MUARC Monash University Accident

The Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC) is one of the world s leading injury prevention research centres. It was established in 1987, has neatly 100 research staff and undertakes applied, multidisciplinaiy, research for industiy and governments. The Centre is known, locally and internationally, for its research into the impact of ADAS technologies on driver performance, behaviour and safety. Some key projects that underpin the MUARC research program, and which address a number of the human factors issues discussed above, are described below. 

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Diamantopoulou, K. and M. Cameron (2002). An evaluation of the effectiveness of overt and covert speed enforcement achieved through mobile radar operations. MUARC Report 187. Monash University Accident Research Center, Clayon, Victoria, AU. 

Young, K., M. Regan and M. Hammer (2003). Driver distraction a review of the literature. Monash University Accident Research Center (MUARC), Report No. 206. Clayton, Victoria, AU. 

BAY 06] Bayly M., Regan M., Hosking S., Intelligent Transport Systems and Motorcycle Safety (Monash University Accident Research Centre Report 260), MUARC, Clayton, Australia, 2006. 

MUARC. Unpublished data Serious injury and severity rates. 2012, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia. 

The Transport Accident Commission (TAC), the no fault transport injury compensation insurer of the govermnent of Victoria, Australia, provided a very generous, untied grant to assist with the preparation of this book. Carlyn Muir is a research fellow at the Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC) who has worked in public safety research for a number of years, and her time working on the book was partially funded by this grant. 

Dr. Carlyn Muir is a research fellow at the Monash Injury Research Institute, which incorporates the Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC). She is a psychologist whose doctoral research examined driver licensing policy for people following brain injury. She has been involved in the development and review of public health policy not only from a research perspective, but also through direct policy implementation within state health services. Dr. Muir s current research involves the design and implementation of a range of injury prevention and public health projects, with a focus on community health and safety, policy, and evaluation. She has published journal articles, book chapters, and government reports across the community safety space. 

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