Australasian road safety handbook: volume 3

Volume 3 of the Australasian Road Safety Handbook aims to provide an up-to-date summary of research and other considerations in regard to the following key topics: 1. Why we continue to under-count the road toll; 2. Improving heavy vehicle safety; 3. The status of hazard perception testing in Australasia; 4. Fleet safety - road safety's next silver bullet?; 5. Local area traffic management schemes-traffic calming; 6. Flexible wire barriers along high-speed roads – a lifesaving opportunity. The overview for each topic generally consists of the following components: 1. a statement of the key road safety issue(s); 2. a description of current practices and policies in Australasian jurisdictions; 3. a summary of the research findings; 4. the identification of the various political, economic and other factors that may influence any official response; 5. a listing of the conclusions to be drawn, all factors considered. (a)

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  24-28 Campbell Street, P.O. Box K659, Roden Cutler House
  Haymarket, New South Wales  Australia  2000
• Authors:
  • LANGFORD, J
  • FILDES, B
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 46P
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: AP-R275/05

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Development; Driving tests; Evaluation; Fatalities; Guardrails; Heavy vehicles; Management; Research projects; Residential areas; Safety; Traffic; Vehicles
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 9013: Development; 1573: Driving test; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 1602: Fatality; 1236: Lorry; 8557: Research project; 307: Residential area; 1665: Safety; 1686: Safety fence; 755: Traffic; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I73: Traffic Control; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01032009
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 1921139064
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 6 2006 1:07PM