Road safety
ALTERNATIVE LABELS
Cycling and road safety
Highway safety
Traffic accident prevention
Traffic safety
NARROWER TERMS
Report
Driving behaviour in people with chronic pain - perspective of people with chronic pain and health professionals
This study investigates the effect of chronic pain on driving behaviour using a mixed-method design.
Report
Improving road safety in Australia
This inquiry was established to inquire into and report on the steps that can be taken to reduce Australia's road accident rates, and investigate the impact of trauma and death on our roads.
Strategy
Pedalling to a better normal
This Bicycle Network strategy document calls for governments to immediately provide better places to ride, incentives for people riding bikes, supportive laws and programs that embed bike riding for transport and recreation as a social norm.
Report
Safety on Victoria's roads—regional road barriers
This audit examines whether Victoria’s regional road barriers program has met its intended safety outcomes.
Journal article
The impact of road advertising signs on driver behaviour and implications for road safety: a critical systematic review
While roadside advertising is often identified as a potential source of distraction, it has received less attention compared to other types of distractions such as texting or calling while driving. Therefore, this study focused on the impact of roadside advertising signs on driver behaviour and...
Report
Can voluntary apps reduce mobile phone use while driving?
This study investigates the potential use of voluntary apps through four empirical studies utilising both qualitative and quantitative methods – a driver acceptance assessment study, an expert-based risk assessment study, an online-based case-scenario analysis, and an in-vehicle study.
Journal article
Problematic use of mobile phones in Australia…is it getting worse?
This study investigates mobile phone use in Australia and its potential implications for road safety.
Journal article
Risk factors of mobile phone use while driving in Queensland: prevalence, attitudes, crash risk perception, and task-management strategies
This study investigates characteristics of usage, risk factors, compensatory strategies in use and characteristics of high-frequency offenders of mobile phone use while driving.
Discussion paper
Review of ‘Guidelines for trials of automated vehicles in Australia’: discussion paper
The National Transport Commission is reviewing the 2017 'Guidelines for trials of automated vehicles in Australia' to ensure they continue to encourage a nationally consistent and safe approach to automated vehicle trials. This discussion paper has been released to gather public feedback.
Journal article
Understanding the roles of remoteness and Indigenous status in rural and remote road trauma in North Queensland: using a mixed-methods approach
This study aims to identify and compare the circumstances leading to (proximal causation) and social determinants of (distal causation) crashes of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in these regions and their relation to remoteness.