Description of fatal crashes involving various causal variables.

This report comprises quantitative analyses of the 1988 FORS fatality file and reviews of original documentation to provide descriptions of the role of the following causal variables in fatal crashes: fatigue, speeding, alcohol (greater than .05 and less than .15, greater than .15), young (17-20 and 21-25) and elderly road users (older than 65). The 1988 fatality file contains details of each of the 2560 fatal crashes, resulting in 2875 fatalities, which occurred in Australia in that year. (A)