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While the road toll has come down over the decades, it’s largely a result of fewer car occupants dying. Pedestrian deaths have barely changed for a decade, but they remain a road safety blind spot.
The push for 30km/h speed limits is not about revenue-raising or anti-cars. Even a seemingly small decrease from 40km/h to 30km/h makes a huge difference to the safety and liveability of local streets.
Passing distance laws do change driver behaviour. But new research suggests not all the changes are positive.
Electric vehicles can have more than one source of power, meaning they can be controlled better.
Electric scooter rides soared from zero to 88 million a year between 2017 and 2019. But launching e-scooters in cities without safe infrastructure or clear rules of the road can be deadly.
Authority culpability as a facet of road accidents has been overlooked in Ghana.
An accurate understanding of the problem is an important part of finding solutions.
Despite a decrease in traffic during the pandemic, single-vehicle car crashes increased.
A range of factors influence the behaviour of minibus drivers in Ghana. This involves a complex web of factors, motivations and constraints.
Delivery riders are paying the ultimate price for the fact that our cities, their infrastructure and the rules governing them make cycling much more dangerous than it should be.
It’s important patients taking prescribed medicinal cannabis products are not unduly penalised. But it’s equally important we minimise the chance drivers put themselves or other road users at risk.
Drivers and cyclists develop distinct identities of themselves and others in ways that mirror the formation of ethnic identities. And on-road segregation runs the risk of reinforcing this process.
Our research calculates how dangerous different vehicles are to other people.
Coronavirus has necessitated a global public health response. But what does ‘public health’ actually mean? Three key examples give us an idea of what public health looks like in action.
Are debates about e-scooters too narrow? Perhaps it is time to focus more on revitalising urban spaces and retrofitting road infrastructure.
Most people do not know the right-of-way rules, but a starting point should be that pedestrian needs and safety take priority. Current road rules are biased towards driver convenience
Trials of the program found about 5% of offending drivers used their mobile phone with both hands, while the vehicle was moving.
Bike helmet laws are meant to be about safety. But the hefty penalties and huge number of fines are causing resentment – made worse by some police abusing the law to stop, question and search riders.
A program aimed at getting people home safely has cost A$300 million but has had little impact, aside from increased intoxication in CBD venues. Rates of assaults and road crashes are much the same.
Top contributors
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Adjunct Fellow in Psychological Sciences, Macquarie University & NRMA-ACT Road Safety Trust Research Scholar, Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety (CARRS-Q), Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Researcher, Institute of Transport Studies, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Psychology, Macquarie University
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Senior Research Fellow, Transport, Health and Urban Design (THUD) Research Hub, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow in Human Factors & Sociotechnical Systems, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Research Fellow, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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UNSW
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Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety - Queensland (CARRSQ), Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Transport Engineering, University of the West of England
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Professor of Transport, University of Westminster
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Professor of Human Factors, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Principal Research Associate, University of Cambridge
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Research Fellow, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Research Fellow, Road Safety and Injury Prevention, UNSW
