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Additions to the CASR library during September/October

If interested in conference proceedings or book chapters please select

individual papers for copy. Hard copy reports will be loaned.

ACCIDENT CAUSE

1. Effects of driver nationality and road characteristics on accident fault risk.

Yannis G; Golias J; Papadimitriou E

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion 2007; 14(3): 171-180

ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION

2. State DOT crash reconstruction practices - a synthesis of highway practice.

Pigman JG; Agent KR

Washington DC : Transportation Research Board,

Report no. 369 41p.http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_syn_369.pdf

AGED DRIVER

3. Factors leading to older drivers' intersection crashes.

Braitman KA; Kirley BB; Ferguson S; Chaudhary NK

Traffic Injury Prevention 2007; 8(3): 267-274

4. Measurement of driving patterns of older adults using data logging devices with and

without global positioning system capability.

Marshall SC; Wilson KG; Molnar FJ; Man-Son-Hing M; Stiell I; Porter MM


5. Acceptability and concurrent validity of measures to predict older driver involvement in

motor vehicle crashes - an emergency department pilot case-control study.

Molnar FJ; Marshall SC; Man-Son-Hing M; Wilson KG; Byszewski AM; Stiell I

Accident Analysis and Prevention 2007; 39(5): 1056-1063

AIR BAG

6. An algorithm for optimised generation of a finite element mesh for folded airbags.

Chawla A; Mukherjee S; Sharma A

International Journal of Crashworthiness 2007; 12(2): 197-209

7. Advanced smart airbags - the solution for real-life safety?

Richert J; Coutellier D; Gotz C; Eberle W


ANTI LOCK BRAKING

8. Anti-lock brakes and the risk of driver injury in a crash - a case-control study.

Cummings P; Grossman DC


BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT

9. Impact of lowering the legal blood alcohol concentration limit to 0.03 on male, female

and teenage drivers involved in alcohol-related crashes in Japan.

Desapriya E; Shimizu S; Subzwari S; Scime G


CHILD

10. Investigation into child deaths and injuries from low speed vehicle run-overs.

Brisbane : Parliamentary Travelsafe Committee,

Report no. 50 16p.

http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/committees/documents/TSAFE/reports/Report 50_No signature.pdf

CHILD RESTRAINT

11. Preliminary data indicate that booster seat laws increase child safety seat use.

Washington DC : National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,

Report no. 331 2p.

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/staticfiles/DOT/NHTSA/Communication & Consumer

Information/Traffic Tech Publications/Associated Files/tt331.pdf

12. Child restraint misuse - incorrect and inappropriate use of restraints by children reduces

their effectiveness in crashes.

Brown J; Bilston L

Journal of the Australasian College of Road Safety 2007; 18(3) 34-43

13. Analysis of pediatric injuries related to child restraint seats - are children at higher risk

on injury outside the vehicle than inside?

Desapriya EBR; Pike I; Singhal A


14. The impact of education, legislation and service on Alabama child passenger safety.

King WD; Monroe K; Applegate J; Cole-Farmer J

Journal of Trauma 2007; 63(10): S25-S28

15. Car restraints for the child over 12 months.

Tormey S


16. Premature graduation of children in child restraint systems - an observational study.

Vesentini L; Willems B

Accident Analysis & Prevention 2007; 39(5): 867-872

17. Identifying interventions that promote belt-positioning booster seat use for parents with

low educational attainment.

Winston FK; Erkoboni D; Xie D


CRASH TEST

18. Results of four vehicle to vehicle side crash tests.

Accident Investigation Quarterly 2007; 47: 22-25

19. Do laboratory frontal crash test programs predict driver fatality risk? Evidence from

within vehicle line variation in test ratings.

Harless DW; Hoffer GE


20. Fatal car crash configurations and injury panorama - with special emphasis on the

function of the restraint system.

Lindquist M

Umea : Umea University,

46p.

http://www.diva-portal.org/umu/abstract.xsql?dbid=976

21. Car-car crash compatibility - development of crash test procedures in the VC-Compat

project.

Thomson R; Edwards M; Martin T; van derZweep C; Damm R; della Valle G


CRIME

22. Car crime.

Corbett C

Oregon : Willan Publishing,

237p.

CURVE

23. The role of attention in horizontal curves - a comparison of advance warning,

delineation and road marking treatments.

Charlton, SG


CYCLIST

24. Estimating bicyclist into pedestrian collision speed.

Short A; Grzebieta R; Arndt N


25. The influence of pathway obstacles on cyclist behaviour.

Walton D; Thomas JA

Road & Transport Research 2007; 16(2): 60-71

DATA COLLECTION

26. Technologies for improving safety data - a synthesis of highway practice.

Ogle JH

Washington DC : Transportation Research Board,

Report no. 367 111p.

http:onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_syn_367.pdf

DRINK DRIVING

27. 2006 traffic safety annual assessment - alcohol-related fatalities.


Report no. DOT HS 810 821 6p.

