Projecting effects of improvements in passive safety of the New Zealand light vehicle fleet to 2010

In the year 2000, NZ road safety targets were set for a reduction in social cost of 15.5 per cent associated with improvements in crashworthiness, which is a measure of the occupant protection provided by vehicles in the light vehicle fleet. Since that document was produced, new estimates of crashworthiness have become available allowing a more accurate projection. This paper describes a methodology for projecting changes in casualty rates associated with passive safety features, based primarily on projections of the existing crashworthiness trends and thereafter including the effects of two potential interventions: restrictions on the importation of cars into New Zealand and restriction of government fleet vehicles to those with superior crashworthiness. Compared to the quite large social cost reduction of about 22 per cent expected to occur largely due to improvements in the crashworthiness of the fleet over time, these additional interventions were predicted to yield fairly modest savings. (a)

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  Monash University

  Accident Research Centre
  Building 70
  Clayton, Victoria  Australia  3800
• Authors:
  • KEALL, M D
  • NEWSTEAD, S V
  • SCULLY, J
• Publication Date: 2006-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 23P
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 258

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Crashes; Deformation; Fatalities; Improvements; Passenger car equivalence; Safety; Vehicle occupants; Vehicles
• ITRD Terms: 1243: Car; 1631: Collision; 5595: Deformation; 1602: Fatality; 9108: Improvement; 651: Passenger car unit; 1665: Safety; 1255: Vehicle; 1715: Vehicle occupant
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I81: Accident Statistics; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01050618
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0732623286
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 4 2007 11:44PM