Rural and remote areas

Drivers in rural and remote areas may contend with a monotonous driving environment and encounter hazards such as wildlife and poor road surfaces.

For general information, refer to CARRS-Q's fact sheets on Fatigue [PDF, 2.39MB] and Monotony and hypovigilance [PDF, 1.87MB].

National protocol for the development and delivery of Indigenous road safety programs (2009 - 2010)

Differential effects of monotony versus fatigue on driving performance and the effectiveness of various detection methods: Implications for road safety in the ACT (2008 - 2009)

Delineating injury patterns and safety behaviours among cyclist groups (2007 - in progress)

Rural and Remote Road Safety collaborative study (2003 - 2008)

Drug driving random roadside drug testing in north Queensland Project (2003 - 2005)

Recent publications by CARRS-Q researchers include:

Siskind, Victor, Steinhardt, Dale A., Sheehan, Mary C., O'Connor, Teresa, & Hanks, Heather (2011) Risk factors for fatal crashes in rural Australia.  Accident Analysis and Prevention, 43(3), 1082-1088.

O'Connor, Teresa, Hanks, Heather, & Steinhardt, Dale A. (2009) All-terrain vehicle crashes and associated injuries in North Queensland : findings from the Rural and Remote Road Safety Study.  Australian Journal Of Rural Health, 17(5), pp. 251-256.

Blackman, Ross A. and Steinhardt, Dale A. and Veitch, Craig (2009) Fatal motorcycle crashes in north Queensland : characteristics and potential interventions.  In: 10th National Rural Health Conference, 17-20 May 2009, Cairns, Queensland.

Steinhardt, Dale A. and Sheehan, Mary C. and Siskind, Victor (2009) The effectiveness of using a simple ARIA based geographical classification to identify road crash patterns in rural and urban areas of Queensland.  In: Proceedings of 2009 Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference, 11-13 November 2009, Sydney, New South Wales.

Sticher, Gayle (2009) Barriers to the acceptance of road safety programmes among rural road users : developing a brief intervention.  [QUT Thesis]

Rowden, Peter J. and Steinhardt, Dale A. and Sheehan, Mary C. (2008) Road crashes involving animals in Australia.  Accident Analysis and Prevention, 40(6). pp. 1865-1871.

Sheehan, Mary C. and Siskind, Victor and Turner, Richard and Veitch, Craig and O'Connor, Teresa and Steinhardt, Dale A. and Blackman, Ross A. and Edmonston, Colin J. and Sticher, Gayle (2008) Rural and remote road safety study : final report.  Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety, Queensland, Brisbane, Qld.

Edmonston, Colin and Steinhardt, Dale A. (2007) "I only looked away for a split second ...": The role of distraction in driver and rider crashes in rural and remote North Queensland.  In: 42nd Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference, 25-29 September, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.

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