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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Characteristics of rollover crashes |
Author: | McLean, J. Kloeden, C. Ponte, G. |
Citation: | Journal of the Australasian College of Road Safety, 2007; 18(4):26-32 |
Publisher: | AUSTRALASIAN COLL ROAD SAFETY |
Issue Date: | 2007 |
ISSN: | 1832-9497 |
Conference Name: | International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (20th : 2007 : Lyon, France) |
Organisation: | Centre for Automotive Safety Research (CASR) |
Statement of Responsibility: | Jack McLean, Craig Kloeden and Giulio Ponte |
Abstract: | This paper analyses data from an in-depth study of rural crashes, supplemented by some data from police reports on crashes, to examine the characteristics of rollover crashes in South Australia. The risk of a crash being a single vehicle rollover increases markedly at higher travelling speeds and eighty per cent of them were initiated by the vehicle running at least partially onto the left unsealed shoulder. Road and traffic related countermeasures such as audio-tactile edge lining and sealed shoulders are noted, as is the potential to reduce the risk of a crash being a single vehicle rollover by reducing rural speed limits. The paper concludes with a brief discussion of the design of vehicles in relation to rollover crashes, including the benefits of electronic stability control. |
Keywords: | Accident investigation Rollover crash Electronic Stability Control (ESC) |
Description: | This paper was originally presented at the Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference held at Surfers Paradise, Queensland, 25-27 October 2006. |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Centre for Automotive Safety Research publications |
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