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Journal Articles

Yannis, G, Antoniou, C, Evgenikos, P, Papantoniou, P, Kirk, AR (Accepted for publication) Characteristics and Causes of Powered Two Wheeler Accidents in Europe, Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 48 ( 2012 ), 48, pp.1535-1544, DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.06.1129.

Albertsson, P, Falkmer, T, Kirk, AR, Mayrhofer, R, Bjornstig, U (2006) Case study: 128 injured in rollover coach crashes in Sweden - injury outcome, mechanisms and possible effects of seat belts, Safety Science, 44(2), pp.87-109, ISSN: 0925-7535. DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2005.07.005.

Morris, A, Welsh, R, Thomas, P, Kirk, A (2005) Head and chest injury outcomes in struck-side crashes, International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Impact - 2005 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact, Proceedings, pp.73-83.

Lenard, JA, Frampton, RJ, Kirk, AR, Morris, AP, Newton, RA, Thomas, PD, Fay, P (2004) Accidents, injuries and safety priorities for light goods vehicles in Great Britain, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part D, Journal of Automobile Engineering, 218(6), pp.611-618, ISSN: 0954-4070. DOI: 10.1243/0954407041166094.



Conferences

Laiou, A, Folla, K, Yannis, G, Bauer, R, Machata, K, Brandstaetter, C, Thomas, P, Kirk, A (2016) 856 comparative analysis of road accidents by gender in Europe. In Safety 2016 – 12th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion; Injury Prevention, Tampere, Finland. DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2016-042156.856.

Evgenikos, P, Yannis, G, Folla, K, Bauer, R, Machata, K, Brandstaetter, C, Thomas, P, Kirk, A (2016) Characteristics and causes of heavy goods vehicles and buses accidents in Europe. In Transport Research Arena - 6th European Transport Research Conference, Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland.

Evgenikos, P, Yannis, G, Folla, K, Bauer, R, Machata, K, Brandstaetter, C, Thomas, P, Kirk, A (2016) How safe are cyclists on European roads?. In Transport Research Arena - 6th European Transport Research Conference, Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland.

Yannis, G, Laiou, A, Folla, K, Pavlou, D, Bauer, R, Machata, K, Brandstaetter, C, Thomas, P, Kirk, A (2016) An overview of car occupant fatalities in the European countries. In 7th Expert Symposium on Accident Research (ESAR), Medical School of Hannover, Hannover, June 2016, Hanover, Germany.

Yannis, G, Papantoniou, P, Papadimitriou, E, Evgenikos, P, Broughton, J, Thomas, P, Kirk, A (2015) Road traffic casualties in the elderly in Europe: analysis of macroscopic and in-depth data. In TRANSED 2015, The 14th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons, Lisbon.

Kirk, AR, Evgenikos, P, Papantoniou, P, Hermitte, T, Van Elslande, P, Thomas, P, Atalar, D, Pfeiffer, M, Yannis, G (2014) European Road Safety and e-Safety. In Transport Research Arena 2014, Paris, pp.NA-NA.

Evgenikos, P, Papantoniou, P, Hermitte, T, Van Elslande, P, Kirk, A, Thomas, P, Atalar, D, Pfeiffer, M, Yannis, G (2014) European road safety and e-safety. In Transport Research Arena, Paris.

Talbot, R and Kirk, AR (2013) Are Crash Characteristics and Causation Mechanisms Similar in Crashes Involving Fatigue to those Involving Alcohol?. In In reports on the 5th International Conference on ESAR, "Expert Symposium on Accident Research", Hanover, Germany, pp.1-13.

Lesire, P, Johannsen, H, Willinger, R, Longton, A, Kirk, A, Beillas, P, Fiorentino, A (2013) Child Advanced Safety Project for European Roads (CASPER): better knowledge and better tools to improve the real protection of children in cars. In , Seoul, Republic of Korea,ISBN: 9781510827158.

