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TitleCrash prevention and mitigation: updated evidence from in-depth crash investigations
Authors
Year2024
TypeUnknown
AbstractTrauma from road crashes is a pervasive problem facing Australia. In-depth crash investigations have an important role in building an understanding of crashes and proposing solutions. This paper describes the latest findings of the most recent series of in-depth crash investigations conducted in South Australia, with a focus on the factors that contributed to the crashes occurring, and interventions for crash prevention and mitigation. A total of 255 crash investigations were included in the present analysis. This updates initial results published in 2020 based on the first 116 investigations. It was found that, while the most common contributing factors were human-based, the most common interventions for either prevention or mitigation were related to the road or the vehicle, consistent with the initial results. The top interventions included road infrastructure treatments for intersections, vehicle technologies AEB, ESC and LKA, speed limit reductions, and both centre and roadside barriers.
Conference Name2024 Australasian Road Safety Conference
Conference AbbreviationARSC24
Conference LocationHobart, Tasmania, Australia
Conference Date30 September-3 October
Page Range166-169
NotesAvailable in chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://australasianroadsafetyconference.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ARSC2024-Proceedings-compressed.pdf

Reference
SD Doecke, JP Thompson, ME Elsegood, G Ponte (2024). Crash prevention and mitigation: updated evidence from in-depth crash investigations. 2024 Australasian Road Safety Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 30 September-3 October. [PRESENTED ABSTRACT]