Centre for Automotive Safety Research
Additions to the CASR library during July 2005
If interested in conference proceedings or book chapters please selectindividual papers for copy. Hard copy reports will be loaned.
ACCIDENT ANALYSIS
1. Inquiry into the country road toll.
Road Safety Committee
Victoria : Parliament of Victoria, 2005
425p.
URL: http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/rsc/countryroadtoll/RSC-Report_CountryRoadToll_2005-05.pdf
Shelf location: GN 27/9/25
ACCIDENT BLACK SPOT
2. An evaluation of the black spot programs in Western Australia2000-2002.
Meulners L et al
Crawley : Injury Research Centre, The University of Western Australia, 2005
Report no. RR155 25+p.
URL: http://www.irc.uwa.edu.au/docs/RR155.pdf
Shelf location: Online (see URL)
ACCIDENT CAUSE
3. Attributions of responsibility for motor vehicle crashes.
Stewart AE
Accident Analysis and Prevention 2005; 37(4): 681-688
Shelf location: Periodical Collection
ACCIDENT STATISTICS
4. Transport statistics bulletin: road casualties in Great Britainmain results 2004.
London : Department for Transport, 2005
Report no. SB (05) 26 13p.
URL:http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_transstats/documents/do
wnloadable/dft_transstats_038554.pdf
Shelf location: REF 36/8
AGED DRIVER
5. The use of a screening battery to predict driving performance.
Boets S
Paper from the Young Researchers Seminar 2005, a joint ECTRI-FEHRL-FERSIseminar, The Hague, Netherlands, 11-13 May 2005
France : European Conference of Transport Research Institutes, 2005
14p.
URL: http://www.ectri.org/liens/yrs05/Session 4/boets.pdf
Shelf location: Online (see URL)
6. Self-rated driving performance among elderly drivers referredfor driving evaluation.
Freund B et al
Accident Analysis and Prevention 2005; 37(4): 613-618
Shelf location: Periodical Collection
7. Predicting older drivers' accident involvement - Sneed's lawrevisited.
Hakamies-Blomqvist L et al
Accident Analysis and Prevention 2005; 37(4): 675-680
Shelf location: Periodical Collection
8. Comparing the driving performance of average and olderdrivers: the effect of surrogate in-vehicle information systems.
Merat N et al
Transportation Research, Part F - Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 2005;8(2): 147-166
Shelf location: Periodical collection
9. Sense and sensibility: a narrative study of older women's cardriving.
Siren A; Hakamies-Blomqvist L
Transportation Research, Part F - Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 2005;8(3): 213-228
Shelf location: Periodical collection
AGED PERSON
10. Safe mobility at any age policy forum series: final report.
New Jersey, United States : Alan M Vorhees Transportation Center, StateUniversity of New Jersey New Jersey Foundation for Aging, 2005
77p.
URL: http://policy.rutgers.edu:16080/vtc/documents/TransEq.Safe MobilityFinal Report.pdf
Shelf location: Online (see URL)
11. Fatalities in older drivers and pedestrians: neuropathologicalevaluation of pre-clinical dementia.
Waite PME et al
School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, 2004
102p.
URL:http://www.maa.nsw.gov.au/getfile.aspx?Type=document&ID=1473&
ObjectType=3&ObjectID=339
Shelf location: GN 14/69
ATTENTION
12. Effects of visual and cognitive load in real and simulatedmotorway driving.
Engstrom J et al
Transportation Research, Part F - Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 2005;8(2): 97-120
Shelf location: Periodical collection
13. The interaction between driving and in-vehicle informationsystems: comparison of results from laboratory, simulator andreal-world studies.
Santos J et al
Transportation Research, Part F - Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 2005;8(2): 135-146
Shelf location: Periodical collection
CHILD
14. The high morbidity associated with handlebar injuries inchildren.
Nadler EP et al
Journal of Trauma 2005; 58(6): 1171-1178
Shelf location: Periodical Collection
DRINK DRIVING
15. Impact of rehabilitation course attendance on convicted drinkdrivers.
Inwood C
Paper from the Young Researchers Seminar 2005, a joint ECTRI-FEHRL-FERSIseminar, The Hague, Netherlands, 11-13 May 2005
France : European Conference of Transport Research Institutes, 2005
11p.
URL: http://www.ectri.org/liens/yrs05/Session 3/inwood.pdf
Shelf location: Online (see URL)
DRIVER TESTING AND LICENSING
16. Driver rehabilitation and community mobility: principles andpractice.
Pellerito JM (ed)
St Louis : Elsevier Mosby, 2005
687p.
