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Assessing fitness to drive for commercial and private vehicle drivers
AP-G56-22
Edition: 6.0
22 Jun 2022
Assessing Fitness to Drive
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Driving a motor vehicle is a complex task involving perception, appropriate judgement, adequate response time and appropriate physical capability. A range of medical conditions, disabilities and treatments may influence these driving prerequisites.…
Webinar: Older Road Users - Emerging Trends
WEB-R530-16
24 Nov 2016
Road Safety
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This one-hour webinar provides an overview of the emerging trends in crash involvement among older road users, aged 75 years and over. It is presented by Dr Matthew Baldock, Deputy Director of the Centre for Automotive Safety Research at the…
Older Road Users: Emerging Trends
AP-R530-16
20 Oct 2016
Road Safety
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This report identifies trends in crash involvement amongst older road users (aged 75+).
Older Driver Model Assessment Program: Stage 4 - Vaildation of Screening Tests to Assess At-Risk Older Drivers
AP-R336-09
26 Mar 2009
Road Safety
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Older drivers are over represented in serious injury and fatal crash rates based on distance travelled. While their physical frailty is a contributing factor, ageing may also result in unacceptably diminished driving skills for a minority of older…
Trial of a Model Licence Re-Assessment Procedure for Older Drivers: Stage 3 Research
AP-R322-08
10 Jul 2008
Road Safety
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There is a widespread claim that older drivers are over-represented in crashes, particularly when crash figures are adjusted for distance travelled. There are numerous reasons suggested for this increased risk, including the increased frailty…
Bus-Bike Interaction with the Road Network
AP-R266-05
13 Apr 2005
Traffic Management
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Buses and Bikes are at opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of size, mass and manoeuvrability but frequently operate in the same road space, especially adjacent to the kerb and at intersections. Both buses and bicycles are effective alternatives…
Assessing Responsibility for Older Drivers Crashes
AP-R265-05
13 Apr 2005
Road Safety
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The issue of older driver crash responsibility has been explored first, through the analysis of Australian national fatality data, 1996-1999, which contain attributions of responsibility made by coroners, police or by independent data coders.…
Environment and Design for Older Drivers: Stage II Volume 1 - Overview
AP-R261-05
1 Jan 2005
Road Safety
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Road design plays a major role in road safety, however, has generally not taken the older road user into consideration. There is therefore a need to take effective action to reduce risk levels to older drivers by designing roads that accommodate…
Model Licence Re-Assessment Procedure for Older Drivers: Stage 2 Research
AP-R259-04
1 Dec 2004
Road Safety
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Stage 1 research for Austroads lead to the development of a model licence re-assessment procedure for use in licensing authorities in Australasia. Stage 2 research set out to undertake a pilot trial of the procedure in an Australian jurisdiction and…
Self-Regulation of Older Drivers: A Review
AP-R221-03
4 Mar 2003
Road Safety
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Drivers aged 65 years and over are over-represented in serious injury and fatal crashes in this country and elsewhere and these figures are expected to increase up to threefold with the projected increase in the proportion of the elderly in the…
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