Lesire, P, Krishnakumar, R, Chevalier, M-C, Johannsen, H, Muller, G, Longton, A, Kirk, A (2013) Safety benefits of the new ECE regulation for the homologation of CRS: an estimation by the EC CASPER Project Consortium. In International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV), 23rd Conference, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Lesire, P, Kirk, AR, Johannsen, H, Schnottale, B, Beillas, P, Longton, A, Leopold, F, Fiorentino, A, Müller, G, Royanrd, M, Chevalier, MC (2012) CASPER - Focus on some specific technical points through field studies and test data. In Protection of Children in Cars, 10th International Conference, Munich, Germany, pp.-.

Evgenikos, P, Yannis, G, Papantoniou, P, Kirk, A, Thomas, PD, Atalar, D, Hermitte, T, Van Elslande, P (2012) Review of Current In-Vehicle Safety Systems and Related Data Sources. In 5th Pan-Hellenic Road Safety Conference, Volos, Greece, pp.1-10.

Longton, A, Lesire, P, Johannsen, H, Beillas, P, Fiorentino, A, Kirk, AR, Ferrer, A (2012) Reconstruction Tests Design to Support the Correlation of Real Injuries with Dummy Readings. In 21st SAE BRASIL INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS AND EXHIBITION MOBILITY TECHNOLOGY - The Engineering of Mobility in Competitive Markets: Solutions through Technological Innovation, São Paulo - Brazil, pp.-, DOI: 10.4271/2012-36-0456.

Lesire, P, Johannsen, H, Longton, A, Kirk, AR (2012) Synthesis of Results of CASPER, A European Research Project for the Improvement of Child Safety in Cars. In Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM) 56th Annual Scientific Conference, Refereed journal of AAAM, the Annals of Advances in Automotive Medicine, Washington, USA.

Guillaume, A, Langlois, A, Léopold, F, Krishnakumar, R, Fiorentino, A, Kirk, AR, Longton, A, Zhekov, P, Lesire, P (2012) A Sociological Approach to Child Safety in Cars in Europe. In 5th ESAR (Expert Symposium on Accident Research), Hanover, Germany, pp.-.

Longton, A, Lesire, P, Johannsen, H, Fiorentino, A, Beillas, P, Kirk, AR, Schnottale, B (2012) In-depth Investigation of Accidents and Accident Reconstruction. In 5th ESAR (Expert Symposium on Accident Research), Hanover, Germany, pp.-.

Longton, A, Lesire, P, Johannsen, H, Beillas, P, Fiorentino, A, Kirk, AR (2012) Improvements of the Injury Risk Curves for Children. In CISEV 2012 - III Congreso Iberoamericano de Seguridad Vial, Bogotá – Colombia, pp.-.

Yannis, G, Antoniou, C, Evgenikos, P, Papantoniou, P, Kirk, AR (Accepted for publication) Characteristics and Causes of Powered Two Wheeler Accidents in Europe. In Transport Research Arena – Europe 2012, Athens, Greece.

Kirk, AR (2012) Summary of CASPER Accident Database. In COVER – CASPER & EPOCH Final Workshop, Berlin, Germany, pp.-.

Kirk, AR, Lesire, P, Schick, S, Lochner, S (2012) Fatality Study. In COVER – CASPER & EPOCH Final Workshop, Berlin, Germany, pp.-.

Kirk, AR, Lesire, P, Schick, S (2011) Child Car Passenger Fatalities – European Figures and In-Depth Study. In 9th International Conference on Protection of Children in Cars 2011, Munich, Germany.

Lesire, P, Johannsen, H, Müller, G, Longton, A, Kirk, AR, Krishnakumar, R, Chevalier, MC (2011) Safety benefits of the new ECE regulation for the homologation of CRS – an estimation by the CASPER consortium. In 9th International Conference on Protection of Children in Cars 2011, Munic, Germany.

Krishnakumar, R, Langlois, A, Fiorentino, A, Lesire, P, Kirk, AR (2011) CASPER - evaluating the validity of an electronic survey for child safety purpose comparing results with the ones normally obtained in surveys. In 9th International Conference on Protection of Children in Cars 2011 - Cultural Workshop, Munich, Germany.

Antoniou, C, Yannis, G, Evgenikos, P, Knowles, J, Broughton, J, Kirk, AR (2011) A Critical Assessment of Intersection Safety Across Europe. In Antoniou, C (ed) 1st International Conference on Access Management, Athens, pp.-.

