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home / centre for automotive safety research / Publications / List / Details Publication Details| Title | Rollover crashes | | Authors | McLean AJ, Kloeden CN, Ponte G, Baldock MRJ, Lindsay VL, Van Den Berg AL | | Year | 2005 | | Type | Report | | Abstract | This report analyses data from police reports on crashes, and from an in-depth study of rural crashes, to examine the characteristics of rollover crashes in South Australia. The risk of a single vehicle rollover crash increases markedly at higher travelling speeds and eighty per cent of these crashes in the in-depth study were initiated by the car running at least partially onto the left unsealed shoulder. Road-related countermeasures such as audio-tactile edge lining and sealed shoulders are discussed, as is the increase with travelling speed in the risk of a crash being a single vehicle rollover. The important role of seat belt wearing in protection against serious or fatal injury is confirmed yet again. The report concludes with a brief review of the literature on the design of vehicles in relation to rollover crashes, including the benefits of electronic stability control. | | Report Number | CASR026 | | Publisher | Centre for Automotive Safety Research | | Publisher City | Adelaide | | Sponsor | Motor Accident Commission | | ISBN | 1920947256 | | ISSN | 1449-2237 | | Page Count | 32 |
| Reference | | McLean AJ, Kloeden CN, Ponte G, Baldock MRJ, Lindsay VL, Van Den Berg AL (2005). Rollover crashes (CASR026). Adelaide: Centre for Automotive Safety Research. |
| Files Available for Download | | CASR026.pdf | Report in PDF format as published |
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