INDEX OF ROAD SAFETY TOPICS
on the web site of
Vehicle Design and Research Pty Limited
email:
mpaine@tpgi.com.au
Aggressivity and frontal design
Airbags - list of Australian cars without them
Bull-bars
Buses
Bus Accidents in Australia: 1970-1993
Bus safety projects (summary)
Bus seat belts
Child Restraint Performance in Australia
Surveys of child restraint use
Crash test results (master list)
Crash test links
Curtain airbags
DEFECTS: vehicle roadworthiness and accidents
Driveway safety: devices to reduce the risk to young pedestrians from reversing motor vehicles
Driving tips
Flashing warning lights on school buses
Flashing warning lights on emergency vehicles
(fixed lamps vs rotating beacons)
Four wheel drive (SUV) vehicles - options for crash tests
Four wheel drives - safety and convenience issues
Head restraints
Heavy vehicle safety
(report on an international conference held in Queensland)
Hidden costs of four-wheel-drive ownership
Impact speed
(risk of fatality)
Offset crash tests
Master list of offset crash tests in Australia, Europe and USA
ESV Paper "Observations about vehicle design and structural performance"
Rating Guidelines for Australian NCAP
NCAP crash test partners
Consumer crash tests: the elusive best practice
Injury and deformation trends with offset crash tests
Pedestrian safety
Pedestrian safety and vehicle frontal design
(report on an international seminar)
Pedestrian Protection Afforded by Vehicles in Australia
School bus pedestrian safety
School bus seat belts
Road safety links
Government
Vehicle safety
Road users
(advanced driving etc)
Consultants
Research organisations
Roadworthiness and accidents
Rollover crashes - occupant kinematics and motion of vehicle
Scooters- safety of recreational
Signal range of lights
Speed control
Speed limiters
Stopping distances
, including reaction time
Stopping distances and initial speed