Kirk, AR, Lesire, P, Beillas, P, Cuny, S, Johanssen, H (2011) How to Consider the Protection of the Abdominal Area of Children: The CASPER Project's Contribution. In ITMA (International Traffic Medicine Association) 22nd International Congress - Safe and Effective Medical Care, Chonqjing, China.

Danton, RK, Kirk, AR, Hill, JR (2009) Mainland European truck accidents in the UK - key issues for drivers. Paper Number 09-0238. In International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles [ESV] 15-18 June 2009, ESV 2009, Stuttgart, Germany, ?.

Page, Y, Kirk, AR, Hill, JR, Steering, CTRACE (2009) Reconsidering accident causation analysis and evaluating the safety benefits of technologies: final results of the TRACE project. Paper Number 09-0148. In International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles [ESV] 15-18 June 2009, ESV 2009, Stuttgart, Germany, ?.

Naing, CL, Kirk, AR, Van Elslande, P, Shick, S, Hill, JR (2009) An analysis of speed related UK accidents using a human functional failure methodology. 09-0293. In Proceedings of the 21st International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles [ESV] 15-18 June 2009, ESV 2009, Stuttgart, Germany, pp.1-14.

Dodson, EA, Kirk, AR, Hill, JR (2008) Characteristics and causes of accidents involving older drivers. In 4th International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology, 31 August - 4 September 2008, ICTTP 2008, Washington DC, USA.

Kirk, AR (2008) Accident data issues from the TRACE [Traffic Accident Causation in Europe) perspective. In TRACE and eIMPACT Conference, 26 June, TRACE and eIMPACT Conference, Paris, France, pp.1-21.

Lesire, P, Herve, V, Kirk, AR (2006) CHILD: analysis of CREST and CHILD data related to side impacts. In TUV 4th International Conference, 7-8 December, Protection of children in cars, Munich, Germany, pp.1-23.

Kirk, AR, Grant, RH, Lesire, P, Johansson, M (2006) CHILD: analysis of CHILD data related to frontal impacts. In TUV 4th International Conference, 7-8 December, Protection of children in cars, Munich, Germany, pp.1-20.

Page, Y, Thomas, PD, Herve, V, Kirk, AR (2006) The effectiveness of side airbags in preventing thoracic injuries in europe. In 2nd International Conference ESAR [Expert Symposium on Accident Research], 1-2 September, 2nd ESAR Conference, Hannover, Germany, pp.1-12.

Morris, AP, Welsh, RH, Thomas, PD, Kirk, AR (2005) Head and chest injury outcomes in struck side crashes. In 2005 International IRCOBI Conference of the Biomechanics of Impact 21-23 September, IRCOBI, Prage, Czech Republic, p.11.

Morris, AP, Welsh, RH, Thomas, PD, Kirk, AR (2005) Head and chest injury outcomes in struck side crashes. In .

Kirk, AR and Morris, AP (2003) Side Airbag Deployments in the UK - Initial Case Reviews. In Proceedings of the 18th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles [ESV], 19-22 May, Nagoya, ESV 2003, Nagoya, Japan, p.10.

Grant, RH, Welsh, RH, Kirk, AR (2003) Investigation of the Protection of Children in Minibuses and Coaches. In ESV 2003, Proceedings of the 18th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Nagoya, Japan, 19-22 May, p.12.

Kirk, AR and Morris, AP (2003) Initial Field Experience of Side Airbag Protection Systems in the UK. In Proceedings of the 2003 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact, Lisbon, Portugal, 24-26 September, pp.363-364, ISBN: 2 9514210 4 4.

Kirk, AR, Grant, RH, Bird, RJ (2003) Passenger Casualties in Non-Collision Incidents on Buses and Coaches in Great Britain. In ESV 2003, Proceedings of the 18th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Nagoya, Japan, 19-22 May, p.10.

