Evidence for Vehicles

THINK! Road safety campaign evaluation October 2006: Post Child Restraints and Pre Mobiles

Objectives: To measure the effectiveness of a national publicity campaign to to raise awareness of new legislation governing the use of child restraints.

Author(s): DfT Communications Directorate

Published: Department for Transport, 2006
Date: 09 Apr 2012
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Think! Annual Survey JN: 229150

Objectives: To use the November 2011 annual survey data to measure road safety attitudes and behaviour among the British population.

Author(s): TNS-BMRB Report

Published: Department for Transport, 2012
Date: 07 Feb 2013
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The silence of electric vehicles – blessing or curse?

A naturalistic driving study followed 40 participants driving an EV over a 6-month period.

Author(s): Cocron, P., Bühler, F., Franke, T., Neumann, I., & Krems, J. F.

Published: In Paper accepted to appear in Proceedings of the 90th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, 2011
Date: 05 Feb 2014
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The School Run: A Training Programme for Bus Drivers Focusing on Conflict Resolution with School Pupils

Objectives: To develop a driver training programme which would help bus drivers to safely and effectively deal with the problems and stresses associated with the large numbers of school pupils using bus travel each day.

Author(s): Crime Concern and First Leeds Buses

Published: Crime Concern and First Leeds Buses, 2001
Date: 28 Feb 2013
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The SARTRE Project

Research Programme to develop strategies and technologies to allow vehicle platoons to operate on normal public highways

Author(s): SARTRE

Published: European Commission, 2012
Date: 15 Mar 2014
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The Safety of Vulnerable Road Users in the Southern, Eastern and Central European Countries (The “SEC Belt”)

This ETSC Policy Paper on the protection of vulnerable road users in the EU member states where the risks to road users are higher is part of ETSC’s publications series

Author(s): A. Avenoso and J. Beckmann

Published: European Transport Safety Council, 2005
Date: 04 Feb 2013
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The safest seat: Effect of seating position on occupant mortality

Objectives: To investigate the survival rates of occupants of passenger cars involved in a fatal crash between 2000 and 2003.

Author(s): James Mayrose & Aruna Priya

Published: Journal of Safety Research Volume 39, Issue 4, Pages 433–436, 2008
Date: 09 Apr 2012
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The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989: Statutory Instrument (S.I.) 1989 No. 1796

The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989

Author(s): The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI)

Published: The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI), 1989
Date: 25 Jan 2014
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The risk of bridge strikes: Bridge strikes continue to be a significant risk to railway safety

Analysis of bridge strikes

Author(s): Network Rail

Published: Network Rail (accessed 05/05/17)
Date: 15 Mar 2014
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The Relationship Between Perceived Risk of Being Ticketed and Self-Reported Belt Use

Objectives: To establish evidence supporting the causal link between perceived risk of being ticketed and seatbelt use

Author(s): Chaudhary, N.K., Solomon, M.G., and Cosgrove, L.A.

Published: Journal of Safety Research (2004) Vol. 35. No. 4
Date: 01 Feb 2013
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