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Type: | Report |
Title: | Rollover crashes |
Author: | McLean, Jack Kloeden, Craig Norman Ponte, Giulio Baldock, Matthew Robert Justin Lindsay, Vicki Lee Ann van den Berg, Andrew Leo |
Publisher: | Centre for Automotive Safety Research |
Issue Date: | 2005 |
Series/Report no.: | CASR Report Series : CASR026 |
ISBN: | 1920947256 |
ISSN: | 1449-2237 |
School/Discipline: | Centre for Automotive Safety Research (CASR) |
Statement of Responsibility: | A.J. McLean, C.N. Kloeden, G. Ponte, M.R.J. Baldock, V.L. Lindsay and A.L. van den Berg |
Abstract: | This report analyses data from police reports on crashes, and from an in-depth study of rural crashes, to examine the characteristics of rollover crashes in South Australia. The risk of a single vehicle rollover crash increases markedly at higher travelling speeds and eighty per cent of these crashes in the in-depth study were initiated by the car running at least partially onto the left unsealed shoulder. Road-related countermeasures such as audio-tactile edge lining and sealed shoulders are discussed, as is the increase with travelling speed in the risk of a crash being a single vehicle rollover. The important role of seat belt wearing in protection against serious or fatal injury is confirmed yet again. The report concludes with a brief review of the literature on the design of vehicles in relation to rollover crashes, including the benefits of electronic stability control. |
Keywords: | Overturning; Accident analysis; Literature review; Vehicle safety; Road improvement; Accident countermeasures; Rollover crashes |
Appears in Collections: | Centre for Automotive Safety Research reports |
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