ROAD SAFETY

Road Safety Research Report 109. Collisions involving Older Drivers: an in-depth study (24th September 2009)
In-depth analysis of road crashes involving older drivers aged over 60. A sample of over 2,000 police files from three midland UK police forces was reviewed, providing a database including the main objective features, a summary narrative, a sketch plan and a list of explanatory factors. The analysis identifies the types of collisions older drivers are involved in, with particular attention to the driving situations and tasks that are most likely to present them difficulties.
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ROAD SAFETY

Global status report on road safety (15th June 2009)
Approximately 1.3 million people die each year on the world's roads, and between 20 and 50 million sustain non-fatal injuries. The Global status report on road safety is the first broad assessment of the road safety situation in 178 countries, using data drawn from a standardized survey. The results show that road traffic injuries remain an important public health problem, particularly for low-income and middle-income countries. Pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists make up almost half of those killed on the roads, highlighting the need for these road users to be given more attention in road safety programmes.
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ROAD SAFETY

Strapping Yarns: why people do and do not wear seat belts (3rd November 2008)
The project provides a better understanding of the usage of and attitudes towards seat belts among the population at large. The first phase of the work programme investigated who does and who does not wear a seat belt, on what occasions and began to describe why. The second phase of the research programme involved a qualitative series of workshops with members of the public. The third phase of the project quantified the key findings of phases 1 and 2 with a questionnaire survey of 2,000 people.
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