Kirk, AR, Frampton, RJ, Thomas, PD (2002) An Evaluation of Airbag Benefits/Disbenefits in European Vehicles - A Combined Statistical and Case Study. In International IRCOBI [International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Impact] Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact, 18-20 September, Proceedings of the 2002 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact, Munich, Germany, pp.175-189, ISBN: 2951421036.

Grant, RH, Kirk, AR, Bird, RJ (2002) Why do passengers get hurt when buses don't crash?. In Eds, TJM (ed) Proceedings of the Ergonomics Society 2002 Annual Conference, 3-5 April, Contemporary Ergonomics 2002, Homerton College, Cambridge, pp.465-470, ISBN: 0 41527 7345.

Lenard, JA, Frampton, RJ, Kirk, AR, Morris, AP, Newton, RA, Thomas, PD, Fay, PA (2002) An Overview of Accidents and Safety Priorities for Light Goods Vehicles. In VS 2002, Proceedings of the IMechE Conference Vehicle Safety 2002, London, 28-29 May, pp.57-70.

Cuerden, R, Hill, JR, Kirk, AR, Mackay, GM (2001) The potential effectiveness of adaptive restraints. In International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Injury held October, IRCOBI Conference, Isle of Man, United Kingdom.

Kirk, AR, Grant, RH, Bird, RJ (2001) Bus and coach passenger casualties in non collision incidents. In Traffic Safety on Three Continents, Moscow, pp.184-187.

Galley, ME, Bird, RJ, Kirk, AR, Grant, RH (2001) Bus and coach casualties in non collision incidents. In 3rd European Convention in Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention 'The Challenge of Consumer Safety in New Europe', 3rd European Convention, Vienna Radisson, 15-16th March 2001, p.201.

Frampton, RJ, Welsh, RH, Kirk, AR, Fay, P (2000) Effectiveness of airbag restraints in frontal crashes - what European field studies tell us. In International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Injury held 20-22 September, IRCOBI Conference, Montpellier, France, pp.425-438, ISBN: 2-9514210-1 X.

Frampton, RJ, Welsh, RH, Kirk, AR (2000) The effect of frontal airbags on belted driver injury patterns in europe and the u.s. - where do future priorities lie?. In Medicine, AFTAOA (ed) 44th Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, 2-4 October 2000, 44th Conference of the AAAM, Chicago, Illinois, pp.1-17.

Frampton, RJ, Welsh, RH, Kirk, AR, Fay, P (2000) Effectiveness of airbag restraints in frontal crashes - what European field studies tell us. In International IRCOBI Conference, 20-22 September, IRCOBI, Montpellier, France, pp.426-441.



CD Objects

Kirk, AR and Morris, AP (2003) Side Airbag Deployments in the UK - Initial Case Reviews,US Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Grant, RH, Welsh, RH, Kirk, AR (2003) Investigation of the Protection of Children in Minibuses and Coaches,US Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Kirk, AR, Grant, RH, Bird, RJ (2003) Passenger Casualties in Non-Collision Incidents on Buses and Coaches in Great Britain,US Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Cuerden, R, Hill, JR, Kirk, AR, Mackay, GM (2001) The potential effectiveness of adaptive restraints,International Research Council on Biokinetics of Impact.



Posters

Dodson, E and Kirk, A (2011) Children in cars: Safety by design, Loughborough University Research Staff Conference.



Research Datasets

Kirk, AR and Hill, JR (2016) Road Accident In-depth Studies Database, Secure, on-line database.



Reports

Alejandro, A, Gidney, J, Lesire, P, Kirk, AR, Dodson, E, Müller, G, Lehmann, I, Johannsen, H, Schnottale, B, Krishnakumar, R (2013) Assessment of solutions to improve the restraint conditions of children in vehicles - Deliverable 4.6 of the EC FP7 Project CASPER, European Commission.

Kirk, AR and LESIRE, P (2013) Report on Accident Analysis, Deliverable 3.2.3 of the EC FP7 Project CASPER (2012), European Commission.

Thomas, P, Kirk, AR, Brown, L (2013) DaCoTA D3.9 - Traffic Safety Basic Facts 2012 - Accident Causation, EC DaCoTA D3.9, European Commission.

