Relationships between prior driving record, driver culpability, and fatal crash involvement.

Author(s)
Wundersitz, L.N. & Burns, N.R.
Year
Abstract

Using South Australian data, this study aimed to examine relationships between prior crash and traffic offence history and driver culpability for fatal crashes. The crash and traffic offence history of each driver was tracked for five years prior to the fatal crash. The number and type of prior crashes and traffic offences for culpable and non-culpable drivers were compared to identify any differences related to driver culpability. Driver and fatal crash characteristics were also analysed by culpability status to determine whether different populations of drivers were involved. Drivers culpable for a multiple vehicle fatal crash were more likely than non-culpable drivers to have been aged less than 25 years or over 75 years, to have consumed alcohol before the crash, and to have been killed in the crash. Culpable drivers appeared to be more likely to have had a prior drink driving offence than non-culpable drivers although few drivers actually had a prior drink driving offence. Prior crash involvement was not found to be associated with multiple vehicle fatal crash culpability. (Author/publisher) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E211985.

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Publication

Library number
C 34790 (In: C 34762 [electronic version only]) /83 /84 /82 / ITRD E212013
Source

In: Proceedings of the 2004 Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference, Perth, Western Australia, 14-16 November 2004, Volume 1 [Print] 10 p.

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