In-depth crash investigation in South Australia and its use in roadside safety research
- This paper gives an overview of the in-depth crash investigation activity conducted by the Centre for Automotive Safety Research (CASR) at the University of Adelaide, in South Australia. Recent changes in method include: an expansion in on-call hours for the crash investigation team, providing the option of a phone interview for crash participants to discuss the crash, and downloading objective crash data from vehicle airbag control modules. These changes have resulted in: increased representativeness of crashes by hour of day; a decrease in the over-representation of fatal crashes in our sample; an increase in the proportion of crashes that involved a pedestrian, bicycle or scooter (moped); an increase in the proportion of crash participants consenting to an interview; and an increase in the objective data available, through airbag control module downloads. Our in-depth crash investigations enabled research into road departures that found barriers were a more feasible solution than clear zones for eliminating serious and fatal injury resulting from run off road crashes.
Author: | S. D. Doecke, M. R. J. Baldock, J. E. Woolley |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:opus-bast-17849 |
Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
Language: | German |
Date of Publication (online): | 2017/10/05 |
Year of first publication: | 2017 |
Contributing corporation: | University of Adelaide. Center for Automotive Safety Research |
Release Date: | 2017/10/05 |
Tag: | Abkommen von der Fahrbahn (Unfall); Airbag; Australien; Deutschland; Interview; Konferenz; Sicherheit; Straßenseitenfläche; Unfall; Unfalldaten; Unfallrekonstruktion; Untersuchung am Unfallort Accident; Accident data; Air bag (restraint system); Australia; Conference; Germany; Interview; On the spot accident investigation; Reconstruction (accid); Roadside; Run oo the road (accid); Safety |
Source: | 7th International Conference on ESAR "Expert Symposium on Accident Research" 2016 |
Institutes: | Sonstige / Sonstige |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 62 Ingenieurwissenschaften / 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten |
collections: | BASt-Beiträge / ITRD Sachgebiete / 80 Unfallforschung |
BASt-Beiträge / ITRD Sachgebiete / 82 Unfall und Verkehrsinfrastruktur | |
BASt-Beiträge / Tagungen / International Conference on ESAR / 7th International Conference on ESAR | |
Licence (German): | BASt / Link zum Urhebergesetz |