کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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573017 | 877387 | 2011 | 8 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
The purpose of this study was to explore the road safety implications of illegal street racing and associated risky driving behaviours. This issue was considered in two ways: Phase 1 examined the descriptions of 848 illegal street racing and associated risky driving offences that occurred in Queensland, Australia, in order to estimate the risk associated with these behaviours; and Phase 2 examined the traffic and crash histories of the 802 male offenders involved in these offences, and compared them to those of an age-matched comparison group, in order to examine the risk associated with the driver. It was found in Phase 1 that only 3.7% of these offences resulted in a crash (none of which were fatal), and that these crashes tended to be single-vehicle crashes where the driver lost control of the vehicle and collided with a fixed object. Phase 2 found that the offender sample had significantly more traffic infringements, licence sanctions and crashes in the previous three years than the comparison group. It was concluded that while only a small proportion of racing and associated offences result in a crash, these offenders appear to be generally risky drivers that warrant special attention.
► Evidence of the risk of driving behaviours associated with street racing is limited.
► 0.21% of fatal crashes in the US from 1998–2001 involved street racing.
► 3.7% of racing and associated offences in this study resulted in a crash.
► Risky driving offenders have more offences, sanctions and crashes than young males.
► These results suggest that the risky driver should be a target for intervention.
Journal: Accident Analysis & Prevention - Volume 43, Issue 4, July 2011, Pages 1547–1554