Citation

Ryan GA. Proc. Am. Assoc. Automot. Med. Annu. Conf. 1970; 11(1967): 20-28.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1970, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine)

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Abstract

This paper will discuss some of the patterns of events surrounding both crashes and injuries which have been found in a series of studies of traffic crashes and injuries in Australia. Australia has a population of about eleven million people and a land area about the same as the continental U.S.A. There are about 3.0 persons per car, close to the United States average of 2.2. More than half of the population is concentrated in the five major cities. The climate varies from tropical in the far north to temperate in the south, with the overall climate being rather like the southwest United States. Traffic drives on the left, as in Britain, and at intersections, the vehicle on the right has the priority. There is a considerable range in the size of cars; the majority are of United States compact or intermediate size with European size cars making up the remainder. Presented here are five studies of injury-producing traffic crashes, four in the urban, and one in the rural, environment.