The shocking truth about road trauma
Further reading
10 May 2006
Shape-shifting car will brace for impact (by Tom Simonite)
Reports on the development of a car that can anticipate side-on collisions.
3 November 2001, pages 44-47
Out of control (by Mark Young and Neville Stanton)
Discusses the hidden dangers of giving drivers too little to do.
15 September 2001, page 21
Robots to the rescue (by Catherine Zandonella)
Describes how robots with cameras could be the first on a car crash scene,
enabling injured people to talk to emergency personnel before human help
arrives.
23 June 2001, page 23
Hit and stun (by Max Glaskin)
Describes a pop-up car bonnet that could protect pedestrians from fatal head
injuries.
13 September 1997, pages 38-41
Cybercrash (by Mike May)
Explains how using computer models to simulate car crashes can make driving
safer.
5 July 1997, pages 38-42
A very smart dummy (by Pete Moore)
Describes research that uses dummies to determine what happens to the brain
during sudden impacts.
14 September 1996, pages 34-37
Trafficking in death (by Jane Seymour)
Reports that road traffic accidents account for a high proportion of deaths,
especially in developing countries.
10 August 1996, pages 14-15
A hundred years of carnage (by Mick Hamer)
Discusses the history of the road toll in Britain.
March 1999, pages 72-77
The crash in the machine (by Stefan Thomke, Michael Holzner and Touraj
Gholami)
Describes how computer simulations of accidents are used to develop safer cars.
Page updated January 2008.