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| Type: | Conference paper |
| Title: | Characteristics of rollover crashes |
| Author: | McLean, Jack
Kloeden, Craig Norman
Ponte, Giulio |
| Citation: | Characteristics of rollover crashes: Proceedings of the Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference, 25-27 October, 2006. |
| Publisher: | Queensland Government |
| Issue Date: | 2006 |
| Conference Name: | Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference (2006: Gold Coast, Qld) |
| School/Discipline: | Centre for Automotive Safety Research (CASR) |
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Responsibility: | Jack McLean, Craig N. Kloeden and Giulio Ponte |
| Abstract: | This report analyses data from police reports on crashes, and from an in-depth study of rural crashes, to examine
the characteristics of rollover crashes in South Australia. The risk of a single vehicle rollover crash increases
markedly at higher travelling speeds and eighty per cent of these crashes in the in-depth study were initiated by the
car running at least partially onto the left unsealed shoulder. Road-related countermeasures such as audio-tactile
edge lining and sealed shoulders are discussed, as is the increase with travelling speed in the risk of a crash being
a single vehicle rollover. The important role of seat belt wearing in protection against serious or fatal injury is
confirmed yet again. The report concludes with a brief review of the literature on the design of vehicles in relation
to rollover crashes, including the benefits of electronic stability control. |
| RMID: | 0020062766 |
| Published version: | http://www.rsconference.com/pdf/RS060024.pdf |
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