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/.../staticfiles/DOT/NHTSA/NCSA/Content/RNotes/20

07/810821.pdf

28. Social and behavioral characteristics of young adult drink-drivers adjusted for level of

alcohol use.

Bingham CR; Elliot MR; Shope JT

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

29. Alcohol problems among Swedish drunk drivers - differences related to mode of

detection and geographical region.

Hubicka B; Bergman H; Laurell H


30. Random alcohol testing reduced alcohol involved fatal crashes of drivers of large

trucks.

Snowden CB; Miller TR; Waehrer GM; Spicer RS

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 2007; 68(5): 634-640

31. The impact of outlet densities on alcohol-related crashes - a spatial panel approach.

Treno AJ; Johnson FW; Remer LG; Gruenewald PJ


32. General deterrence effects of US statutory DUI fine and jail penalties - long-term follow

up in 32 states.

Wagenaar AC; Maldonado-Molina MM; Erickson DJ; Ma L; Tobler AL; Komro KA


DRIVER BEHAVIOUR

33. Smoking is a marker of risky behaviours independent of substance abuse in injured

drivers.

Ryb GE; Dischinger P; Kufera J; Soderstrom C


DRIVING

34. The psychology of driving.

Hole G

New Jersey : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers,

230p.

DRUG

35. The risk of traffic accidents after prescriptions of carisoprodol.

Bramness JG; Skutveit S; Morland J; Engeland A


DRUG DRIVING

36. The Victorian Legislative Framework for testing drivers for impairment caused by drugs

other that alcohol - an evaluation of the characteristics of drivers detected from 2000 to

2005.

Boorman M; Papafotiou K


37. Is driving under the influence of cannabis becoming a greater risk to driver safety than

drink driving? Findings from a 25-year longitudinal study.

Fergusson, DM; Horwood, LJ; Boden, JM

New Zealand : University of Otago,

20p.

FATALITY

38. 2006 traffic safety annual assessment - alcohol-related fatalities.

Washington : National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Authority,

Report no. DOT HS 810 821

6p.

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/.../staticfiles/DOT/NHTSA/NCSA/Content/RNotes/20

07/810821

FATALITY RATE

39. Road traffic mortality in Estonia - alcohol as the main contributing factor.

Kaasik T; Vali M; Saar I


FINITE ELEMENT METHOD

40. Experimental and simulated flexion tests of humerus.

Duprey S; Bruyere K; Verriest J


FITNESS TO DRIVE

41. Diseases and motor vehicle fatalities in Finland in 2001 and 2002.

Rainio J; Sulander P; Hantula L; Nuutinen J; Karkola K


FORECAST

42. Accident prediction models for urban and rural carriageways.

SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research,

Report no. R-2006-14 79p.

HEAD ON COLLISION

43. A new crash test configuration for car to car frontal collisions with small lateral overlap.

Eichberger A; Schimpl W; Werber C; Steffan H


HEAVY VEHICLE

44. Research study into the speed behaviour of long and short haul heavy vehicle drivers.

Withaneachi D


HUMAN FATIGUE

45. Fatigue and beyond - patterns of and motivations for illicit drug use among long-haul

truck drivers.

Davey J; Richards N; Freeman J


46. Road characteristics and driver fatigue - a simulator study.

Oron-Gilad T; Ronen A


47. Task-induced fatigue and collisions in adult drivers with attention deficit hyperactivity

disorder.

Reimer B; D'Ambrosio LA; Coughlin JF; Fried R; Biederman J


INJURY

48. General health status and functional disability following injury in traffic crashes.

Fitzharris M; Fildes B; Charlton J; Kossmann T


LEARNER DRIVER

49. Helping learner drivers become safer drivers.

Hanion S; Smith G

Motoring Directions 2007; Election 2007: 14-18

: Australian Automobile Association,

MEDICAL TREATMENT

50. Management deficiencies and death preventability of road traffic fatalities before and

after a new trauma care system in Victoria.

McDermott FT; Cordner SM; Cooper DJ; Winship VC

Journal of Trauma 2007; 63(2): 331-338

MODELLING

51. Generalised linear modelling of crashes and injury severity in the context of speed-

related initiatives in Victoria during 2000-2002.

Bobevski I; Hosking S; Oxley P; Cameron M

Monash : Monash University Accident Research Centre,

Report no. 268 94p.

http://www.monash.edu.au/muarc/reports/muarc268.pdf

52. Computer simulation of staged motorcycle-vehicle collisions using EDSMAC4.

Deyerl E; Cheng L

Accident Reconstruction Journal 2007; 17(4): 33-45

53. Predicting motor vehicle collisions using Bayesian neural network models - an

empirical analysis.

Xie Y; Lord; Zhang Y


MOTORCYCLE

54. These machines are designed for the racetrack.

Status Report 2007; 42(9): 1-3

55. Helmets are key to reversing growing trend of rider deaths.

Status Report 2007; 42(9): 4-5

56. An examination of the performance of motorcycle brake systems.

Baxter AT; Robar NF

Accident Investigation Quarterly 2007; 47: 28-36

57. Fatal two vehicle motorcycle crashes.

Longthorne A; Varghese C; Shankar U


Report no. DOT HS 810 834 34p.

