Publication Details

Title	Vehicle inspection at change of ownership
Authors	Heyworth JS, McLean AJ
Year	1986
Type	Report
Abstract	The introduction of vehicle inspection programs has been based upon the premise that they will lead to the identification of safety-related-vehicle defects. Mandatory correction of the identified defective items should therefore lead t o an increase in safety. In practice, it has been difficult to demonstrate clearly that vehicle inspection programs do in fact reduce the frequency of accidents due to vehicle defects. There are several reasons why this difficulty exists, including the possibility that such programs are ineffective, even to the extent of being counter-productive. Another reason is that vehicle defects are thought to account for only a small percentage of all crashes. Hence even if a vehicle inspection program is highly effective in identifying and correcting vehicle defects in accident frequency will.
Report Number	7/86
Publisher	Road Accident Research Unit
Publisher City	Adelaide
Sponsor	Department of Transport (SA), Road Safety Division
Page Count	36
Notes	available from CASR library on request

Reference

Heyworth JS, McLean AJ (1986). Vehicle inspection at change of ownership (7/86). Adelaide: Road Accident Research Unit.