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Publications

Information about the project has been presented at a variety of events and in a number of publications.

Click on the links below to see the publications for that year.

 


























  • 2001

  • Hill, J.R., Thomas, P. D. (VSRC), Smith, M. and Byard, N (TRL). The methodology of on the spot accident investigations in the UK. ESV Conference, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 17th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, pp 1-10. Amsterdam, June 2001

  • Forman, P. (TRL), Hill, J. R (VSRC) . The new 'On The Spot' crash investigation project in the UK. AIRIL 2001 Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, pp 1-29. August 2001

    Forman, P. (TRL), Hill, J. R (VSRC). The new 'On The Spot' crash investigation project. The Institute of Traffic Investigators Conference, York, pp17-29. York, UK, November 2001

    Hill, J. R. (VSRC), Byard, N. (TRL), Thomas, P.D. 'On The Spot' accident research in the UK. Traffic Safety on Three Continents, pp 1-12. Moscow, Russia, 2001.

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  • 2002

  • Hill, J.R (VSRC). 'On The Spot' research: investigating human highway and engineering factors in accidents, 11th Seminar , Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, 11th Seminar on Behavioural Research in Road Safety, Manchester, United Kingdom, pp155-166, ISBN 1 85112 527 2. February 2002

  • Morris, A. (VSRC). Pedestrian Crashes and Vehicle Design, Presentation made to the European Vehicle Passive Safety Network 2 (EVPSN 2) Pedestrian Safety Workshop, Cranfield, September 2002.

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  • 2003

    Cuerden, R., Lunt, H., Fails, A. (TRL), and Hill, J.R. (VSRC). 'On The Spot' Crash Investigations in the UK: New Insights for Vehicle Safety Research, Proceedings of the 18th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles , US Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Nagoya, Japan, 12 pp , [CD-ROM]. 19-22 May, 2003

    Wood, R.L., Dumbuya, A.D., Zhao, J., Hill, J., Thomas, P.D. (VSRC), Simulation of Driver, Vehicle and Environmental Aspects of Crash Initiation, A new Method to Improve Integrated Safety Effectiveness, Proceedings of the 18th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, US Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Nagoya, Japan, 8 pp, [CD-ROM]. 19-22 May, 2003

    Hill, J. R. (VSRC). Real World Single-vehicle Collisions: Some Notes Regarding Accident Analysis. Presentation made to the Passive Safety Network Workshop on Vehicle Infrastructure Crashworthiness, Rhode, Germany. October 2003

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    2004

    Cuerden, R.  (TRL). On The Spot Accident Investigations. Roads 04 Trunk Road Management Conference ‘Keeping Customers Moving’ Highways Agency. Manchester, UK, September 2004.

    Lenard, J.A. and Hill, J.R.  (VSRC). Interaction of road environment, vehicle and human factors in the causation of pedestrian accidents. Expert Symposium on Accident Research, Druck and Verlag, 1st International Conference on ESAR "Expert Symposium on Accident Research",  Reports on the ESAR Conference,  Hannover Medical School, pp250-255, ISBN 3 86509263 2. September 2004

    Fails, A., Cuerden, R., Lunt, H.  (TRL). Motorcycle and Pedal Cycle Crash Characteristics in the UK. Vehicle Safety 2004 Conference, IMechE. December 2004.

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    2005

    Lenard, J., Dodson, E. & Hill, J.  (VSRC). Drivers’ perception of accident circumstances and opportunities for crash avoidance through technological intervention. VDI International Conference: Driver in the 21st Century – Humans as drivers and their interaction with vehicles, Braunschweig 22-23 November 2005.

    Hill J.R. (VSRC), Cuerden R.W. (TRL). Development and Implementation of the UK On the Spot Data Collection Study - Phase 1, Department for Transport. November 2005 http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/research/rsrr/theme5/

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  • 2006

    No OTS publications were issued in 2006.

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    2007

    Ward, H., Christie, N., Lyons, R., Broughton, J. Clarke, D and Ward, P. Trends in fatal car-occupant accidents. Road Safety Research Report 76. DfT.
    February 2007.
    http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/research/rsrr/theme5/trendsfatalcar76.pdf

  • Naing, C. (VSRC), Bayer, S. (VSRC), Van Elslande, P. (INRETS), Fouquet, K. (INRETS). Which Factors and Situations for Human Functional Failures? Developing Grids for Accident Causation Analysis. TRACE (Traffic Accident Causation in Europe) project report (D5.2) for the European Commission. May 2007.

    Dodson, E. & Hill, J. (VSRC).  On The Spot accident data collection Phase II: Offence histories feasibility report.  Unpublished study for the DfT (PPAD 9/31/120). 2007

    Cuerden R, Richards D  (TRL). (2007) Pedestrians and their survivability at different impact speeds. - Paper 0440, Proceedings of the 20th international technical conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV), Lyon France, 18-21 June 2007. Washington DC. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 2007

    Neal-Sturgess C, Carter E, Hardy R, Cuerden R  (TRL), Guerra L and Yang J. APROSYS European In-Depth Pedestrian Database. Paper 0440, Proceedings of the 20th international technical conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV), Lyon France, 18-21 June 2007. Washington DC. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 2007

    Cuerden R, Richards D. (TRL). On The Spot Accident Study – The Characteristics of Pedestrian Accidents - Department for Transport Road Safety Research Report, Behavioural Research in Road Safety 2007 - Seventeenth Seminar. 2007

    Millington V.A., Cuerden R.W., Hulse S., Brightman T. (TRL). Investigation into ‘A’ Pillar Obscuration – A Study to Quantify the Problem Using Real World Data - PPR 159. 2007

    Gkikas, N., Hill, J.  (VSRC), & Richardson, J. (ESRI). Getting back to basics: Using road accident investigation to identify the desirable functionality of longitudinal control systems. Human Factors for Assistance and Automation. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of HFES European Chapter. Braunschweig, Germany. 2007.

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  • 2008

    Cuerden R, Pittman M.  (TRL), Dodson E and Hill J.  (VSRC). The UK On The Spot Accident Data Collection Study – Phase II Report - Department for Transport Road Safety Research Report No. 73.  ISBN 978 1 904763 71 0.  February 2008.
    http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/research/rsrr/theme5/

    Mansfield, H., Bunting, B. (QinetiQ Ltd), Martens, M., van der Horst, R. (TNO Human Factors). Analysis of the On the Spot (OTS) Road Accident Database. Department for Transport, Road Safety Research Report No. 80. Department for Transport: London. ISBN 978 1 904763 81 9. February 2008.
  • http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/research/rsrr/theme5/

  • R. Danton, E. Dodson, R. Gisby, J. Hill, & D. Pearce Characteristics and Causes of Accidents Involving Older Drivers. ICTTP 2008 International Conference on Traffic & Transport Psychology, Washington DC, USA. http://www.icttp.com/

  • J. Hill, E. Dodson & J. Barnes.Medical Fitness to Drive: Evidence from Real-world Research ICTTP 2008 International Conference on Traffic & Transport Psychology, Washington DC, USA http://www.icttp.com/