Centre for Automotive Safety Research

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1 Centre for Automotive Safety Research What s New: Additions to the CASR library during May 2005 If interested in conference proceedings or book chapters please select individual papers for copy. Hard copy reports will be loaned.

2 ACCIDENT COSTS 1. The social cost of road crashes and injuries: June 2004 update. Wellington : Ministry of Transport, p. Shelf location: GN 53/4/23 ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION 2. Renault's CSI program: that's crash scene investigators - the pioneers of 'accidentology'. Cadogan J Wheels 2005; June: 32-33

3 ACCIDENT STATISTICS 3. Evaluation of California crash data reported to the MCMIS crash file. Matteson A; Blower D Transportation Research Institute, University of Michigan, 2005 Report no. UMTRI p. This document is part of a series of reports evaluating the data reported to the Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS) Crash File undertaken by the Center for National Truck and Bus Statistics at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. Earlier studies showed that reporting to the MCMIS Crash File was significantly incomplete in other states. This report examines the sources of underreporting for the state of California. AGED DRIVER 4. Assessing responsibility for older drivers' crashes. Langford J et al Sydney : Austroads, 2004 Report no. AP-R265/05 110p. cn=as

4 BICYCLE HELMET 5. Assessing the level of safety provided by the Snell B95 standard for bicycle helmets. Gibson T; Cheung A Canberra : Australian Transport Safety Bureau, 2004 Report no. CR p. DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 6. The neglected epidemic: road traffic accidents in a developing country, State of Qatar. Bener A International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion 2005; 12(1): An evaluation of the effectiveness of televised road safety messages in Ghana. Blantari J et al International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion 2005; 12(1): 23-29

5 DRINK DRIVING 8. Trends worldwide: years of progress against alcohol-impaired driving are followed by a stall. Status Report 2005; 40(4): Sobriety checkpoints: they deter impaired drivers and they don't require dozens of police officers to conduct. Status Report 2005; 40(4): 4-6 HEAD INJURY 10. VR headset can spot concussion in minutes. Sandhana L New Scientist 2005; 186(2497): 25 MEDICAL TREATMENT 11. Randomised trial of a brief physiotherapy intervention compared with usual physiotherapy for neck pain patients: outcomes and patients' preference. Klaber JA et al BMJ 2005; 330(7482): 75-78

6 MOBILE PHONE 12. Driver cell phone use in overall results. Glassbrenner D Research Note Washington DC : National Center for Statistics & Analysis, 2004 Report no. DOT HS p. MOTORCYCLE 13. Hazard perception and responding by motorcyclists: background and literature review. Haworth N et al Clayton : Monash University Accident Research Centre MUARC, 2005 Report no p Hazard perception and responding by motorcyclists: summary of background, literature review and training methods. Haworth N et al Clayton : Monash University Accident Research Centre MUARC, 2005 Report no p.

7 15. Impact of the effect of economic crisis and targeted motorcycle safety programme on motorcycle-related accidents, injuries and fatalities in Malaysia. Law TH et al International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion 2005; 12(1): Best training methods for teaching hazard perception and responding by motorcyclists. Wallace P et al Clayton : Monash University Accident Research Centre MUARC, 2005 Report no p. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY 17. Driving the message home: implement and enforce on-the-job safety policies. Parker JG Safety and Health 2005; 171(3): Shelf location: BK RS/93

8 PEDESTRIAN 18. Analysis of pedestrian crashes. dasilva MP et al Washington DC : National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2003 Report no. DOT HS p. Shelf location: GN 29/05/2003 PUBLIC OPINION 19. The road safety monitor 2004: drowsy driving. Beirness DJ et al Ottawa : Traffic Injury Research Foundation, p. m?id=159&num=76&name=rsm_drowsy_driving_2004.pdf&lang=e ROAD SAFETY 20. Effects of roadside advertisements on road safety. Helsinki : Finnish Road Administration, 2004 Report no. 25/ p.

9 21. New Zealand road safety research Wellington : Ministry of Transport, p. Shelf location: GN 53/4/ Community attitudes to road safety: Community attitudes survey wave 17, Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) Canberra : ATSB, 2005 Report no. CR ROADSIDE HAZARD 23. Assessing the crash implications of roadside hazards. Turner S et al New Zealand : IPENZ Transportation Group, 2004 Notes: Paper presented at the IPENZ Transportation Group Technical Conference r_dixon_wood.pdf

10 SCHOOL 24. School journey safety - a comparative study of engineering devices. Wigmore B; Bass P New Zealand : IPENZ Transportation Group, 2004 Notes: Paper presented at the IPENZ Transportation Group Technical Conference ore_baas.pdf SPEED 25. Transport statistics bulletin: vehicle speeds in Great Britain London : Department for Transport, 2005 Report no. SB (05) 23 17p. wnloadable/dft_transstats_ pdf Shelf location: REF 36/7

11 SPEED LIMIT 26. Effect of a lower default urban speed limit on speeds in South Australia. Kloeden C; Woolley J; McLean J Road & Transport Research 2005; 14(1): Notes: Based on a paper presented to the Road Safety, Policing and Education Conference, November 2004, Perth, Western Australia STANDARD 27. Trail blazing: new draft standard for road signs. Freeman D The Global Standard 2005; 3(4): UNLICENSED DRIVER 28. The psychosocial characteristics and on-road behaviour of unlicensed drivers. Watson B Queensland University of Technology, 2004 Notes: Philosophy A thesis submitted as fulfilment for the Degree of Doctor of QUT /

12 VEHICLE SAFETY 29. In collisions with cars, SUVs are incompatible. Are SUVs that are bigger and heavier posing even more risks? Status Report 2005; 40(5): 1-8 WHIPLASH INJURY 30. Whiplash-associated disorders impairment rating: neck disability index score according to severity of MRI findings of ligaments and membranes in the upper cervical spine. Kaale BR et al Journal of Neurotrauma 2005; 22(4): YOUNG DRIVER 31. Team training for safer young drivers and passengers in the ACT: a role for crew resource management. Mitsopoulos E et al Clayton : Monash University Accident Research Centre MUARC, 2005 Report no p.

