Used Car Safety Ratings (Crashworthiness)

How safe is your car? www.howsafeisyourcar.com.au/
VicRoads vehicle safety www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/RoadSafety/VehicleSafety/
Used car safety ratings (RACV site)
Used car safety ratings (NRMA site)
Used car safety ratings 2009 brochure Dept Infrastructure web site (other years also on this site)
Newstead, S. V., Watson, L. M. & Cameron, M. H. (2009) Vehicle safety ratings estimates from Police reported crash data: 2009 update. Australian and New Zealand crashes during 1987-2007, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 287
Newstead, S. V., Watson, L. M. & Cameron, M. H. (2009) Trends in crashworthiness of the New Zealand vehicle fleet by year of manufacture: 1964 to 2007, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 287 (supplement)

Other crashworthiness reports:

Watson, L. M., Newstead, S. V. & Scully, J. (2009) The interaction between relative vehicle secondary safety and driver demographics, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 290
Newstead, S. & Scully, J. (2009) Estimation of the effect of improved average secondary safety of the passenger vehicle fleet on annual counts of serious injury for Australia and New Zealand: 1991-2006, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 289
Newstead, S., Watson, L. & Cameron, M. (2008) Vehicle safety ratings estimated from police reported crash data: 2008 update. Australian and New Zealand crashes during 1987-2006, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 280
Newstead, S., Watson, L. & Cameron, M. (2008) Trends in crashworthiness of the New Zealand vehicle fleet by year of manufacture: 1964 to 2006. Supplement to report 280 Vehicle safety ratings estimated from police reported crash data: 2008 update, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 280 supplement
Newstead, S., Watson, L. & Cameron, M. (2007) An index for total secondary safety of light passenger vehicles estimated from police reported crash data, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 273
Newstead, S., Cameron, M. & Watson, L. (2007) Vehicle safety ratings estimated from police reported crash data: 2007 update Australian and New Zealand crashes during 1987-2005, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 266
Keall, M. & Newstead, S. (2007) Four-wheel drive vehicle crash involvement risk, rollover risk and injury rate in comparison to other passenger vehicles: estimates based on Australian and New Zealand crash data and on New Zealand motor vehicle register data, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 262
Delaney, A., Newstead, S. & Watson, L. (2007) The influence of trends in heavy vehicle travel on road trauma in the light vehicle fleet, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 259
Keall, M., Newstead, S. & Scully, J. (2006) Projecting effects of improvements in passive safety of the New Zealand light vehicle fleet to 2010, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 258
Newstead, S., Cameron, M. & Watson, L. (2006) Vehicle safety ratings estimated from police reported crash data: 2006 update Australian and New Zealand crashes during 1987-2004, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 248
Newstead, S., Cameron, M. & Watson, L. (2005) Vehicle safety ratings estimated from police reported crash data: 2005 update. Australian and New Zealand crashes during 1987-2003, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 241
Newstead, S. & Watson, L. (2005) Trends in crashworthiness of the New Zealand vehicle fleet by year of manufacture: 1964 to 2002, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 238
Newstead, S., Cameron, M. & Langford, J. (2005) 'Promoting vehicle crashworthiness', In J. Langford and B. Fildes [Eds.], Australasian Road Safety Handbook: Volume 2, pp.108-117, Sydney: Austroads Incorporated, AP-R268/05
Newstead, S., Delaney, A., Watson, L. & Cameron, M. (2004) A model for considering the ‘total safety’ of the light passenger vehicle fleet, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 228
Newstead, S., Watson, L., Delaney, A. & Cameron, M. (2004) Crashworthiness and aggressivity of the Australian light vehicle fleet by major crash type, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 227
Newstead, S., Cameron, M. & Watson, L. (2004) Vehicle Crashworthiness and Aggressivity Ratings and Crashworthiness by Year of Vehicle Manufacture: Victoria and NSW Crashes During 1987-2002, Queensland, Western Australia and New Zealand Crashes During 1991-2002, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 222
Newstead, S., Watson, L. & Cameron, M. (2004) Trends in aggressivity of the Australian light vehicle fleet by year of manufacture and market group: 1964 to 2000, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 214
Newstead, S., Delaney, A. & Watson, L. (2003) Vehicle safety ratings estimated from combined Australian and New Zealand real crash data. Pilot study: Stage 5, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 203
Newstead, S. V., Cameron, M. H., Watson, L. M. & Delaney, A. K. (2003) Vehicle Crashworthiness and Aggressivity Ratings and Crashworthiness by Year of Vehicle Manufacture: Victoria and NSW Crashes During 1987-2000, Queensland and Western Australia Crashes During 1991-2000, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 196
Newstead, S. V., Farmer, C. M., Narayan, S. & Cameron, M. H. (2002) U.S. consumer crash test results and injury risk in police-reported crashes, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 191
Newstead, S. V., Cameron, M. H. & Le, C. M. (2000) Vehicle crashworthiness and aggressivity ratings and crashworthiness by year of vehicle manufacture: Victoria and NSW crashes during 1987-98, Queensland crashes during 1991-98, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 171
Newstead, S. V. & Cameron, M. H. (1999) Updated correlation of results from the Australian New Car Assessment Program with real crash data from 1987 to 1996, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 152
Newstead, S. V., Cameron, M. H. & Le, C. M. (1999) Vehicle crashworthiness ratings and crashworthiness by year of vehicle manufacture: Victoria and NSW crashes during 1987-97, Queensland crashes during 1991-96, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 150
Newstead, S., Cameron, M. & Le, C. M. (1998) Vehicle crashworthiness ratings and crashworthiness by year of vehicle manufacture: Victoria and NSW crashes during 1987-1996, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 128
Newstead, S. V. & Cameron, M. H. (1997) Correlation of results from New Car Assessment Program with real crash data, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 115
Newstead, S. V., Cameron, M. H. & Le, C. M. (1997) Vehicle crashworthiness ratings and crashworthiness by year of vehicle manufacture: Victoria and NSW crashes during 1987-95, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 107
Newstead, S. V., Cameron, M. H. & Skalova, M. (1996) Vehicle crashworthiness ratings: Victoria and NSW crashes during 1987-94, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 92
Cameron, M. H., Finch, C. & Le, T. (1994) Vehicle crashworthiness ratings: Victoria and NSW crashes during 1987-92. Technical Report, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 58
Cameron, M. H., Finch, C. & Le, T. (1994) Vehicle crashworthiness ratings: Victoria and NSW crashes during 1987-92. Summary Report, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 55 (.pdf [2.5MB])
Fildes, B., Lee, S. J. & Lane, J. C. (1993) Vehicle mass, size and safety, Federal Office of Road Safety, Canberra, CR 133
Cameron, M. H., Mach, T. & Neiger, D. (1992) Vehicle crashworthiness ratings: Victoria 1983-90 and NSW 1989-90 crashes. Summary Report, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 28 (.pdf [1.1MB])
Cameron, M. H., Mach, T. & Neiger, D. (1992) Vehicle crashworthiness ratings: Victoria 1983-90 and NSW 1989-90 crashes, Technical report, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 25

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