Abstract
This report summarises different types of fatal road crashes based on Australian data from 1988 in the FORS Fatality File. Fatal pedestrian, bicycle, motorcycle, bus and articulated truck crashes, single and multiple vehicle crashes involving passenger vehicles and/or rigid trucks in rural high and urban low speed zones, and crashes involving children are characterised in terms of frequency, timing, location, prevailing road and driving conditions, vehicle movements, fault, contributory factors (such as alcohol and speed), persons involved and medical details of the fatalities and injuries. Report CR 104 is a summary report of this report.