ARSC2017 - Call for Abstracts

EXTENDED TO SUNDAY - 12 MARCH 2017!

• Road Safety Management;
• Infrastructure;
• Safe Vehicles;
• User Behaviour, and
• Post-Crash Care.

• Research;
• Education;
• Policing programs;
• Policies and management strategies;
• Technological developments in the field;
• National and international keynote speakers;
• Oral and poster presentations;
• Expansive stakeholder exhibition; and
• Workshops and interactive symposia.

• Road Safety Management: includes Practice, Policy, Enforcement, Capacity Building, Safe Mobility, Work Related Road Safety Management, Safe System Approach, Insurance, Legislation and Law, advent and implications of new technologies (e.g. autonomous/driverless vehicles) and impacts on the wide umbrella of road safety management/policies, potentially moving towards a complex system approach, how to deal with the complexities of collecting reliable and uniform serious injury data, how we can connect better with international communities and approaches to encourage best road safety outcomes globally, current innovations and learning how to respond as quickly as possible in a dynamic environment, etc
   
• Road Infrastructure (Safer Roads): includes Road Safety Barriers, Safer Roadsides, Safety Audits, Road Assessment Programs e.g. AusRAP, KiwiRAP, iRAP, integration and best practice implementation of new technologies, intelligent road infrastructure, smart roads, self-explaining roads, learning how to respond as quickly as possible in a dynamic environment etc;
   
• Safer Vehicles: includes Crashworthiness, Seat Belt Technology, ITS technology, Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA), Interlocks (alcohol and seat belts), Crash Avoidance, Autonomous Vehicles, Heavy Vehicles, New Car Assessment Programs, Design Rules, Vulnerable Road User Protection Technology (helmets, body armour, airbags, etc), Conspicuity, how car manufacturers/consumers are responding to the increasing call for safer vehicles, current innovations and learning how to respond as quickly as possible in a dynamic environment etc;
   
• Road User Behaviour: includes Speed, Drink Driving, Drug Driving, Distraction, Human Error, Fatigue, Pedestrian, Cyclist and Motorcyclist Safety, Young and Older Drivers, Community, Education and Training, integration of new technologies, current innovations and learning how to respond as quickly as possible in a dynamic environment etc;
   
• Post-Crash Care, Data and Crash Analysis: rescue, EMS and rehabilitation, data collection and research methods, forensic crash investigation, current innovations and learning how to respond as quickly as possible in a dynamic environment etc.

Authors are welcome to consider all topics that have been covered in previous years' conferences when submitting their Extended Abstract, but should not feel restricted to these areas: Previous Topic Areas.
 

Submission Types/Process:

The submission types for the 2017 Australasian Road Safety Conference, regardless of whether the submission is a research or practitioner paper, comprise of:

Australia:

The federal government's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics, which sits under the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, recently released the road death figures ending December 2016.

The latest year-end road death figures remain concerning, showing:

• The average for December has increased by 12.1% over the previous 5 years;
• A total of 1,300 people died on Australian roads during 2016.  This is a 7.9% increase against the 2015 total.
• The rate of annual deaths per 100,000 population now stands at 5.4.  This is a 6.4% increase compared with 2015.

 

----------------------- Data Source: BITRE, Chart source: ACRS -----------------------

New Zealand

New Zealand's Ministry of Transport reports a provisonal 2016 road death total of 328.  This is a 2.8% increase over the total for 2015 (319).  New Zealand's Road Safety Strategy runs from 2010-2020, and the ACRS has developed the chart below to compare the latest road death statistics with an aim of a 30% reduction over the period of the NZRSS (using a baseline of the 2008-2010 average - 375 deaths per year).
 

Find further statistical information as follows:

• Road Deaths Australia Monthly Bulletin - December 2016 BITRE
• New Zealand Ministry of Transport - Road Toll Statistics

 

Registration for ARSC2017 is now open!


 

| ARSC2017

| Perth, Australia
| 10-12 Oct 2017
| Perth Crown Resort






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ARSC2017 registration pricing is as follows:

*  Early Bird Registration (ends 30 June 2017 ) – $1,320
*  ACRS Corporate Members Standard Registration – $1,100
*  ACRS Personal Members Standard Registration – $1,210
*  Standard Registration (from 1 July 2017)  – $1,485
*  Student** Early Bird Registration (ends 30 June 2017) – $825
*  Student** Standard Registration (from 1 July 2017) – $935