Victoria Police have developed a database containing information on drivers detected with blood alcohol content (BAC) above permissible levels. The database contains offender and offence details. Geocoding software was used to identify the Census Collection District (CCD) area for the home address of detected drink drivers and a series of geodemographic profiles created. This paper outlines the approach used to identify profiles of detected drink drivers, the processes involved in calculating detected drink driving rates and the identification of geographic areas of under-detection and detection hot spots. It is suggested that this information can assist in implementing enforcement strategies and allocation of resources to detect drink driving behaviour, as well as allowing local targeting of advertising and communications.(a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E214057. Printed volume contains peer-reviewed papers. CD-ROM contains submitted papers.
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