	Young driver research program: The influence of age-related and experience-related factors on reported driving behaviour and crashes	Recently qualified driver, accident, age, driving experience, driving licence	1994   108 p .pdf [5.3MB]
CR 148	Crettenden, A.V. Yeo, E-Y. Drummond, A.E.	Young driver research program: Qualitative dimensions of young driver driving exposure as a function of time of day	Young driver, exposure, qualitative, night, day	1994   125p .pdf [8.6MB]
CR 150	Fildes, B.N. Kent, S.M. Lane, J.C. Lenard, J. Vulcan, A.P.	Vehicle occupant protection: four-wheel drives, utilities and vans	Safety, accident, vehicle occupant, injury, four-wheel-drive, passenger vans, utilities, Design Rules	1996   68p .pdf [4MB]
CR 151	Crettenden, A. Drummond, A.E.	Young driver research program: The young driver problem versus the young problem driver - a review and crash data analysis	Young driver, problem driver, differential crash risk, risk taking, problem behaviour theory, statistical models	1994   54p .pdf [3.3MB]
CR 152	Diamantopoulou, K Cameron, M Mullan, N	The contribution of beer consumption to drink driving	Alcohol consumption, blood alcohol content, beer consumption, drink driving	1995   64p .pdf [4.3MB]
CR 154	Fildes, B.N. Digges, K. Carr, D. Dyte, D. Vulcan, A.P.	Side impact regulation benefits	Safety, accident, vehicle occupant, injury, countermeasure, cost-benefit, economic, harm, evaluation	1995   47p .pdf [1.9MB]
CR 155	Sweatman, P.F. Ogden, K.W., Haworth, N. Corben, B. Rechnizter, G. Diamantopoulou, K.	Heavy vehicle crashes in urban areas	Safety, accident, injury, heavy vehicle, design, motorcyclist, pedestrian, cyclist, roads, accident black spots	1995   197p .pdf [4.7MB]
CR 160	Mclean, A.J. Fildes, B.N. Kloeden, C.N. Digges, K.H. Anderson, R.W.G. Moore, V.M. Simpson, D.A.	Prevention of head injuries to car occupants: an investigation of interior padding options	Safety, accident, injury, head injury, occupant protection, vehicle design, padding, harm, helmet	1997   92p .pdf [355KB]
CR 164	Triggs, T.J. Smith, K.B.	Young driver research program: digest of reports and principal findings of the research	Young drivers, crashes, exposure, graduated licensing, driving experience, driving skills	1996 21p .pdf [320KB]
CR 165	Fildes, B.N. Digges, K. Dyte, D. Gantzer, S. Seyer, K.	Benefits of a frontal offset regulation	Safety, accident, vehicle occupant, injury, countermeasure, cost-benefit, economic, harm, evaluation	1996   46p .pdf [462KB]
CR 169	Fildes, B.N. Godley, S.T. Triggs, T.J. Jarvis, J.	Perceptual countermeasures: simulator validation study	Safety, accident, perception, injury, countermeasure, cost-benefit, behaviour, speeding	1997   130p .pdf [5.9MB]
CR 174	Haworth, N. Smith, R. Brumen, I. Pronk, N.	Case-control study of motorcycle crashes	Motorcycle, motorcyclist, rider, crash, injury, helmet, training, exposure	1997   261p .pdf [785KB]
CR 175	Fildes, B. Digges, K. Dyte, D. Seyer, K.	Benefits of a Hybrid Side Impact Regulation		1998 .pdf [246KB]
CR 182	Godley, S.T. Fildes, B.N. Triggs, T.J. Brown, L.J.	Perceptual countermeasures: experimental research	Perceptual countermeasures, speeding, simulation, transverse lines, medians, edgelines, lane width, wundt, herringbone, reflector posts, curve enhancement, road safety	1999   84p .pdf [5.9MB]
CR 199	Morris, A. Barnes, J. Fildes, B. Bentivegna, F. Seyer, K.	Effectiveness of ADR 69: A case-control study of crashed vehicles equipped with airbags	Airbag, seat belt, ADR, crash test, crash, occupant protection, safety, injury, countermeasure, economic, cost-benefit, harm, evaluation, case-control	2001   61p .pdf [908KB]
CR 201	Duncan, C. Corben, B. Truedsson, N. Tingvall, C.	Motorcycle and safety barrier crash-testing: feasibility study	Safety barrier, crash-test, motorcycle, impact, occupant protection	2000   61p .pdf [480KB]
CR211a	Fildes, B. Fitzharris, M. Koppel, S. Vulcan, P.	Benefits of seat belt reminder systems	Safety, accident, vehicle occupant, injury, counter-measure, cost-benefit, economic, Harm, evaluation	2002   56p .pdf [376KB]
CR215	Fildes, B. Fitzharris, M. Koppel, S. Vulcan, P.	Benefits of Retrofitting Seat Belt Reminder Systems to Australian Passenger Vehicles	Retrofitting, Seat Belt, Safety, Accident, Occupant, Injury, Cost-Benefit, Economic, Harm	2004 .pdf [385KB]
CR216	Cameron, M.	Potential benefits and costs of speed changes on rural roads	Speed, rural roads, road trauma, travel time, vehicle operating costs, emissions	2003 .pdf [1MB]
CR219	Macaulay, J. Gunatillake, T. Tziotis, M. Fildes, B. Corben, B. Newstead, S.	On-Road Evaluation of Perceptual Countermeasures	Accidents, perceptual countermeasures, evaluation, speed, on-road treatments, hazardous locations	2004 .pdf [4.1MB]
2006-03	Fitzharris M.P Fildes B.N. Newstead S.V. Logan D.	Crash-based Evaluation of Australian Design Rule 69 (Full Frontal Impact Occupant Protection)	Occupant protection, frontal impact, Australian Design Rule, airbags	2006 Dept Transp site