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/.../staticfiles/DOT/NHTSA/NCSA/Content/Reports/2

007/810834.pdf

MOTORCYCLIST

58. Probabilistic models of motorcyclists' injury severities in single and multi-vehicle

crashes.

Savolainen P; Mannering F


NEURAL NETWORK

59. Sequential forecast of incident duration using Artificial Neural Network models.

Wei, C; Lee Y


OVERTURNING

60. Occupant dynamics in rollover crashes - influence of roof deformation and seat belt

performance on probable spinal column injury.

Bidez M; Cochran JE; King D; Burke DS

Annals of Biomechanical Engineering 2007

61. Restraint occupant protection performance under rollover conditions using an

intelligent rollover protection subsystem.

Friedman K; Hutchinson J; Mihora D


PEDESTRIAN

62. Gender differences in preschool children's declared and behavioural compliance with

pedestrian rules.

Graine M

Transportation Research 10F 2007; 5: 371-382

63. Where did that car come from? Crossing the road when the traffic comes from an

unfamiliar direction.

Johnston L; Peace V

Accident Analysis & Prevention 2007; 39(5): 886-893

64. Age-related differences in street crossing decisions - the effects of vehicle speed and

time constraints on gap selection in an estimation task.

Lobjois R; Cavallo V


65. Pedestrian signal safety for older persons.

Stollof ER; McGhee H; Eccles KA

Washington DC : AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety,

238p.http://www.aaafoundation.org.pdf/PEDsigtiming.pdf

PEDESTRIAN CROSSING

66. Pedestrian self-reports of factors influencing the use of pedestrian bridges.

Rasanen M; Lajunen T; Alticafarbay F; Aydin C


REAR END COLLISION

67. Light truck vehicles (LTVs) contribution to rear-end collisions.

Harb R; Radwan E; Yan X; Abdel-Aty M


REAR VIEW MIRROR

68. Rearview mirror glare with varying vehicle geometries.

Flannagan MJ


RESTRAINT USAGE

69. 'Cubs click it for safety' - a school based intervention for tween passenger safety.

Aitken ME; Mullins SH; Lancaster VE; Miller BK


SAFETY BARRIER

70. Evaluation of Florida DOT transportation safety devices.

Albertson DA


71. Safety barrier performance prediction by multi-body dynamics simulation.

Kammel C


SEAT BELT

72. A joint econometric analysis of seat belt use and crash-related injury severity.

Eluru N; Bhat CR


73. The impact of seat belt use in liver injuries in motor vehicle crashes - the importance of

motor vehicle safety systems.

Holbrook TL; Hoyt DB; Eastman B

Journal of Trauma 2007 63(2): 300-306

74. Impact of primary safety belt laws on alcohol-related front-seat occupant fatalities -

five case studies.

Voas RB; Fell JC; Tippetts AS; Blackman K; Nichols JL


SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION

75. The effect of yellow light onset time on older and younger drivers' perception response

time (PRT) and intersection behaviour.

Caird JK; Chisolm SL; Edwards CJ; Creaser JI


76. Influence of traffic conditions on driver behaviour before making a right turn at an

intersection - analysis of driver behaviour based on measured data on an actual road.

Sato T; Akamatsu M


SOCIOLOGY

77. The social accident - a theoretical model and a research agenda for studying the

influence of social and cultural characteristics on motor vehicle accidents.

Factor R; Mahalel D; Yair G

Accident Analysis and Prevention 2007; 39(5):

SPEEDING

78. Overall impact during 2001-2004 of Victorian speed-related package.

D'Elia A; Newstead S; Cameron M

Monash : Monash University Accident Research Centre,

Report no. 267 44p.http://www.monash.edu.au/muarc/reports/muarc267.pdf

STRATEGIC PLANNING

79. Motoring matters - for every Australian.


TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

80. The role of motorcyclist and other driver behaviour in two types of serious accident in

the UK.

Clarke DD; Ward P; Bartle C; Truman W


81. Road casualties and enforcement - distributional assumptions of serially correlated

count data.

Yannis G; Antoniou C; Papadimitriou L


TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

82. Review of current traffic incident management practices.

Sydney : Austroads, 2007

Report no. AP-R297-07 52p.

83. Traffic incident management - best practice.

Sydney : Austroads, 2007

Report no. AP-R304-07 46p.

TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

84. The Highway Code.

London : Department for Transporthttp://www.direct.gov.au/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/index.htm

YOUNG DRIVER

85. Preventing teen motor crashes - workshop report.

Washington : National Academies Press,

61p.

86. The good, the bad and the talented - young drivers' perspectives on good driving and

learning to drive.

Christmas S

London : Department for Transport,

Report no. 74 46p.

87. Developing traffic safety interventions from conceptions of risks and accidents.

Falk B; Montgomery H


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