2009 Road Safety 2020
Road Safety 2020: Smart Solutions, Sustainability, Vision
Duxton Hotel Perth 5 – 6 November 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9585691-3-2 Published in Canberra, ACT, Australia, 22 October 2009
Scientific Committee
Dr Paul Roberts Senior Scientist Safe Systems,ARRB Group Ltd, WA
Associate Professor Alexandra McManus PhD, MPH, GAICD Director, Centre of Excellence for Science, Seafood and Health (CoESSH) Curtin University of Technology, WA
Mr Peter Palamara Curtin-Monash Accident Research Centre, Curtin University of Technology
Mrs Tiiu Stojanovic Coordinator Traffic and Road Safety City of Melville WA
Dr Lynn Meuleners Senior Research Fellow Main Roads WA and Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin-Monash Accident Reserach Centre, Curtin University of Technology
All of the papers submitted for peer review as part of the 2009 Australasian College of Road Safety National Conference were subject to an independent peer review process, conducted under the auspices of the Conference’s Scientific Committee. The peer reviews were undertaken by members of the Scientific Committee. This peer review process meets the HERDC guidelines.
If you should have any difficulty downloading papers please contact faa@acrs.org.au.
Speakers Papers
Professor Mark Stevenson, The George Institute for International Health
Associate Professor David Sleet, National Centre for Injury Prevention and Control
Peer Reviewed Papers
Laurent Carnis, Automated speed enforcement. What the French experience can teach us.
Justin Lee, Andry Rakontinirainy, Use of Probe Vehicles to Increase Traffic Estimation Accuracy in Brisbane
Will Murray, Work-related road safety: good practice case studies from around the world
Rebecca Pedruzzi, “It won’t happen to me:” Optimism, biases, and recall of road-risk information.
Elizabeth Thyer, Incidence and treatment of cervical spine injuries in fatal road traffic accidents
Non Peer Reviewed
Robin Anderson, Rohan Clark An Information and Media Strategy for Older Road Users in the ACT
Jill Darby, Engaging with the Community- a case study of best practice road safety consultation
Leon Ebbelaar Silhouette Children: reducing driver speed near schools
Rachel Everison, Road Traffic Injuries in Children: Findings from WA’s Childhood Injury Surveillance System
Chris Harrison, Road trauma awareness: bringing about change to traffic offenders
David Healy, Bruce Corben, Reducing speeds: Accelerating change
Soames Job, Chika Sakashita, The Psychology of punishment: the category shift problem in road safety and how to address it Abstract only
Mark King and Cade Turner, Advances in signage and line marking technology delivering safer roads for all
Jim Langford, Sue Hellyer, Safe speeds – not that eay to achieve!
Marissa McDonald, Shane Pope, Community safe speed promise
Arnold McLean, Highway and urban speed air suspended heavy vehicle signatures
Lynn Meuleneres, Delia Hendrie, An evaluation of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Black Spot treatments on Albany Highway 2000-2004 Abstract only
Peter Palamara, Review of the psychsocial and behavioural correlates of adult seat belt use Title only
Andrew Plunkett, An examination of the licensing status of drivers involved in fatal road crashes in WA Title only
Paul Robberts, Maurice Cammack, Blair Turner, Road safety risk assessment: Past, present and future Abstract only
Sandra Robinson, A multi-faceted approach to drink driving in a rural community
Graham Smith, Whither driver education and training
Claire Thompson, Awaiting the magic bullet in preventing seatbelt related casualties
Peter Thompson, Driver drug testing: expanding the regime
Peter Thurston, Pavement markings role in enhancing road safety strategies
Ruth Wernham, Working together: moving road safety into Local Government policy and practice