Langlois, A, Krishnakumar, R, Guillaume, A, Lesire, P, Leopold, F, Fiorentino, A, Kirk, AR, Longton, A, Zhekov, P, Cuny, S, Johanssen, H, Muller, G (2012) Report on Social Approach of Child Safety - Deliverable 3.1.1 of the EC FP7 Project CASPER, European Commission.

Kirk, AR, Lesire, P, Schick, S (Accepted for publication) Road Reality Status (Fatality Studies), Deliverable 3.2.1 of the EC FP7 Project CASPER, European Commission.

Atalar, D, Thomas, P, Kirk, AR, Evgenikos, P, Papantoniou, P, Hermitte, T, Van Elslande, P (2012) Catalogue of the Current Safety Systems, Deliverable 5.2 of the EC FP7 Project DaCoTA, European Commission.

Kirk, AR and Hermitte, T (2011) Integration of WP5 Activities in ERSO – Consultation and Model, Deliverable 5.1 of the EC FP7 project DaCoTA, European Commission.

Danton, R, Kirk, A, Rackliff, L, Hill, J, Gisby, R, Pearce, D, Dodson, E (2011) Left-hand Drive HGVs and Foreign Truck Drivers in OTS, Department for Transport.

Brandstaetter, C, Yannis, G, Evgenikos, P, Argyropoulou, E, Papantoniou, P, Broughton, J, Knowles, J, Reurings, M, Vis, M, Pace, JF, López-de-Cozar, E, Pérez-Fuster, P, Sanmartín, J, Haddak, M, Moutengou, E, Kirk, AR (2011) Basic Fact Sheets 2009 - Deliverable of WP3 of EC DaCoTA Project, European Commission.

Dodson, E, Kirk, A, Hill, J (2011) Linking offence histories to accidents using OTS data: Report on data collected and preliminary findings by Loughborough University, Department for Transport.

Molinero, A, Evdorides, H, Quigley, CL, Kirk, AR, Tecl, J, Barrios, JM, Simon, MC, Phan, V, Hermitte, T (2009) Accident causation and pre-accidental driving situations. Part 3. summary report. Deliverable D 2.3, pp.1-71, TRaffic Accident Causation in Europe [TRACE].

Molinero, A, Evdorides, H, Quigley, CL, Kirk, AR, Tecl, J, Barrios, JM, Simon, MC, Phan, V, Hermitte, T (2009) Accident causation and pre-accidental driving situations. Part 2. In depth accident causation analysis. Deliverable D 2.2, pp.1-240, TRaffic Accident Causation in Europe [TRACE].

Page, Y, Kirk, AR, Hill, JR (2009) TRACE (Traffic Accident Causation in Europe) Project, Final Report. EC Published Report, TRACE (Traffic Accident Causation in Europe) Deliverable 9.1, European Commission.

Kirk, AR, Hill, JR, Naing CL, Molinero Martinez, A, Ruijs, P (2008) Final Work Package Co-ordinators Report TRACE (Traffic Accident Causation in Europe) Work Package 8 - Data Supply, European Commission.

Kirk, AR, Hill, JR, Naing, CL, Molinero Martinez, A, Ruijs, P (2008) Data Supply - Work Package 8 – Summary Report. EC Published Report, TRACE (Traffic Accident Causation in Europe) D8.2, European Commission.

Kirk, AR, Grant, RH, Lesire, P, Johansson, M, Tejera, G (2006) D12A CHILD task 1.4. Overview of the CHILD accident database and analysis, AR2546.

Willis, C, Le Claire, M, Visvikis, C, Kirk, AR, Grant, RH (2006) CHILD task 1.2. Overview report of research into the incorrect use of child restraints in selected countries, AR2547.

Kirk, AR, Grant, RH, Frampton, RJ, Thomas, PD, Welsh, RH (2002) Assessment of airbag effectiveness - overview and results summary, AR2408.



Other

Brown, L, Talbot, R, Kirk, AR, Thomas, P (2012) Road Accident Causation Indicators - Presentation European Road Safety Conference on Data and Knowledge-based Policy-making, European Road Safety Conference on Data and Knowledge-based Policy-making - 22/23 November 2012.



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