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 (in 2001!)
      Bull-bars
      Buses

        Bus Accidents in Australia: 1970-1993
        Bus safety projects (summary)
        Bus seat belts
      Child Restraints
        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