13 Archival Items If the CASR Library has recently acquired through donation some publications of historical interest, they will be listed here for your information. MOTORCYCLE SPEED ENFORCEMENT 1. A critique of "a comparison of the automobile accident rates of radar detection device users and non-users". Lund AK Washington DC : Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, p. Notes: Comments on a study which surveyed users and non users of radar detection devices and their reported accident rates. Makes criticism of sampling technique among other issues. Shelf location: GN 35/01/1988 WHIPLASH INJURY 2. Compendium of papers presented at the traffic safety and auto engineering stream of the world congress on whiplash-associated disorders, Vancouver, Canada, February 7-11, North Vancouver : Rona Kinetics and Associates, p.

14 Contents: I. Head restraints - the neglected countermeasures / O'Neill B (pp1-15) II. Anticipated improvements - head restraint regulations / Pageot N (pp17-18) III. Improving the intelligence of dummies / Svensson M (pp19-20) IV. Factors affecting the aetiology and outcomes of whiplash injury / Ryan GA (pp21-31) V. Biomechanical background to the study of soft tissue cervical spine disorders in low speed accidents / Walz FH (pp33-35) VI. Neck injuries in car collisions - a review covering a possible injury mechanism and the development of a new rear-impact dummy / Svensson M et al (pp37-59) VII. European research in whiplash injury prevention / Wismans J, van den Kroonenberg AJ (pp61-67) VIII. Relationship of head restraint positioning to driver neck injury in rear-end crashes / Farmer CM et al (pp69-89) IX. Whiplash injury - are current head restraints doing their job? / Minton R et al (pp91-108) X. A forensic sample of low speed car accidents / Schuller E et al (pp ) XI. AIS1 neck injuries in frontal impacts: influence of crash pulse characteristics on injury risk / Kullgren A et al (pp ) XII. Crash type aned injury type cost calculations: the role of whiplash in a tort-based system / Mercer B, Halabisky L (pp ) XIII. WAD in low speed rear impacts - fact or fiction? / Castro WHM et al (pp ) XIV. Kinematic analysis in low speed rear impacts / Becke M et al (pp ) XV. Motion analysis of cervical vertebrae during simulated whiplash loading / Kaneoka K et al (pp ) XVI. Whiplash mechanics in low damage rear-end automobile collisions / Tencer AF, Mirza S (pp ) XVII. The relationship between clinical and kinematic responses from human subject testing in rear-end automobile collisions / Siegmund GP et al (pp ) XVIII. Kinematics and intensity of head impact of vehicle occupants in forward inclined position in low speed rear impacts / Meyer S et al (pp ) XIX. Seat back and head restraint response during low-speed rear end automobile collisions / Lawrence JM, Siegmund GP (pp ) XX. Relationship between seat properties and human subject kinematics in rear impact tests / Welcher JB, Szabo TJ (pp ) XXI. Role of awareness in head-neck acceleration in low velocity rearend impacts / Kumar S et al (pp )

15 XXII. Influence of seat characteristics on occupant motion in low speed rear impacts / Watanabe Y et al (pp ) XXIII. Biomechanical analyses of whiplash injuries using experimental model / Yoganandan N et al (pp ) XXIV. Pressure measurements in the spinal canal of post-mortem human subjects during rear-impact and their correlation to the neck injury criterion (NIC) / Eichberger A et al (pp( ) XXV. Effects of head restraint position on neck injury in rear impact / Kleinberger M et al (pp ) XXVI. A new mathematical neck model for a low velocity rear end impact dummy: evaluation of components influencing head kinematics / Linder A, Svensson MY (pp ) XXVII. The effects of increased head restraint height on driver visibility / Noy I et al (pp ) XXVIII. Head restraint measuring device / Gane J (pp ) XXIX. Comparison of car seats in low speed rear-end impacts using the BioRID dummy and the new neck injury criterion (NIC) / Bostrom O et al (pp ) XXX. Occurence of reported cervical spine injuries in car accidents and improved safety standards for rear-end impacts / Langwieder K et al (pp ) XXXI. Report investigating the importance of head restraint positioning in reducing neck injury in rear impact / Maher J (pp ) XXXII. A review of educational strategies to mitigate soft tissue neck injuries / Brown B, Nepomuceno J (pp ) XXXIII. Road safety engineering: an effective tool in the fight against whiplash injuries / Navin F et al (pp ) XXXIV. Development of a head restraint for occupant protection in rear end collisions / Bendjellal F, Steyer C (pp ) XXXV. WHIPS - Volvo's whiplash protection study / Jakobsson L et al (pp ) Shelf location: BL MEDICAL

16 YOUNG DRIVER 3. High school students' views of laws restricting teenage driving. Williams AF; Preusser DF; Lund AK Washington DC : Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, p. Notes: Study surveying high school students in seven US states to determine their views on driving restrictions for teenagers. Shelf location: GN 35/03/ Night driving curfews in New York and Louisiana: results of a questionnaire survey. Williams AF; Lund AK; Preusser DF Washington DC : Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, p. Notes: Study surveying high school students in two US states with a night driving restriction about their knowledge of the law and driving behaviour. Shelf location: GN 35/05/1984