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CASR July 2010 Newsletter The CASR July 2010 Newsletter (At the Scene) is now available and includes articles on: Intelligent speed assist - is it worth it? Youth expo teaches students about road safety Road safety thinker brings his ideas to Adelaide Developing a road safety strategy for 2011-2020 Lessons from in-depth crash investigation - accidents involving older drivers

CASR Seminar The next CASR Seminar will be presented on 8 September 2010 by Associate Professor Robert Anderson on Vehicle Crashworthiness. See the Events section for details.

Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference The Centre for Automotive Safety Research is pleased to announce its sponsorship of the Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference - the most important annual road safety event in Australia. In 2010 the conference will be held at the National Convention Centre, Canberra from Tuesday 31 August to Friday 3 September 2010. For more information about the conference please go to www.roadsafetyconference2010.com.au

CASR Researchers acknowledged by their peers Two CASR staff won awards at the recent Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference in Sydney. Robert Anderson won the Peter Vulcan Award for Best Paper for his paper titled The relative age related crashworthiness of the registered South Australian passenger vehicle fleet, co-authored by Sam Doecke. Jeff Dutschke won the John Kirby Memorial Award for Best Paper by a New Researcher for his paper Simulation of rural travel times to quantify the impact of lower speed limits, co-authored by Jeremy Woolley.

The Centre for Automotive Safety Research is supported by sustaining funds from the Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure (SA) and the Motor Accident Commission (SA).