Contents:I. Introduction to driver rehabilitation and community mobility / Macdonald Wet al (pp3-22)II. History of the automobile / Hyde CK (pp23-31)III. Pioneers in driver rehabilitation / Pellerito JM (pp32-34)IV. The role of the automobile in American culture / Pellerito JM, Lysack CL(pp35-52)V. The driver rehabilitation team: primary team members and key services /Pellerito JM, Blanc CA (pp53-57)VI. The driver rehabilitation team: service delivery models / Pellerito JM,Blanc CA (pp58-67)VII. The driver rehabilitation team: the role of the vehicle modifier: a closerlook / McQuiston L, Roeling DL (pp68-74)VIII. The adapted driving decision guide / Pellerito JM, Burt CJ (pp77-102)IX. The clinical evaluation / Wheatley CJ et al (pp103-115)X. The clinical evaluation of vision / Baker PT (pp116-139)XI. The clinical evaluation of bioptic drivers / Huss CP (pp140-145)XII. The clinical evaluation of hearing / Di Stefano M (pp146-152)XIII. The clinical evaluation of psychosocial factors / Lawson A, Martin SL(pp153-164)XIV. Determining fitness to drive: neuropsyhosocial and psychologicalconsiderations / Bryer RC et al (pp165-184)XV. Medications, disabilities and driving / Tyree R (pp185-198)XVI. The impact of positioning and mobility devices on driving andcommunity mobility / Anderson BE, Maurer C (pp199-222)XVII. Driving simulators / Stern EB, Davis ES (pp223-236)XVIII. Measuring and improving driving performance (pp237-238)XIX. Preparing for the on-road evaluation / Boumann J, Pellerito JM (pp239-254)XX. On the road evaluation of driving performance / Di Stefano M, MacdonaldW (pp255-274)
XXI. On road evaluation and visual functioning / Baker PT (pp275-277)XXII. On road evaluation and training of clients using bioptic telescopic lenssystems / Huss CP (pp278-284)XXIII. On road evaluation and training of clients with hearing impairments / DiStefano M (pp285-296)XXIV. Advanced strategies for on-road driver rehabilitation and training(pp297-310)XXV. Documenting driver rehabilitation services and outcomes / Shipp MK,Havard AB (pp311-332)XXVI. Funding for driver rehabilitation services and equipment / Monaco K,Pellerito JM (pp333-342)XXVII. Environmental factors impacting drivers, passengers and pedestrians(pp343-344)XXVIII. Universal design and the automobile / Ellis RD, Talbot GL (pp345-356)XXIX. Wheeled mobility tiedown systems and occupant restraints for safetyand crash protection / Schneider LW, Manary MA (pp357-372)XXX. In vehicle intelligent transport systems / Di Stefano M, Macdonald W(pp373-390)XXXI. Designing the external environment for traffic safety / Datta TK(pp391-418)XXXII. Driver rehabilitation for recreation and leisure / Broadwell B, Popek-Boeve S (pp419-424)XXXIII. Driving cessation and alternative community mobility / Eby DW et al(pp425-454)XXXIV. Urban planning for efficient community mobility / Borsay K, Nickita M(pp455-462)XXXV. Professional ethics and evidence based driver rehabilitation practice(pp463-464)XXXVI. Legal and professional ethics in driver rehabilitation / Scott JB(pp465-486)XXXVII. Research and evidence based practice in driver rehabilitation / SteinF (pp487-498)XXXVIII. Emergent functional brain imaging and driver rehabilitation / Genik RJet al (pp499-518)XXXIX. Program and professional development in a rapidly evolving field(pp519-520)XL. Developing a driver rehabilitation program / Kalina TD, Green EL (pp521-538)
Shelf location: BN DRIVER TRAINING AND LICENSING
DRIVERS LICENCE PROVISIONAL
17. P-plate laws make novice's error.
Wheels 2005; August: 24
Shelf location: Periodical Collection
DRUG DRIVING
18. Drugs and driving.
McDonald D
Of Substance 2005; 3(2): 22-23
Shelf location: BK DRUG/59
EPIDEMIOLOGY
19. Epidemiologic knowledge of road crash casualties in France:injury severity misclassification and under-reportingcharacteristics.
Amoros E et al
Paper from the Young Researchers Seminar 2005, a joint ECTRI-FEHRL-FERSIseminar, The Hague, Netherlands, 11-13 May 2005
France : European Conference of Transport Research Institutes, 2005
14p.
URL: http://www.ectri.org/liens/yrs05/Session 6/amoros.pdf
Shelf location: Online (see URL)
FATALITY RATE
20. Motor vehicle crashes as a leading cause of death in the U.S.,2002.
Subramanian R
Washington DC : National Center for Statistics and Analysis, National HighwayTraffic Safety Administration, 2005
Report no. DOT HS 809 843 48p.
