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• Road Traffic Injury
• China Seatbelt Intervention
• Development, Implementation & Evaluation of an Intervention to Increase the Use of Seatbelts in Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• Driver Distraction and Road Crashes
• The GEAR Study
• Heavy Vehicle Study
• Mobile Phone Use and Road Crashes
• Motorcycle Crashes in Sydney, Australia
• Motorcycle Helmet Use and Risk Factors for Helmet Non-use Among Motorcyclists in China
• Motorcycle Helmet Use in Vietnam: Prevalence, Barriers to Use and Policy Implications
• Novice Rider Survey
• Passenger Carriage and Road Crashes
• Policy Pathways: a stakeholder analysis of the Australian road safety research-to-policy process
• Systematic Reviews of Interventions in Motorcycle Safety
• Young Driver Cohort Study - DRIVE

Passenger Carriage and Road Crashes

Aims

To examine the role of passenger carriage and the number of passengers carried in serious crashes.

Method

Cases were drivers who attended hospital following a crash and controls were drivers recruited from service stations matched to the crash site and time of day and day of the week as the crash, to simulate similar road and driving conditions.

Status/Results

The findings of the case-control study were presented at the International Driver Distraction Conference in Sydney in June 2005. An article relating to the study is in press with the journal, Accident Analysis and Prevention.

Publication

• McEvoy SP, Stevenson MR, Woodward M. The contribution of passengers versus mobile phone use to motor vehicle crashes resulting in hospital attendance by the driver. Accid Anal Prev. 2007;39:1170-6. [abstract on PubMed]

Institute Investigators

• Mark Stevenson
• Suzanne McEvoy

Collaboration

• Injury Research Centre, School of Population Health, University of Western Australia

Funding Agencies

• Motor Accidents Authority (MAA), NSW
• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, USA