Journals

The Journal of the Australasian College of Road Safety

The College Journal is published quarterly and is sent free of charge to members.  Current and back editions may be downloaded by clicking on the file name below.  Please note that some of these files are quite large.

August 2008 Vol 19 No. 3

May 2008 Vol 19 No.2

Contributed articles:

• State Roads now Star Rated for Safety
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way from the Seminar
• Ten Years with Passive Safety – a Manufacturer’s View
• Suggested Restrictions for Australian Slip Base Sign Posts

 Peer-reviewed  papers

• Rollover Crashworthiness: The Final Frontier for Vehicle Passive Safety
• Road Crashes Involving Stolen Motor Vehicles in South Australia
• Profiling Drink Driving Offenders in Queensland

February 2008 Vol 19 No.1

Contributed articles;

• On the Road to Safety - Milestones in Progress
• ANCAP's Growing Role in Road Safety Promotion
• AusRAP rates highways in New South Wales and Queensland for safety

Peer Reviewed Papers:

• Modelling and Analysis of Crash Densities for Karangahake Gorge, New Zealand
• Road Safety Engineering Risk Assessment - Recent and Future
• Testing the Pedestrian Safety of Bull Bars: Methods and Results

November 2007 Vol 18 No.4

Contributed articles:

• Stay Safe Rangers Initiative
• Keys2drive - Helping Learner Drivers become Safer Drivers
• Road Safety on the Asian Highway

• Teaching old dogs new tricks?: training and older motorcyclists
• Characteristics Of Rollover Crashes
• Why do older drivers have a high rate of involvement in casualty accidents per distance driven?

August 2007 Vol 18 No. 3

Contributed articles:

•  Motoring Matters – for every Australian
•  Road Safety Song Competition- See it on DVD
•  Rolling on Road to Disaster
•  Car Restraints for the Child Over 12 Months
•  Helicopter Rescue’s Key Role in Reducing the Road Toll
•  Occupational Road Safety case study
•  Policies of the Australasian College of Road Safety

Peer-reviewed papers:

•  Child restraint misuse: Incorrect and inappropriate use of
• restraints by children reduces their effectiveness in crashes
• • Speed Behaviour of Long and Short Haul Heavy Vehicle Drivers
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May 2007 Vol 18 No.2

Contributed articles:

• The ATSB answers questions on the Australian National Road Safety 2010 Strategy
• Safer Vehicles for Young Drivers - Matching Vehicles to Drivers' Ability
• Road Advertising
• Illegal Road Racing and its Legal Implications
• Policies of the Australasian College of Road Safety

Peer-reviewed papers:

• Views of the Verge: Roadside Memorials and Local Government Policies
• The Prevalence and Characteristics of Paediatric Driveway Accidents in Queensland
• A Comparison of Reported Driving Anger in Canada with USA, Uk and Australia

February 2007 Vol 18 No. 1 (1.56MB)

      Contributed articles:

• First United Nations Global Road Safety Week
• Advocating Global Road Safety
• Curbing Roadside Hazards
• Retrospective on Road Safety Visits
• Improving Reversing Safety of Commercial Vehicles
• Policies of the ACRS

        Peer-reviewed papers:

• Effects on Driving Performance of In-vehicle Intelligent Transport Systems
• The Effect on Driver Workload, Attitudes and Acceptability of In-Vehicle Intelligent Transport Systems
• Reducing Road Accidents Through Fatigue Detection and Monitoring: A Review

November 2006 Vol 17 No 4 (1.39MB) 

Contributed Articles

• Speech by the Governor General 
• Australia's First Star Ratings of Our National Highways 
• Simulating Police Urgent Duty Missions 
• Policies of the Australasian College of Road Safety 

Peer-reviewed Papers

• Simulation of vehicle lateral side impacts with poles
  to estimate crush and impact speed characteristics
• Random Breath Testing - a successful policy recipe 

August 2006 Vol 17 No 3 (2.23MB)

Contributed Articles

• For Whom Does the Budget Funding Toll?
• Singing it for Road Safety
• Road Safety Barrier Systems Standard AS/NZS 3845 being updated
• Road Safety Advice for Tourists
• Memorials for Road Crash Victims

Peer-reviewed Papers

• It Starts with the Parents and Ends with the Parents
• Choice of Licencing Method and Crashes of Young Drivers
• Driver and Rider Licencing Provisions for Clients who are d/Deaf

May 2006 Vol 17 No 2 (4.95 MB)

Contributed Articles

• ANCAP - Ensuring Safer Cars
• Curbing China's Road Safety Horror
• The NRMA - ACT Road Safety Trust
• Community Capacity Building as a Fleet Safety Tool

Peer-reviewed Papers

• The Speed Paradox: The Misalignment between Driver Attitudes and Speeding Behaviour
• Utilising the Driver Behaviour Questionnaire in an Australian Organisational Fleet Setting: are modifications required?
• Issues of Child Occupant protection: A Literature Review

February 2006 Vol 17 No 1 (3.38 MB)

Contributed Articles

• Australian Road Regulatory Agencies
• Where Bikes are Many but Helmets are Few
• Australia's National Highways Rated for Safety
• Motorcycle Safety
• Managing Fatigued Driving
• PARSO - Birth and Growth

Peer-reviewed Papers

• Driver Distraction in Sydney
• Drink Driving Rehabilitation
• Understanding Street Racing and Hoon Culture

November 2005 Vol 16 No 2 (1 MB)

Contributed Articles

• Interview with Claes Tingvall
• Response to the Burden of Work Related Crashes
• UK Fleet Operators Failing to Implement Basic Road Safety Policies
• Queensland Year 12's Stunned by Crash Scene
• Motorcycle Safety - The Next Magic Bullet?
• Arrive Alive Expo
• Fatigue and Coping with Driver Distraction

Peer-reviewed Papers

• Driver Distraction: Reflections on the Past, Present and Future
• Driver Distraction: Breakdowns of a Multi-level Control Process

July 2005 Vol 16 No 1 (443 KB)

Contributed Articles

• Bicycle Safety - a reflection
• Bicycle Education and Safety
• Australian Bicycle Council
• Local Government Road Safety Programs
• ESV Conference Report 

Peer-reviewed Papers

• Managing Risk in a Workplace Bicycle Pool
• An Overview of Bicycle Crashes and Injuries in WA
• Indigenous Youth, Bikes and Safety