SURVIVAL ON THE ROAD

In recent years, Victoria's rate of road crash casualties has dropped significantly. Major contributions towards this improvement have included seat belt and child restraint legislation, drink/driving legislation and vehicle safety features. Nevertheless, problems of road user behaviour resist efforts to change and contribute substantially to the casualty rate, particularly the excessive consumption of alcohol by road users. Advances made through restraint systems are examined and contrasted with efforts to change road user behaviour. /TRRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the the Society of Automotive Engineers National Convention, Hobart, 1978.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers

  191 Royal Parade
  Parkville, Victoria 3052,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • James, Rachel
• Publication Date: 1978

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: 9 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohols; Behavior; Child restraint systems; Conferences; Crash rates; Crashes; Design; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Highway safety; Laws; Legislation; Manual safety belts; Safety; Safety equipment; Travelers; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safety features
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1057: Air transport network; 7347: Alcohol; 8006: Australia; 9001: Behaviour; 8525: Conference; 9011: Design (overall design); 1556: Legislation; 1755: Road user; 1665: Safety; 1476: Safety belt
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Vehicles and Equipment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00188389
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 28 1979 12:00AM