URL: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/Rpts/2005/809843.pdf
Shelf location: GN 29/06/2005
21. Fatality free roads.
Thomson C
SA Motor 2005; July/Aug: 24-25
Shelf location: Periodical Collection
HEAD INJURY
22. The state of head injury biomechanics: Past, present, andfuture part 2: physical experimentation.
Goldsmith W; Morrison KL
Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering 2005; 33(2): 105-207
Shelf location: BK BIO/33
INTERSECTION
23. Guide to traffic engineering practice Part 5: Intersections atgrade.
Sydney : Austroads, 2005
161p.
Shelf location: GN 10/19/5
LAW ENFORCEMENT
24. How methods and levels of policing affect road casualty rates.
Elliot M; Broughton J
Berkshire : TRL Ltd, 2005
26p.
Shelf location: GN 45/637
PEDESTRIAN
25. Effects of vehicle bumper height and impact velocity on typeof lower extremity injury in vehicle-pedestrian accidents.
Matsui Y
Accident Analysis and Prevention 2005; 37(4): 633-640
Shelf location: Periodical Collection
26. Racial differences and pedestrian safety: some evidence fromMaryland and implications for policy.
Reed R; Sen S
Journal of Public Transportation 2005; 8(2): 37-61
URL: http://www.nctr.usf.edu/jpt/pdf/JPT 8-2 Reed_Sen.pdf
Shelf location: Online (see URL)
ROAD IMPROVEMENT
27. Bayesian ranking of sites for engineering safetyimprovements: decision parameter, treatability concept,statistical criterion and spatial dependence.
Miaou S-P, Song JJ
Accident Analysis and Prevention 2005; 37(4): 699-720
Shelf location: Periodical Collection
28. An evaluation of the national black spot programme inTasmania.
Traffic Standards Branch
Hobart : Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, 2005
23p.
Shelf location: GN 4/5
ROAD SAFETY
29. Cooperation and organization in decision making: a moredecisive road safety policy: results from a multiple case study inthe Netherlands.
Bax C
Paper from the Young Researchers Seminar 2005, a joint ECTRI-FEHRL-FERSIseminar, The Hague, Netherlands, 11-13 May 2005
France : European Conference of Transport Research Institutes, 2005
14p.
URL: http://www.ectri.org/liens/yrs05/Session 4bis/Bax.pdf
Shelf location: Online (see URL)
SEAT BELT
30. Commercial truck and bus safety synthesis program:commercial motor vehicle driver safety belt usage.
Bergoffen G et al
Washington DC : Transportation Research Board, 2005
Report no. Synthesis 8 62p.
URL: http://trb.org/publications/ctbssp/ctbssp_syn_8.pdf
Shelf location: Online (see URL)
SERVICE STATION
31. Static fires at retail petrol stations: an examination of themyths and facts about fires caused by static electricity andexploding mobile phones.
Canberra : Australian Transport Safety Bureau, 2005
Report no. Research Paper B2005/0028 19p.
URL: http://www.atsb.gov.au/road/pdf/static_fires.pdf
Shelf location: Online (see URL)
SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION
32. Accident prediction models at signalised intersections: right-turn-against accidents: influence of non-flow variables.
Durdin P et al
New Zealand : Becca Carter Hollings & Ferner Ltd, 2004
51+p.
Shelf location: GN 53/MISC/12
SPEED
33. Speed and road accidents: an evaluation of the power model.
Nordic Road & Transport Research 2005; 17(1): 9-11
Notes: See full report online at:http://www.toi.no/attach/a977610r305004/740_2004.pdf
Shelf location: Periodical Collection
SPEED CAMERA
34. Are speed enforcement cameras more effective than otherspeed management measures? An evaluation of the relationshipbetween speed and accident reductions.
Hirst WM et al
Accident Analysis and Prevention 2005; 37(4): 731-741
Shelf location: Periodical Collection
35. Are speed enforcement cameras more effective than otherspeed management measures? The impact of speed managementschemes on 30mph roads.
Hirst WM et al
Accident Analysis and Prevention 2005; 37(4): 731-741
Shelf location: Periodical Collection
SPEED LIMIT
36. GHSA reports speeding remains serious safety issue.
Highway Vehicle & Safety Report 2005; 32(15): 4-5
Notes: See full report online at:http://www.ghsa.org/html/publications/pdf/surveystates2005/surveystates_speeding.pdf
Shelf location: Periodical Collection
37. Balance between harm reduction and mobility in setting speedlimits: a feasibility study.
Fildes B et al
Sydney : Austroads, 2005
Report no. AP R272/05 83p.
