In early 2006, the Coalition for Road Safety (CRY) undertook a survey of five hundred Phnom Penh university students to ascertain their road safety attitudes and behaviour. At the time the survey was planned, it was recognised that more than ninety per cent of road traffic injuries (RTIs) were caused by human factors, particularly excessive speed, drink driving and not obeying traffic rules, with people aged between 15 and 24 being overly represented in RTI data. The survey of Phnom Penh university students was essentially undertaken because of the students over-representation in RTI data. This survey was the first research to be conducted on the topic of road safety amongst Cambodia's students. The terms of reference included generating recommendations and strategies on how to effectively reduce road accidents amongst the students. This paper reports the survey results and concludes with how these results were used to inform road safety policies. The results of this survey have found their way into practice by a variety of stakeholders' strategies and programs which have been informed by the survey results. While the results confirmed some perceptions and challenged others, they have been most useful in informing project planning amongst stakeholders. (A). For the covering abstract of the conference see E216632.
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