Transport Safety Research Centre
Publications
The following publications are a selection of key reports that have been issued by the Transport Safety Research Centre.
Linking Offence Histories to Accidents Using OTS Data: Report
A report for the Department for Transport, which demonstrates a model for collecting offence data for accident involved road users and presents initial police sourced data, collected in tandem to the On The Spot (OTS) accident investigation study.
Published September 2011Linking Offence Histories to Accidents Using OTS Data: Summary
A publication by the Department for Transport, summarizing the work by TSRC at Loughborough University and TRL to link offence history records to OTS road collision investigation data.
The road collisions occurred in Nottinghamshire and Thames Valley respectively. The TSRC were pleased to initiate this work and to produce this overview of findings on behalf of the Department for Transport.
Published September 2011
Left-hand Drive HGVs and Foreign Truck Drivers in OTS: Report
A report for the Department for Transport and Highways Agency reviewing the characteristics and common causation factors related to collisions involving left-hand drive trucks on the UK road network.
Published September 2011
Left-hand Drive HGVs and Foreign Truck Drivers in OTS: Supplement
A report for the UK Department for Transport and Highways Agency summarising findings after using an on-scene translation service to facilitate communication with foreign truck drivers at accident locations, and the development of an on-scene questionnaire.
Published September 2011
Roadside objects struck by powered two wheelers
A report for the UK Department for Transport for an OTS related study, focuses on one road user group that is known to be particularly vulnerable to interactions with roadside objects, namely motorcycle, moped and scooter riders, also known as powered two wheeler (PTW) riders.
Published 3 February 2011
Injuries Sustained by Motorcyclists
A report for the UK Department for Transport that utilises the OTS database to facilitate a first look at the types of injury sustained by UK powered two wheeler (PTW) riders and the use of personal protective equipment and its effectiveness.
Published 3 February 2011
Feasibility study for equipment database and exposure data evaluation
A report for the UK Department for Transport to assess the feasibility of establishing a safety equipment database and suitable measures of exposure of safety equipment within the passenger car fleet.
Published 6 September 2010
UK On The Spot Accident Data Collection Study – Phase II Report
The On The Spot study was established to investigate causes of accidents and injuries by in-depth methods for all types of road user encountered at the scene. This report provides an update on the methodologies deployed for Phase II of the study from October 2003 to September 2006.
An overview of the database is provided together with updates on team activities, networking and key accident analysis studies that used the database that had grown to include 3,024 accidents.
Published February 2008
Effectiveness of Electronic Stability Control Systems in Great Britain
A report for the UK Department for Transport to evaluate the reduction in crash involvement of cars equipped with Electronic Stability Control (ESC) systems.
Published 15 March 2007
UK On The Spot Accident Data Collection Study – Phase I Report
This report describes the development and implementation of the UK On The Spot Accident Data Collection Study. The study was funded by the Department for Transport and Highways Agency in order to make in-depth, expert accident investigations into the causes of accidents and injuries.
The report describes process required to establish the study together with the methodology used. Annexes to the report give information about the 1508 accidents investigated over Phase I of the study from .August 2000 to September 2003.
Published November 2005