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crashes involving heavy vehicles include occupants' gender, age, restraint use, and whether

occupants are ejected or not, vehicle age, type, movement, fire status, point-of-impact and
damage, time-of-day, road classification, posted speed limit and number of occupants

involved in the accident.

The output of this research will provide evidence-based recommendations to improve the
safety of all road users, including heavy vehicle drivers on Australian roads. This study will

also contribute to advancing knowledge in the field and will provide road safety professionals
with more information and knowledge on the advantages of using statistical models,

especially the Scobit model, in traffic safety studies.

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