Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities - Grant ID: LE0989476

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LE0989476

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Rollover Crash Research Infrastructure Capacity Building. Around 1 in every 3 vehicle occupants die in a crash where the vehicle rolls over. This crash mode also accounts for around 25% of spinal injuries and cost the community around $2.5 billion annually. There are no rollover crash standards or consumer crash tests. The equipment purchased will be used to develop a rollover crashworthiness test protocol that can be adopted by consumer testing groups, to understand the role of fatigue in precipitating rollover crashes, and to develop a driver fatigue metric. It is estimated this research will result in saving around 150 lives, reducing serious spinal and head injuries and save the Australian community around $800 million per annum.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities

Funding Amount: $300,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Automotive Engineering | Biomechanics | Public Health and Health Services | Public Health And Health Services Not Elsewhere Classified |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Injury control | Road safety | Automotive equipment

Other Keywords

Automotive Engineering | Automotive equipment | Biomechanics | Injury control | Public Health And Health Services Not Elsewhere Classified | Public Health and Health Services | Road safety

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