Rollover crashes
| dc.contributor.author | McLean, Jack | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Kloeden, Craig Norman | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Ponte, Giulio | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Baldock, Matthew Robert Justin | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Lindsay, Vicki Lee Ann | en |
| dc.contributor.author | van den Berg, Andrew Leo | en |
| dc.contributor.school | Centre for Automotive Safety Research (CASR) | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | en |
| dc.description.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. | en |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | A.J. McLean, C.N. Kloeden, G. Ponte, M.R.J. Baldock, V.L. Lindsay and A.L. van den Berg | en |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 1920947256 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1449-2237 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/36455 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Centre for Automotive Safety Research | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | CASR Report Series : CASR026 | en |
| dc.subject | Overturning; Accident analysis; Literature review; Vehicle safety; Road improvement; Accident countermeasures; Rollover crashes | en |
| dc.title | Rollover crashes | en |
| dc.type | Report | en |
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