2007 Infants, Children & Young People Sydney

INFANTS CHILDREN  AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND ROAD SAFETY

These are the proceedings of the ACRS conference on Infants, Children and Young People and Road Safety held in Sydney, Australia, on Thursday 2 August 2007 and Friday 3 August 2007.  The conference organiser was Mr Ian Faulks.

A cd copy of these proceedings will be forwarded to each registered conference attendee.  If you have not received your copy please do not hesitate to contact head office at exa@acrs.org.au for your copy.

Sponsors and partner organisations:

The Australasian College of Road Safety acknowledges with gratitude the partners and sponsors of the conference:

NRMA Motoring & Services, STAYSAFE Committee, Motor Accidents Authority, The George Institute for International Health, Safe-n-Sound, Australian Driver Trainers Association NSW Ltd, Australian Transport Safety Bureau.

The objectives of the conference were to review indicators and trends in injury involving infants, children and young people; to examine the current research into aspects of road safety affecting infants, children and young people; to explore projections for the future development of the road transport system and the likely impacts on the safety of infants, children and young people in all areas of road use and to consider possible future strategies for enhancing road safety for infants, children and young people, now and into the future.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER 

The policy of the ACRS is to provide a medium for free expression of views and debate, within the traffic safety community, on a wide range of issues. In this instance the topic focussed on the road safety of infants, children and young people. The articles presented in these proceedings are the result of an invitation to members and non-members of the ACRS to submit papers and perspectives that they personally consider important on this issue. They do not necessarily represent the views of the college, nor have the papers been subjected to the College's normal policy acceptance process and indeed, in some instances may be in conflict with ACRS policy. The articles represent the views of the authors alone. Similalry no attempt has been made to check accuracy of the material presented. The ACRS cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of the content or opinions presented in the articles, nor does publication in these proceedings imply that the author's opinion and any data contained in the articles are endorsed by the ACRS.       

This CD ROM contains some of the abstracts, papers and keynote speeches presented at the conference.

In order these are:

1.         Many children progress from one type of restraint to the next at too small a size: Should advice to parents be simple and based on child age, with variation in child size accommodated by overlaps in restraint specifications?

R. W. G. Anderson and T. P. Hutchinson

Centre for Automotive Safety Research, University of Adelaide, South Australia 5005

2.         The Road Safety Situation for Children in Bangladesh

Tahera Anjuman, and Chowdhury Kawsar Arefin Siddiqui,

Accident Research Center, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

3.         Self-Awareness and Self-Monitoring: Important Components of Best Educational Practice for Novice Drivers

Trevor Bailey

Road Safety Directorate, Safety & Regulation Division, Department for Transport, Energy & Infrastructure, South Australia

4.         Creating Safer Drivers

David R Bamford (a) , Graham Syme (a) , David Tynan (a), Ian Faulks (b)

(a) Traffic Offenders Program Blacktown

(b) Safety and Policy Analysis International

5.         Improving child restraint design - upcoming changes in restraint standards and remaining challenges

Lynne Bilston and Julie Brown

Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, UNSW

6.         Inappropriate restraint use by child occupants - injury implications and factors in inappropriate use

Lynne Bilston and Julie Brown

Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, UNSW

7.         Misuse of Restraints by Child Occupants

Lynne Bilston and Julie Brown

Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, UNSW

8.         Road safety and injury prevention programs in the high school curriculum: Key considerations with examples from the SPIY Program

Lisa Buckley & Prof. Mary Sheehan

Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety - Queensland University of Technology

9.         Road Safety in the First 1000 Weeks: The Big Picture

Commissioner Gillian Calvert

NSW Commissioner for Children and Young People and Convenor, NSW Child Death Review Team

10.       Child safety at unacceptable risk to and from schools or do governments regard pupils as disposable?

Leon Hain, Victoria

11.       Motor scooters and mopeds - a growing attraction for young people

Narelle Haworth and Angela Nielson

Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety-Queensland University of Technology

12.       Child bicyclist traffic casualties in South Australia

 T. P. Hutchinson, C. N. Kloeden, and A. D. Long

Centre for Automotive Safety Research, University of Adelaide, South Australia

13.       Gender Effects in Mobile Phone Distraction from Driving

Julia Irwin, Louise Geaghan and Eugene Chekaluk

Macquarie University, NSW

14.       The relationship between youth celebrations and road trauma in young people

Joanne Kemp

Youthsafe, NSW

15.       Enhancing road safety for young drivers: How Graduated Driver Licensing initiatives can complement "anti-hooning" legislation

Ms Nerida Leal (a)^, Associate Professor Barry Watson (a), Dr Kerry Armstrong (b)^, Dr Mark King (a)

(a) Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety-Queensland University of Technology and (b) Queensland Transport

16.       Driving Instructors, Schools, Parents and Communities (Abstract only).

Jeff McDougall

Managing Director, Trent Driving School, NSW

17.       Targeting road safety interventions at young workers and family members through the workplace

Dr Will Murray, Interactive Driving Systems and CARRS-Q

Ian Faulks, Safety and Policy Analysis International

Dr Barry Watson, CARRS-Q

18.       Identifying 'at-risk' child pedestrians and improving their road crossing skills

Jennifer Oxley, Melinda Congiu, Michelle Whelan, Angelo D'Elia & Judith Charlton

Accident Research Centre, Monash University, Victoria

19.       Improving the safety of kiss and drop zones at schools: The Stay Safe Rangers at Balgowlah Heights Public School

Michael Paine, Vehicle Design and Research, Kathryn Henderson, Kids with a Voice and

Ian Faulks, Safety and Policy Analysis International

20.       Rear Seat Occupant Safety

Michael Paine, Vehicle Design and Research

21.       Men, driving culture and speed

Sarah Redshaw

Honorary Associate, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, NSW

22.       Sydney 2030: A City Safe for Children

Cathy Rutter and Len Woodman

City of Sydney

23.       From Preschool to Year 12, a preparation for Driving

Lyle Schefe

Department of Education Queensland

24.       Preparing Young People for Safe Road Use -A Layman Practitioners Perspective (Driver Education for Young Drivers)

Graham Smith

Roadcraft Driver Education, Gympie, Queensland

25.     Reaching High-Risk Adolescents in a School Setting: Is It Possible?

David W. Soole, Rebekah Chapman, Mary Sheehan & Vic Siskind

Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety - Queensland (CARRS-Q)

26.       Parents' knowledge and use of child restraints in regional and rural NSW: results from a survey

Trudy Stewart & Alexia Lennon

Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety - Queensland (CARRS-Q)

27.       City of Stirling Child Car Restraint Fitting, Installing and Demonstrations

Heidi Stewart

City of Stirling, WA

28.       The Australian Child Restraint Evaluation Program

Basuki Suratno (a), Soames Job (a), Dan Leavy (a), Julie Brown (b), Michael Paine (c),

Nimmi Magedara (c), Paul Kelly (d), Michael Griffiths (d), Jack Haley (e), Michael Case (f)

(a) NSW Centre for Road Safety, (b) Prince of Wales Research Institute

(c) Vehicle Design & Research (d) Road Safety Solution

(e) NRMA Motoring Services (f) Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV)

29.       Development of 'Going Solo: A resource for parents of P-Plate drivers'

Michelle Whelan & Jennifer Oxley
Accident Research Centre, Monash University, Victoria