A Geographic Study into Fatal Crash Rates for Local Government Areas in the state of New South Wales Between 1997 and 2001
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Biography John Wall originally trained as an agricultural scientist and later as a secondary school teacher. He is currently undertaking a Masters Degree in Public Health at the University of Wollongong. Since 1992 John has been involved in developing and implementing road safety programs initially as a road safety adviser with the Catholic Education Office in North West NSW and later as Road Safety Officer and Road User Safety Manager with Roads & Traffic Authority’s Southern NSW Region.
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