Reports

Towards a Holistic Framework for Road Safety

A study commissioned by the Trust considers that an attitudinal shift similar to that for smoking and AIDS is required in relation to speed and car use if the current level of road trauma is to be reduced. Funding of $73,500 was provided to the University of New South Wales for the study Towards a Holistic Framework for Road Safety.

Improving Alcohol Knowledge in the ACT

Previous studies show that while awareness of the legal blood alcohol limit is high knowledge of the number of standard drinks contained in alcoholic beverages is low. This study sought to understand whether an online survey giving motorists the correct answers could increase knowledge relating to alcohol and thus assist to minimize the potential to drink and drive and maximize the potential for people to make informed decisions about the amount of alcohol consumed. The results of this three phase study suggest that an online alcohol knowledge test can improve ACT resident's knowledge relating to alcohol. Implications for public policy are outlined.

Skills for Preventing Injury in Youth (SPIY) Program

The Trust has released a report undertaken by the Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety Queensland as the result of a $51,695 grant by the Trust on the SPIY Program. This program aims to reduce adolescent risk taking by changing individuals' attitudes to risk, increasing the intervening and protective behaviour of their peers and developing first aid skills.

Child pedestrians: factors associated with ability to cross roads safely and decelopment of a training package

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Report (PDF File - 1698k)

Protective clothing for motorcyclists - observational study in the ACT

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Report (Microsoft Word Document - 539k)

Study confirms the vulnerability of cyclists and motorcyclists

A study involving the matching of hospital trauma data with police crash data for the years 2001-2003 has revealed that cyclists and motorcyclists occupied more bed days in the Canberra Hospital than the combined total of drivers and front passengers. The study was undertaken by Associate Professor Drew Richardson, Chair of Road Trauma and Emergency Medicine, ANU Medical School and funded by the NRMA ACT Road Safety Trust.

Amalgamation of police and hospital trauma data in the Australian Capital Territory 2001-2003

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Final Report (PDF File - 548k)

The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Road Safety Fellowship

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Report by Ms Kerry Fitzgerald 2005 - 'Improving Australia's Responses to Recidivist Drink Driving' (PDF File - 3739k) Report by Mr Rifaat Shoukrallah 2006 - 'Examine road safety policies, particularly engineering measures implemented as a result of these policies in Sweden, UK, Norway, Japan and Denmark' (PDF File - 487k) Dr Stephen Jiggins 2008 - 'Media Reporting of Road Crashes' (Microsoft Word Document - 332k)

Studies Confirm Drink Drive Concerns for the ACT

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Analysis and Report on Drink Driving Cases in the ACT Magistrate's Court 2006-07 (PDF File - 2781k) Drink Driving Cases In Queanbeyan Local Court 2006-07 (Microsoft Word Document - 269k)

Identifying Programs To Reduce Road Trauma To Act Motorcyclists

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Identifying Programs To Reduce Road Trauma To Act Motorcyclists (Microsoft Word Document - 2381k)

First Aid and Harm Minimisation for Victims of Road Trauma: A Population Study

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First Aid and Harm Minimisation for Victims of Road Trauma: A Population Study (PDF File - 370k)

Crash rates of ACT vehicles inside and outside the ACT

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Crash rates of ACT vehicles inside and outside the ACT (Microsoft Word Document - 415k)

Study identifies future road safety needs for ageing Australians

NB: It is a large report running to some 240 pages.

Older Drivers Knowledgeable About Health Impacts on Driving

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Older Drivers Knowledgeable About Health Impacts on Driving (PDF File - 667k)

Study Confirms the Expertise of Paramedics at Multi-casualty Crash Scenes

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Study Confirms the Expertise of Paramedics at Multi-casualty Crash Scenes (PDF File - 1172k)

New Moves For Older Road Users

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A report by Mr Robin Anderson on the 2005 NRMA-ACT Road Safety Trust Churchill Fellowship to study community-based safety programs for older road users in Europe and the USA (Microsoft Word Document - 384k)

Risk taking by young drivers - 16 May 2006

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Report on risk taking by young drivers (Microsoft Word Document - 714k)

Team Training for Safer Young Drivers and Passengers in the ACT - 4 August 2005

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Team Training for Safer Young Drivers and Passengers in the ACT (PDF File - 848k)

Study on the Effect of Passenger and Night Driving Restrictions on Novice Drivers - 6 June 2005

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Study on the Effect of Passenger and Night Driving Restrictions on Novice Drivers (PDF File - 12358k)

Crashes Involving ACT Vehicles and ACT Controllers in NSW 1999-2003

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Crashes Involving ACT Vehicles and ACT Controllers in NSW 1999-2003 (PDF File - 2101k)