An investigation into potential migration of run-off-road crashes after treatments of sites in rural Western Australia

Run-off-road crashes are especially problematic in rural Western Australia (WA), with lives lost and trauma that result placing a great burden on community. Factors that lead to these crashes, such as fatigue, are compounded by WA’s vast land area and long distances between its towns. Chow et al. (2017) found the State program aimed to reduce such crashes to be successful. However, the question arises, whether the treatments deployed acted to delay the crashes only, and whether the crashes “migrated” to other road sections after the treated sections. This new study aims to answer this question with up-to-date data.

• Record URL:
  http://acrs.org.au/publications/acrs-conference-papers/acrs-database/
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Extended abstract only
• Authors:
  • Chow, K
  • Meuleners, L
  • Hobday, M
  • Radalj, T
  • Argus, F
• Conference:
  • Australasian Road Safety Conference, 2018, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Publication Date: 2018-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 2p
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the 2018 Australasian Road Safety Conference, 3-5 October, Sydney, New South Wales

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data analysis; Fatalities; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Ran off road crashes; Traffic delays
• Geographic Terms: Western Australia
• ATRI Terms: Data analysis; Delay; Fatality; Human fatigue; Run off the road crash

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01704208
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: May 2 2019 2:16PM