Prediction of motor vehicle occupant fatality trends following seat belt wearing legislation.

Auteur(s)
Cowley, J.E. & Cameron, M.H.
Jaar
Samenvatting

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ROAD SAFETY MEASURES INTRODUCED IN AUSTRALIA IN RECENT YEARS HAS BEEN THE LEGISLATION ON COMPULSORY WEARING OF SEAT BELTS IN MOTOR VEHICLES. AS A RESULT OF THIS MEASURE, ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT FATALITIES ARE NOW SOME 10 TO 20 PER CENT BELOW THE PRE-LEGISLATION TREND. AN ACCURATE ANALYSIS OF THE POST-LEGISLATION CASUALTY TRENDS IS NOT STRAIGHT FORWARD BECAUSE OF THE SMALL AMOUNT OF POST-LEGISLATION DATA AVAILABLE, AND BECAUSE NEW ROAD SAFETY MEASURES ARE BEING CONTINUALLY INTRODUCED. IT IS IMPORTANT TO QUANTIFY THE EFFECT OF THE LEGISLATION SO THAT ACCURATE ASSESSMENTS OF NEW ROAD SAFETY MEASURES CAN BE CARRIED OUT. THE PAPER DESCRIBES AN INITIAL ATTEMPT AT DEVELOPING A MODEL FOR THE PREDICTED REDUCTION IN OCCUPANTS KILLED RESULTING FROM A LARGE INCREASE IN SEAT BELT WEARING RATES, AND AT CALIBRATING THE MODEL USING VICTORIAN DATA. (A). FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS SEE IRRD ABSTRACT NO. 226354.

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Bibliotheeknummer
C 51477 (In: B 13293 [electronic version only]) /81 / IRRD 226340
Uitgave

In: Proceedings of the 8th Conference of the Australian Road Research Board, Perth, August 23 - 27, 1976. Volume 8, Part 5, Traffic Engineering, Session 27, p. 20-30, 12 ref.

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