URL:http://www.onlinepublications.austroads.com.au/script/Details.asp?do
cn=AS752543147234
Shelf location: Online (see URL)
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
38. Sustainable safety in the Netherlands: the vision, theimplementation and the safety effects.
Wegman F et al
Leidschendam : SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research, 2005
Report no. R-2005-5 35p.
Notes: Paper delivered to the 3rd International symposium on highwaygeometric design, 26 June-2 July 2005, Chicago, United States
URL: http://www.swov.nl/rapport/R-2005-05.pdf
Shelf location: Online (see URL)
TRANSPORT
39. Australian transport statistics.
Canberra : Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics, 2005
28p.
URL: http://www.btre.gov.au/statistics/general/trnstats05/trnstats.aspx
Shelf location: Online (see URL)
TYRE PRESSURE
40. 12 and 15 passenger vans tire pressure study: preliminaryresults.
Thiriez KK et al
Traffic Safety Facts Research Note
Washington DC : National Center for Statistics & Analysis, 2005
Report no. DOT HS 809 846 6p.
Shelf location: Periodical Collection
VEHICLE SAFETY
41. 2003 Motor vehicle occupant safety survey volume 1:methodology report.
Washington DC : National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2004
Report no. DOT HS 809 788 168p.
URL: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/research/2003MVOSS-Survey-Vol1/images/2003MVOSSVol1.pdf
Shelf location: Online (see URL)
42. 2003 Motor vehicle occupant safety survey volume 3: air bagsreport.
Boyle J; Vanderwolf P
Washington DC : National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2005
Report no. DOT HS 809 856 64p.
URL: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/research/2003MVOP_Survey-vol3/images/2003MVOSSVol3.pdf
Shelf location: Online (see URL)
43. 2003 Motor vehicle occupant safety survey volume 4: crashinjury and emergency medical services report.
Boyle J; Vanderwolf P
Washington DC : National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2005
Report no. DOT HS 809 857 102p.
URL:http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/research/2003MVOSSVol4/i
mages/1779EMS.pdf
Shelf location: Online (see URL)
44. Trends in crashworthiness of the New Zealand vehicle fleet byyear of manufacture: 1964-2002.
Newstead SV; Watson LM
Clayton : Monash University Accident Research Centre MUARC, 2005
Report no. 238 42+p.
URL: http://www.monash.edu.au/muarc/reports/muarc238.pdf
Shelf location: Online (see URL)
WHIPLASH INJURY
45. Evaluation of the intervertebral neck injury criterion usingsimulated rear impacts.
Panjabi MM et al
Journal of Biomechanics 2005; 38(8): 1694-1701
Shelf location: Periodical Collection
YOUNG DRIVER
46. Risky driving habits and motor vehicle driver injury.
Blows S et al
Accident Analysis and Prevention 2005; 37(4): 619-624
Shelf location: Periodical Collection
47. Young drivers experience: the results of a second phasetraining on higher order skills.
de Craen S et al
Leidschendam : SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research, 2005
Report no. R-2005-8 92p.
Notes: Before and after study (with control group) examining highorder skills post license training of novice drivers.
URL: http://www.swov.nl/rapport/R-2005-08.pdf
Shelf location: GN 59/19
48. The relationship between vehicle power to weight ratio andyoung driver crash involvement.
Palamara PG; Gavin A
Crawley : Injury Research Centre, The University of Western Australia, 2005
Report no. RR157 28+p.
URL: http://www.irc.uwa.edu.au/docs/RR157.pdf
Shelf location: Online (see URL)
Archival Items
If the CASR Library has recently acquired through donationsome publications of historical interest, they will be listed herefor your information.
ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION
1. An historical review of NHTSA's field accident investigationactivities.
Lee SN; Fell JC
Washington DC : National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1988
Report no. DOT HS 807 293 49p.
Shelf location: GN 29/06/1988
ADVERTISING
2. Developing a radio/TV campaign for public service broadcast.
Dick LM; Fleischer GA
University of Southern California, 1971
Report no. 71-6 27p.
Notes: Contents of this report also found in NHTSA report DOT HS 800 629
Shelf location: GN 34/9
DRIVER TESTING AND LICENSING
3. The effects of administering written tests stressing knowledgeof safe driving principles to renewal drivers license applicants: anevaluation of the renewal applicants written test component ofCalifornia's selective testing program.
Carpenter DW
Sacramento : California Department of Motor Vehicles, 1978
Report no. 61 23p.
Notes: Use of randomisation and control groups.
Shelf location: GN 38/46