McLean, A.Kloeden, C.Ponte, G.Peter Sugg,2007-07-102007-07-102006Characteristics of rollover crashes: Proceedings of the Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference, 25-27 October, 2006.1832-9497http://hdl.handle.net/2440/35295This paper was originally presented at the Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference held at Surfers Paradise, Queensland, 25-27 October 2006.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.enAccident investigationRollover crashElectronic Stability Control (ESC)Conference paper002006276651381Kloeden, C. [0000-0001-8583-3818]Ponte, G. [0000-0002-1485-8433]