HEAVY VEHICLE SAFETY ON MAJOR NSW HIGHWAYS: A STUDY OF CRASHES AND COUNTERMEASURES

This report is a detailed summary of a study into heavy vehicle crashes in New South Wales, Australia. The study consisted of three parts. The first was a detailed investigation into fatal heavy vehicle crashes on the Pacific and Hume highways in 1988 and 1989; the second was a detailed examination of the Road Safety Bureau's traffic accident database for heavy vehicle crashes from 1982 to 1988; and the third was a detailed examination of relevant economic, travel and weather data from 1982 to 1988. The report is organized as follows: The NSW Heavy Vehicle Crash Problem (purpose of this report, background to the study, approach taken); Issues in Heavy Vehicle Safety; Examination of Traffic Accident Data 1982-1988; Economic Perspective; Factors in Heavy Vehicle Crashes; Countermeasures; Findings and Conclusions; and Outlook.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Roads and Traffic Authority, New South Wales

  Road Safety Bureau, P.O. Box 110
  Rosebery, New South Wales 2018,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • SWEATMAN, P
  • OGDEN, K
  • HAWORTH, N
  • PEARSON, R
  • Vulcan, P
• Publication Date: 1990-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 26 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Countermeasures; Crashes; Data analysis; Economics; Fatalities; Heavy vehicles; Highway safety; Mathematical analysis; Traffic crashes; Travel; Weather
• Uncontrolled Terms: Contributing factors
• Geographic Terms: New South Wales
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00623511
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• ISBN: 0 7240 8120 8
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-041 210
• Files: HSL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 31 1992 12:00AM