COMMITTEE ON ROAD SAFETY RESEARCH

THE ACTIVITIES ARE PRESENTED OF THE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE OF CANADA COMMITTEE ON ROAD SAFETY RESEARCH TO DECEMBER 1968 AND INCLUDES THE PROCEEDINGS OF A SEMINAR HELD IN OCTOBER 1968. THE STUDIES CARRIED OUT INCLUDE METHODS OF WORKING TOWARD HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT, VEHICLE IMPROVEMENT, AND AN INSIGHT INTO DRIVER BEHAVIOUR. THE SUBJECTS DEALT WITH ARE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND ANALYSIS, AUTOMATION AND TRAFFIC CONTROL, VEHICLE ILLUMINATION, REPAIR, SAFETY DEVICES PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL ASPECTS, TRAFFIC SURVEILLANCE, THE USE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF SEAT BELTS, CARBON MONOXIDE IN RELATION TO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND DRIVER EDUCATION. /CGRA/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 407 Pp, 35 FIG, 40 TAB, 2 PHOT, 220 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Engineering Institute of Canada

  700 EIC Building, 2050 Mansfield Street
  Montreal 110, PQ  Canada 
• Publication Date: 1968-12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Carbon monoxide; Crash analysis; Crash investigation; Driver training; Drivers; Highway safety; Manual safety belts; Pedestrians; Traffic control; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety; Traffic surveillance; Vehicle lighting
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219841
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: CANADIAN GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 26 1970 12:00AM